Front Matter; 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; Back Matter
Summary
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
