Bayer, Johann. Hydra, 1603 KOP Furniture Departamento de Arequipa

Departamento de Arequipa

which was then a hub of commerce and culture

son of Charles Wilson Peale

the map captures the rich geography and administrative divisions of the Kingdom of Naples under Bourbon and Habsburg influence

21 1/2" x 26 1/2"

Bayer, Johann. Hydra, 1603 KOP Furniture Departamento de ArequipaJohann 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