Star Maps: History, Artistry, and Cartography by Nick Kanas
English | PDF(True) | 2007 | 480 Pages | ISBN : 0387716688 | 54.08 MB
This book traces the history of celestial cartography and relates this history to the changing ideas of man's place in the universe and to advances in map-making. Photographs from actual antiquarian celestial atlases and prints, many previously unpublished, enrich the text, and a legend accompanies each illustration to explain its astronomical and cartographic features. Also included in the book are discussions of non-European celestial maps and chapters on early American influences and celestial map-collecting.