Star Maps: History, Artistry, and Cartography (Springer Praxis Books)
Nick Kanas
Language: English
Pages: 528
ISBN: 1461409160
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
Until the publication of the first edition of 'Star Maps,' books were either general histories of astronomy using examples of antiquarian celestial maps as illustrations, or catalogs of celestial atlases that failed to trace the flow of sky map development over time.
The second edition focuses on the development of contemporary views of the heavens and advances in map-making. It captures the beauty and awe of the heavens through images from antiquarian celestial prints and star atlases. This book uniquely combines a number of features: 1) the history of celestial cartography is traced from ancient to modern times; 2) this development is integrated with contemporary cosmological systems; 3) the artistry of sky maps is shown using beautiful color images from actual celestial atlases and prints; 4) each illustration is accompanied by a legend explaining what is being shown; and 5) the text is written for the lay reader based on the author's experience with writing articles for amateur astronomy and map collector magazines.
This updated second edition of 'Star Maps' contains over 50 new pages of text and 44 new images (16 in color), including completely new sections on celestial frontispieces, deep-sky objects, playing card maps, additional cartographers, and modern computerized star maps. There is also expanded material about celestial globes, volvelles, telescopes, and planets and asteroids.
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Schaefer, 20 of the 48 classical Greek constellations appear to be direct copies from the Mesopotamians, such as the Assyrian Goat-Fish (Capricornus) and Great Twins (Gemini). Another 10 have the same stars but dierent names, such as the Assyrian Hired Man (Aries) and Swallow (Pisces). The remaining 18 Greek constellations were homegrown. These include Hercules and the creatures he defeated (Leo and Draco), Ophiuchus (representing Asclepius, the God of Medicine) and the Serpent he carries,.
Geocentric orientation, each of which showed one or two constellations that were modeled after Bayer. The ``Big Four'' of the Golden Age of pictorial star maps Figure 6.3. The verso of the print shown in Figure 6.2, giving the title and star table for the next constellation in the atlas, Sacratissimi Flagelli XPI Salvatoris (a.k.a. Coma Berenices). Note the star table giving information about the location of the star in both the pagan (Ptolemaic) and Christianized versions. 158 [Ch. 6 Sec.