Author: Edward Luther StevensonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Terrestrial and Celestial Globes
Author: Edward Luther StevensonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Globes
Author: Sylvia SumiraPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022613914X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
The concept of the earth as a sphere has been around for centuries, emerging around the time of Pythagoras in the sixth century BC, and eventually becoming dominant as other thinkers of the ancient world, including Plato and Aristotle, accepted the idea. The first record of an actual globe being made is found in verse, written by the poet Aratus of Soli, who describes a celestial sphere of the stars by Greek astronomer Eudoxus of Cnidus (ca. 408–355 BC). The oldest surviving globe—a celestial globe held up by Atlas’s shoulders—dates back to 150 AD, but in the West, globes were not made again for about a thousand years. It was not until the fifteenth century that terrestrial globes gained importance, culminating when German geographer Martin Behaim created what is thought to be the oldest surviving terrestrial globe. In Globes: 400 Years of Exploration, Navigation, and Power, Sylvia Sumira, beginning with Behaim’s globe, offers a authoritative and striking illustrated history of the subsequent four hundred years of globe making. Showcasing the impressive collection of globes held by the British Library, Sumira traces the inception and progression of globes during the period in which they were most widely used—from the late fifteenth century to the late nineteenth century—shedding light on their purpose, function, influence, and manufacture, as well as the cartographers, printers, and instrument makers who created them. She takes readers on a chronological journey around the world to examine a wide variety of globes, from those of the Renaissance that demonstrated a renewed interest in classical thinkers; to those of James Wilson, the first successful commercial globe maker in America; to those mass-produced in Boston and New York beginning in the 1800s. Along the way, Sumira not only details the historical significance of each globe, but also pays special attention to their materials and methods of manufacture and how these evolved over the centuries. A stunning and accessible guide to one of the great tools of human exploration, Globes will appeal to historians, collectors, and anyone who has ever examined this classroom accessory and wondered when, why, and how they came to be made.
The Globes, Celestial and Terrestrial
Author: Augustus De MorganPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Celestial globes
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
"This work is specially intended to accompany Malby's Globes, published under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge"--Page iii
Terrestrial and Celestial Globes
Author: Edward Luther StevensonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
Sphaerae Mundi
Author: Edward DahlPublisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773569073
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Advances in modern science and technology have made present-day terrestrial and celestial globes scientifically obsolete and aesthetically banal. From the Renaissance to the mid-nineteenth century, however, they were indispensable tools for the study of geography and astronomy. Beginning with an overview of early globes, the authors examine how the modern era in globe making, which began in Flemish and Dutch shops in the early seventeenth century, show how globe making spread throughout Europe, and explain how what were both decorative and scientific objects became symbols of power, universal knowledge, intellectual status, and personal vanity. Beginning with the collection's earliest globe, dated 1533, the authors introduce us to the life and works of some of the greatest Dutch, French, English, German, Italian, and Swedish globe makers. The 120 colour illustrations allow the reader to savour these rare and unusual works and include numerous detailed reproductions of both terrestrial and celestial map images. Sphæræ Mundi charts developments and changes over three centuries of globe making, considering the globes as indicators of scientific advance and geographical exploration as well as artifacts and providing a unique opportunity to become familiar with these complex and beautiful objects.
Globes at Greenwich
Author: Elly DekkerPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780198565598
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
A catalogue of globes held at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, containing full entries on all items in the Museum's collection. The majority of entries are illustrated.
A Human Document
Author: William Hurrell MallockPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
The Art and History of Globes
Author: Sylvia SumiraPublisher:
ISBN: 9780712358682
Category : Cartography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
From medieval globes made when much of the world was unexplored to the huge, decorative examples made for the princely courts of Renaissance Europe, this book celebrates the art and history of the globe, focusing on the 400 years when the printed globe - as navigational tool, scientific instrument and powerful status symbol - occupied an important place in the history of European exploration.
Globes from the Western World
Author: Elly DekkerPublisher: Philip Wilson Publishers, Limited
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
The Astronomical Clock of Strasbourg Cathedral
Author: Günther OestmannPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004423478
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Strasbourg Cathedral’s astronomical clock is one of the most famous monuments to Time in the world. No other clock has been described and appreciated so often and in such a myriad of ways. There were three clocks built consecutively within the cathedral: the earlier fourteenth century clock has left little trace; a second clock was realized in 1570-1574; while the nineteenth century clock began as a proposal for repairs, but was intended by its maker as a replacement clock. This book gives a detailed outline of the artistic and technical components of the second clock, much of which survives, and it describes the astronomical indications and its underlying conceptual framework. The author has discovered a hitherto disregarded contemporary statement that the clock displays four ways of determining the ascendant as described by Ptolemy. He also shows that the Strasbourg clock is the result of a highly original reception of the architectural theory of Vitruvius and other mathematical and mechanical texts of Late Antiquity. Revised and updated translation from the German edition Die Straßburger Münsteruhr: Funktion und Bedeutung eines Kosmos-Modells des 16. Jahrhunderts. Published by GNT-Verlag in 1993. See inside this book.
