Star Maps: History, Artistry and Cartography
San Francisco, CA
Subject: Astronomy
People have been observing and mapping the heavens since antiquity in an effort to understand their place in the universe. Dr. Kanas will trace the history of celestial cartography from the time of the classical Greeks through the Golden Age of pictorial celestial maps to modern day star atlases. He will illustrate his talk with photographs from antiquarian celestial books and prints taken from his recent book: Star Maps: History, Artistry, and Cartography (Springer, 2007).
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