Название: Star Maps: History, Artistry, and Cartography
Автор: Nick Kanas
Издательство: Praxis
ISBN: 0387716688
Год: 2007
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 480
Размер: 54,1 МБ
Язык: Английский
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 Photographs from actual antiquarian celestial atlases and prints, many previously unpublished, enrich the text, and a legend accompanies each illustration to explain its astronomical and cartographic features.