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Hardback
Number of Pages
256
Age Group
All
Language
English
Book Summary
Beautiful...endless, brilliant unforgettable stories Cerys Matthews, BBC Radio 6Combining myth and science, this breathtaking book [is] packed with stunning images Daily MailAfter the enormous international success of The Phantom Atlas and The Golden Atlas, Edward Brooke-Hitchings brilliantbook unveils some of the most beautiful maps and charts ever created during mankinds quest to map theskies above us. This richly illustrated treasuryshowcases the finest examples of celestial cartography - a glorious genre of map-making often overlooked by modern map books - as well as medieval manuscripts, masterpiece paintings, ancient star catalogues, antique instruments and other appealing curiosities. This is the sky as it has never been presented before: the realm of stars and planets, but also of gods, devils, weather wizards, flying sailors, medieval aliens, mythological animals and rampaging spirits. The reader is taken on a tour of star-obsessed cultures around the world, learning about Tibetan sky burials, star-covered Inuit dancing coats,Mongolian astral prophetsand Sir William Herschels 1781 discovery of Uranus, the first planet to be found since antiquity.Even strangerare theforgotten stories from European history, like the English belief of the Middle Agesinships that sailed a sea above the clouds, 16th-century German UFO sightings and the Edwardian aristocrat who mistakenly mapped alien-made canals on the surface of Mars.As the intricacies of our universe are today being revealed with unprecedented clarity, there has never been a better time for a highly readable book as beautiful as the night sky to contextualise the scale of these achievements for the general reader.
Product Details
Author
Edward Brooke-Hitching
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Number of Pages
256
Language
English
SKU
9781471178931
ISBN
9781471178931
Reading Age
All
Dimensions
25.2 x 2.8 x 20 cm
Binding
Hardback
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