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Star MapsNick Kanas

Star Maps

Nick Kanas, Nick Kanas
2007382 pages
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6 editions · 2 languages
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"Star Maps captures the beauty and awe of the heavens through celestial prints and star atlases. It traces the history of celestial cartography and relates this history to the changing ideas of humanity's place in the universe. The text Is enriched with over 200 photographs, many in color, showing images from actual antiquarian celestial atlases, each one with an explanation of its astronomical and cartographic features."--Jacket.

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6 editions · 2 languages
  • Paperback · English · 2012
    Springer · 568 pages · 9781461409182
  • Other · English · 2012
    Springer London, Limited · 9781461409175
  • Other · English · 2007
    Praxis · 382 pages · 9780387716688
  • Other · English · 2007
    Springer · 9780387716695
  • Paperback · German · 2020
    Springer · 599 pages · 9783030136154
  • Hardcover · German · 2019
    Springer · 599 pages · 9783030136123
AtlasesCharts, diagramsStarsAstronomyConstellationsHistoryCartography