A Renaissance globemaker's toolbox : Johannes Schöner and the revolution of modern science, 1475-1550 / John W. Hessler.
Alternate Title(s):
Renaissance globe maker's toolbox
Published / Created:
Washington, DC : Library of Congress ; 2013.London : In association with D. Giles Ltd., 2013.
Physical Description:
176 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps (chiefly col.) ; 20 x 24 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 170-173) and index.
Contents:
For posterity : the miscellanies of Johannes Schöner -- The Schöner Sammelband at the Library of Congress. 12 sheets of the Waldseemüller 1507 world map ; 13 sheets of the Waldseemüller 1515 "carta marina," including Schöner manuscript ; Celestial globe gores ; Terrestrial gore fragments ; Celestial gore fragments ; Dürer-Stabius star chart -- Cartography in the margins : how Johannes Schöner read his maps -- Johannes Schöner makes a globe -- It's all in the stars : natal astrology and Johannes Schöner's three books -- The Earth begins to move : Rheticus and the early reception of Copernican astronomy -- Johannes Schöner and the birth of modern science.
Subject Terms:
Schöner, Johann, 1477-1547. | Cartography -- History.