Bayer, Johann. Equuleus. Augsburg, 1603 19th Century and horseback

and horseback

fslore tissimum Angliae Emporium [Plan of Bristol]

the brother of Louis XIII

offering an advanced and influential representation of a region central to global commerce and European ambitions

The squadron left August 18

Bayer, Johann. Equuleus. Augsburg, 1603 19th Century and horsebackJohann Bayer Equuleus From "Uranometria, omnium asterismorum continens schemata" Augsburg, 1603 approx.: 13 1 2" x 17" Bayer was the first accurate star atlas. A lawyer and amateur astronomer, he was the first to signify the location of the stars within a given constellation by the use of Greek letters (with the addition of the Latin alphabet for constellations with more than 24 stars). This strikingly simple innovation greatly improved the