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
History
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
Danti, Ignazio, called by Duke Cosimo to Florence to decorate his
palace, I, 158;
his work described by Vasari, 159-162
Dasypodius, Petrus, father of Conrad Dasypodius, I, 173
Da Vinci, Leonardo, peculiarities of his globe gores, II, 205
Davis, John, explorer, II, 38, 51, 63
Delisle, Claude, father of Guillaume, II, 138
Diaz, Bartholomew, turns the Cape of Good Hope, I, 46
Dicaearchus, introduces place orientation on the map, I, 4
Dijon, College of Dijon, II, 266 (Legrand)
Doppelmayr, Johann Gabriel, II, 159-162;
portraits of famous explorers, 161;
marks the course of famous explorers, 162
Drake, Francis, explorer, II, 37, 40
Draper, Mrs. Henry, presents Nathan Hill globe to New York Public
Library, II, 188
Dresden,
Math. Phys. Salon (Mathematisch-Physikalischer Salon), I, 30
(Mohammed ben Muwajed el Ordhi); 156 (Heyden); 158 (Praetorius);
181 (Roll and Reinhold); 215 (B. F.); II, 44 (Blaeu);
111 (Coronelli); 150 (Valk); 162 (Doppelmayr); 162 (Puschner)
Dürer, Albrecht, on globe-gore construction, II, 202, 203
Ecliptic Mounting, II, 145
Edrisi, famous Arabic geographer, I, 27;
references to so-called globe of King Roger, 27;
comments on the earth as a sphere, 33, n. 51
Egedian Gymnasium, Nürnberg, II, 159
Equatorial mounting, II, 145
Eratosthenes, represents curved surface of the earth on a plane, I, 5;
his measurement of the earth, 5;
idea concerning a spherical earth, 7;
probably made use of an armillary sphere, 18
Escorial, possessed at one time an Apianus globe, I, 176
Este Family of Ferrara, interest in geographical discovery, I, 61, 62
Estrées, Cardinal d’, induces Coronelli to construct a large globe for
Louis XIV, II, 99
Eudoxus, I, 14; made use of celestial globe, 15
Fabriano, Agabiti Museum (Museo Agabiti), II, 59 (Greuter).
Communal Library (Biblioteca Comunale), II, 59 (Greuter)
Faenza, Communal Library (Biblioteca Comunale), II, 111 (Coronelli)
Faletti, Giacomo, purchases a globe from Cardinal Bembo, I, 120
Fano, Communal Library (Biblioteca Comunale), II, 27 (Blaeu);
111 (Coronelli)
Fermo, Communal Library (Biblioteca Comunale), II, 86 (Moroncelli)
Ferrara, Communal Library (Biblioteca Comunale), II, 59 (Greuter).
Dukes of, their interest in geographical discovery, I, 61, 62
Ferrero, Cardinal Gian Stefano, presents a globe to Pope Julius II,
I, 63
Fickler, his inventory including globes in library of Munich, I, 177
Finale, Episcopal Seminary (Seminario Vescovile), II, 118 (Coronelli)
Fischer, Professor Joseph S. J., discovers copy of Waldseemüller map
1507, and publishes same in facsimile, I, 67, 69;
cited, 199, 200;
co-editor with E. L. Stevenson of Jodocus Hondius world map of
1611, II, 67
Flamsteed, John, English astronomer, II, 179
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