- Bib ID:
- 4693515
- Format:
- Map
- Author:
- Bayer, Johann, 1572-1625
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item. MAP Ra 307 Plate 37
- Scale:
- Scale not given.
- Description:
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- [Augustae Vindelicorum : Excudit Christophorus Mangus, 1603]
- 1 map ; 27.3 x 37.0 cm., on sheet 35.7 x 47.2 cm.
- Notes:
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- Map of Lepus, the Hare, a constellation lying south of Orion.
- Title from text on verso of map.
- Plate 37 from: Ioannis Bayeri Rhainani I.C. Uranometria. Augustae Vindelicorum : Excudit Christophorus Mangus, 1603.
- Includes text on verso which discusses the various names for the constellation Lepus. Also discusses the stars and includes the Ptolemaic number, the Bayer letter, position within the constellation figure, magnitude, and astrological association.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-230924652
- In Latin and Greek.
- Cited In:
- Warner, Deborah. The sky explored. p. 18.
- Subject:
- Constellations -- Maps -- Early works to 1800
- Time Coverage:
- 1603
- Related Records:
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- Copyright:
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- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
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