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
Globes, definition by Leontius, I, 23;
materials entering into the construction of, 15, 40, 41, 56, n. 102,
59, 60, 133, 201;
used for decorative purposes, 60, 61, 154, 199;
importance of globe legends (see the many citations);
globe clocks, 173-175, 197, 216;
globe gores, their use in globe construction, 60;
praised by Ruscelli, 155, 204-207;
globe making in sixteenth century, general summary, 172, 173;
used by navigators, II, 1,
shifting of interest in, 1;
striking tendencies in their construction in second half of
seventeenth century, 72, 73 (Gottorp), 77 (Coronelli), 99,
104, 141;
relative position of stars and constellations as represented on
celestial globes, 209-211;
uses and value as expressed by Joseph Moxon, 125;
moon globes, 215-217
Glockenthon, draughtsman of map on Behaim’s globe, I, 48
Gnomon, its construction and use, I, 18
Gonzaga, Curtio, constructs a large globe, I, 154
Göttingen, Library Dr. Baumgärtner, II, 26, 27 (Blaeu).
Geographical Institute, II, 162 (Doppelmayr); 180 (Akerman).
University Library, II, 162 (Puschner)
Gottorp globe, striking peculiarities of, II, 73, 74
Gran Casa del Frari, center of Coronelli’s activities, II, 98
Greeks, reduced map making to a real science, I, 3;
survival of their ideas of a spherical earth during middle
ages, 35
Greuter, Mattheus, copied much from Blaeu, II, 57
Groland, Nikolaus, a patron of Behaim in the construction of his
globe, I, 48
Grotta, Ferrata, Badia of Santa Maria, II, 63 (Greuter)
Grüniger, Johann, printer of Strassburg, I, 71, 72
Guastalla, Maldotti Library, II, 159 (Nollet)
Gubbio, Communal Library (Biblioteca Comunale), II, 59 (Greuter)
Gustavus II, King of Sweden, Blaeu dedicated to him his globe
of 1622, II, 42
Habrecht, Isaac and Josias, globe and clock makers of Schaffhausen,
I, 174
Hainzel, Johan and Paul, assisted Tycho Brahe in globe construction,
I, 184
Hakluyt, allusion to a globe at Westminster, I, 98
Hartford, Library Mrs. C. L. F. Robinson, II, 254 (Bonne)
Hartmann, George, his the earliest example of engraved celestial
globe gores, 1535, I, 117
Hecataeus, I, 4
Heelmstrech, Jacob, explorer, II, 40
Henry the Navigator, his leadership in maritime enterprise, I, 46
Hercules I, Duke of Ferrara, I, 62
Heriot, Thomas, explorer, I, 210
Herlin, Christian, friend and teacher of Conrad Dasypodius, I, 174;
on the commission to restore the Strassburg clock, 174
Herodotus, quoted, I, 4
Hevelius, Johannes, star maps used by Eimmart, II, 124;
by Valk, 145, 149, 209
Hipparchus, great astronomer, I, 5;
improved the gnomon, 18;
constructed a celestial globe, 19
Holzschuher, George, member of Nürnberg City Council, I, 47;
supervises the construction of Behaim globe, 48
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