Terrestrial and Celestial Globes Volume 2: Their History and Construction Including a Consideration of their Value as Aids in the Study of Geography and Astronomy — John Shaqi
Terrestrial and Celestial Globes Volume 2: Their History and Construction Including a Consideration of their Value as Aids in the Study of Geography and AstronomyStevenson, Edward Luther
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Terrestrial and Celestial Globes Volume 2: Their History and Construction Including a Consideration of their Value as Aids in the Study of Geography and Astronomy
Stevenson, Edward Luther
Geography -- History; Globes
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TERRESTRIAL AND CELESTIAL
GLOBES
THEIR HISTORY AND CONSTRUCTION
INCLUDING A CONSIDERATION OF THEIR
VALUE AS AIDS IN THE STUDY OF
GEOGRAPHY AND ASTRONOMY
BY
EDWARD LUTHER STEVENSON, PH.D., LL.D.
MEMBER OF
THE HISPANIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA
VOLUME II
[Illustration]
NEW HAVEN: PUBLISHED FOR
THE HISPANIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA BY THE
YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS
LONDON · HUMPHREY MILFORD · OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
MDCCCCXXI
COPYRIGHT, 1921, BY
THE HISPANIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA
Table of Contents
PAGE
List of Illustrations vii
Chapter X: Globes and Globe Makers of the Early
Seventeenth Century. The Dutch Scientific
Masters and Their Preëminent Leadership. 1
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