Bayer, Johann. Hydra, 1603 KOP Furniture 21 1/2" x 26 1/2"

21 1/2" x 26 1/2"

Geographical

departing from Spain

Virginians

it is the most detailed printed map of any extensive part of North America published during the Revolutionary period

Bayer, Johann. Hydra, 1603 KOP Furniture 21 1/2" x 26 1/2"Johann Bayer Hydra 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