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
Homann, Johann Baptista, named Imperial Geographer, II, 155
Homer, said to have considered the form of the earth as that of a
circular disc, I, 4
Hondius, Jodocus, refers to the superiority of his globes, I, 208
Hondt (Hondius), Oliver de, father of Jodocus Hondius, II, 2
Houtmann, Frederick, astronomical observations of, followed by
Van Langren, I, 211;
by Hondius, II, 12;
by Blaeu, 26, 29, 67;
by Coronelli, 108
Hudson, Henry, reference to his discoveries, II, 15, 17, 39, 40, 63
Hulagu Khan, I, 28; his observatory at Maragha, 28
Hunt, Richard, once owner of Lenox globe, I, 73
Hveen, island given to Tycho Brahe, where he erected his observatory
Uranienburg, I, 184
Imola, Communal Library (Biblioteca Comunale), II, 63 (Greuter);
164 (Anonymous)
Ionic school of philosophers, I, 14
Isabel of Este, I, 62
Italians, favorable to manuscript globes, II, 200
Italy, its people increasingly interested in maritime exploration
in fourteenth and fifteenth century, I, 46
Ivrea, Episcopal Seminary (Seminario Vescovile), II, 164 (Anonymous);
263 (Greuter)
James, Thomas, explorer, II, 17
Jomard, E. F., obtains an Arabic globe in Egypt, I, 31
Julius I (Pope), globe belonging to, I, 62
Kahira, Public Library, I, 28 (Ptolemy)
Kepler, Johann, reference to Apianus globe, I, 177
Ko-Shun-King, Chinese astronomer and globe maker, II, 129
Kúblai Kaan, interested in globe making, II, 128
Lactantius, allusion to Archimedes’ globe, I, 17
Laon, City Library, I, 51 (Laon globe)
Latitude and longitude, methods of determining, II, 141, 142, 171,
n. 128
Lattré, map engraver, II, 182
Leiden, University Library, II, 27 (Blaeu); 66 (Janssonius).
Bodel Nyenhuis, II, 252 (Belga)
Leipzig, Karl Hiersemann, II, 254 (Bühler); 257 (Coronelli);
258 (Delamarche); 260 (Ferguson); 265 (Klinger); 270 (Senex)
Le Maire, Jacob, explorer, II, 31, 32, 38, 46, 51, 63
Leontius Mechanicus, I, 21;
a maker of globes and writer on globe construction, 22, 23
Leowitz, Cyprian, I, 184
Libri, Francesco, globe maker, I, 100
Liechtenstein, Prince of, his globe gore maps, I, 71, 75
Linschoten, John Hugo, explorer, II, 38, 39, 46
Loano, Library Lorenzo Novella, II, 194 (Cary)
London, British Museum, I, 150 (De Mongenet); 150 (Florianus);
II, 31, 44 (Blaeu); 114, 119 (Coronelli); 152 (Senex); 156 (Morden);
183 (Lane); 185 (Adams); 177 (Hill); 194 (Cary); 250 (Anonymous).
Royal Asiatic Society, I, 29 (Mohammed ben Helal).
Middle Temple, I, 190 (Molyneux).
Library S. J. Phillips, I, 218 (Gessner).
Library Sir A. W. Franks, II, 250 (Anonymous)
London Company, its territorial jurisdiction represented on Hondius
world map, 1611, II, 41, 70, n. 44.
Longitude, on efforts to determine referred to, II, 10, 36, 68, n. 9,
139
Longomontanus (Severin), pupil of Tycho Brahe, I, 184
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Elsewhere in the archive
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account