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Star maps: history, artistry, and cartography
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. This book features reproductions of maps from antiquarian celestial atlases and prints. It includes a legend for each illustration to ex...
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Springer
2007
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| Acceso en línea: | https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-71669-5 http://cds.cern.ch/record/1991993 |
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| author | Kanas, Nick |
| author_facet | Kanas, Nick |
| author_sort | Kanas, Nick |
| collection | CERN |
| description | 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. This book features reproductions of maps from antiquarian celestial atlases and prints. It includes a legend for each illustration to explain its astronomical and cartographic features. |
| id | cern-1991993 |
| institution | Organización Europea para la Investigación Nuclear |
| language | eng |
| publishDate | 2007 |
| publisher | Springer |
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| spelling | cern-19919932021-04-21T20:27:47Zdoi:10.1007/978-0-387-71669-5http://cds.cern.ch/record/1991993engKanas, NickStar maps: history, artistry, and cartographyAstrophysics and AstronomyTraces 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. This book features reproductions of maps from antiquarian celestial atlases and prints. It includes a legend for each illustration to explain its astronomical and cartographic features.Springeroai:cds.cern.ch:19919932007 |
| spellingShingle | Astrophysics and Astronomy Kanas, Nick Star maps: history, artistry, and cartography |
| title | Star maps: history, artistry, and cartography |
| title_full | Star maps: history, artistry, and cartography |
| title_fullStr | Star maps: history, artistry, and cartography |
| title_full_unstemmed | Star maps: history, artistry, and cartography |
| title_short | Star maps: history, artistry, and cartography |
| title_sort | star maps: history, artistry, and cartography |
| topic | Astrophysics and Astronomy |
| url | https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-71669-5 http://cds.cern.ch/record/1991993 |
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