Illustrating the Phaenomena

Illustrating the Phaenomena
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 486
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ISBN-10 : 9780199609697
ISBN-13 : 0199609691
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Book Synopsis Illustrating the Phaenomena by : Elly Dekker

Download or read book Illustrating the Phaenomena written by Elly Dekker and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume all extant celestial maps and globes made before 1500 are described and analysed. It also discusses the astronomical sources involved in making these artefacts in antiquity, the Middle Ages, the Islamic world and the European Renaissance before 1500.


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