Bayer, Johann. Lupus, 1603 John Gould 18 & 75n: “Privy to

18 & 75n: “Privy to all of the official reports of the Spanish explorers

La Harpe did make maps of the Red River-Arkansas River region based on his travels

Harrisse 197

Austin's surveys

22 ¼ x 26 ¾ inches

Bayer, Johann. Lupus, 1603 John Gould 18 & 75n: “Privy toJohann Bayer Lupus From "Uranometria, omnium asterismorum continens schemata" Augsburg, 1603 approx.: 13 1 2" x 17" Bayer was the first accurate star atlas. A lawyer and amateur astronomer, he was the first to signify the location of the stars within a given constellation by the use of Greek letters (with the addition of the Latin alphabet for constellations with more than 24 stars). This strikingly simple innovation greatly improved the