TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kanas,Nick
ED  - SpringerLink (Online service)
TI  - Star Maps: History, Artistry, and Cartography 
T2  - Springer Praxis Books
SN  - 9780387716695
U1  - 520 23
PY  - 2007///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Praxis
KW  - SCIENCE (GENERAL)
KW  - ASTRONOMY
KW  - POPULAR SCIENCE
KW  - ASTRONOMY, OBSERVATIONS AND TECHNIQUES
KW  - POPULAR SCIENCE IN ASTRONOMY
KW  - ASTRONOMY, ASTROPHYSICS AND COSMOLOGY
KW  - HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF PHYSICS
N1  - What is a star map? -- Non-European cosmology and constellation development -- European cosmology -- European constellation development -- Early European star maps -- The "Big Four" of the Golden Age of pictorial star maps -- Other important star maps of the Golden Age -- Special topics -- Mapping the stars in early America -- The transition to non-pictorial star maps
N2  - 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 Photographs from actual antiquarian celestial atlases and prints, many previously unpublished, enrich the text, and a legend accompanies each illustration to explain its astronomical and cartographic features.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. With the construction of the International Space Station, and new plans for manned missions to the Moon, Mars and beyond, there is renewed interest in the heavens. An ever-increasing number of people are fascinated with the science of space and are becoming amateur astronomers. Antiquarian map societies are prospering, and celestial maps are now viewed as a specialty of map collecting. The beauty and awe generated by the celestial void captures our imagination and delights our aesthetic sense
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-71669-5
ER  -