This is the improved second edition of Nick Kanas's essential reference for collectors of celestial maps. It traces the history of constellation and cosmological maps from early Chinese, Mesopotamian, Egyptian, and Indian works of celestial cartography through the Golden Age (1600-1800) to the present. The second edition adds substantial material from a trove of new reference material, with more than 50 additional pages of text, several new sections, and 44 new images (16 in color). There are more than 250 illustrations total, 91 of which are in color. Published by Springer and Praxis as part of their series of popular astronomy books. 528 pages. Soft illustrated covers.

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