Bayer, Johann. Synopsis Coeli Superioris. Augsburg, 1603. KOP Furniture Papered horizon slightly bubbled

Papered horizon slightly bubbled

“this magnificent map sums up the general European view of the western hemisphere in the early seventeenth century

"As soon as they have discovered a place abounding in fish

32 1/2" x 22"

Bayer, Johann. Synopsis Coeli Superioris. Augsburg, 1603. KOP Furniture Papered horizon slightly bubbledJohann Bayer Synopsis Coeli Superioris From "Uranometria, omnium asterismorum continens schemata" Augsburg, 1603 13 5 8" 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