A renaissance globemaker's toolbox Johannes Schöner and the revolution of modern science, 1475-1550
The first full study in the English language to give context to the extraordinary life and seminal work of the Nuremburg mathematician, cartographer and scientist Johannes Schöner (d. 1543). Schöner's collection of maps and notes offers an unprecedented insight into cartographic development during...
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Library of Congress ; In association with D. Giles Ltd.,
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| 245 | 1 | 2 | |a A renaissance globemaker's toolbox : |b Johannes Schöner and the revolution of modern science, 1475-1550 / |c John W. Hessler. |
| 264 | 1 | |a Washington, DC : |b Library of Congress ; |a London : |b In association with D. Giles Ltd., |c 2013. | |
| 300 | |a 176 pages : |b illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) ; |c 20 x 24 cm | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Machine generated contents note: 12 Sheets of the Waldseemuller 1507 World Map -- 13 Sheets of the Waldseemuller 1516 Carta marina, including Schoner manuscript -- Celestial globe gores -- Terrestrial gore fragments -- Celestial gore fragments -- Durer-Stabius star chart -- ch. 1 Cartography in the Margins: How Johannes Schoner Read His Haps -- ch. 2 Johannes Schoner Makes a Globe -- ch. 3 It's All in the Stars: Natal Astrology and Johannes Schoner's Three Books -- ch. 4 The Earth Begins to Move: Rheticus and the Early Reception of Copernican Astronomy. | |
| 520 | 0 | |a The first full study in the English language to give context to the extraordinary life and seminal work of the Nuremburg mathematician, cartographer and scientist Johannes Schöner (d. 1543). Schöner's collection of maps and notes offers an unprecedented insight into cartographic development during this critical period in the history of science and exploration. | |
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Schöner, Johann, |d 1477-1547. |
| 650 | 0 | |a Cartography |x History. | |
| 690 | 0 | |a Library of Congress surplus books program tribute. | |
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