The sky atlas the greatest maps myths and discoveries of the universe

Rubriek: Textual/Printed/Reference Materials - Boek

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A visual history of how mankind has studied the sky throughout history, featuring some of the most stunning images ever created.



'Beautiful ... endless, brilliant unforgettable stories' Cerys Matthews, BBC Radio 6
‘Combining myth and science, this breathtaking book [is] packed with stunning images' Daily Mail
After the enormous international success of The Phantom Atlas and The Golden Atlas , Edward Brooke-Hitching's brilliant book unveils some of the most beautiful maps and charts ever created during mankind's quest to map the skies above us.

This richly illustrated treasury showcases the finest examples of celestial cartography - a glorious genre of map-making often overlooked by modern map books - as well as medieval manuscripts, masterpiece paintings, ancient star catalogues, antique instruments and other appealing curiosities.

This is the sky as it has never been presented before: the realm of stars and planets, but also of gods, devils, weather wizards, flying sailors, medieval aliens, mythological animals and rampaging spirits. The reader is taken on a tour of star-obsessed cultures around the world, learning about Tibetan sky burials, star-covered Inuit dancing coats, Mongolian astral prophets and Sir William Herschel's 1781 discovery of Uranus, the first planet to be found since antiquity. Even stranger are the forgotten stories from European history, like the English belief of the Middle Ages in ships that sailed a sea above the clouds, 16th-century German UFO sightings and the Edwardian aristocrat who mistakenly mapped alien-made canals on the surface of Mars.

As the intricacies of our universe are today being revealed with unprecedented clarity, there has never been a better time for a highly readable book as beautiful as the night sky to contextualise the scale of these achievements for the general reader.

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Phantom Atlas

Rating: 3.6 / 5 | Prijs: € 28.4

The astonishing story of the maps and atlases throughout history that got it completely wrong a stunningly illustrated book revealing the greatest myths lies and blunders on maps highly recommended andrew marr a spectacular enjoyable and eye opening read jonathan ross the phantom atlas is Op voorraad. Voor 23:59 uur besteld, dinsdag in huis .. MEER INFO

The Madman's Library The Greatest Curiosities of Literature

Rating: 4.7 / 5 | Prijs: € 19.99

A stunning new volume from edward brooke hitching revealing some of the strangest books ever written and produced bbc radio 4 book of the week anybody who loves the printed word will be bowled over by this amusing erudite beautiful book about books it is in every way a triumph one of the Op voorraad. Voor 23:59 uur besteld, dinsdag in huis .. MEER INFO

The Devil's Atlas

Rating: 5 / 5 | Prijs: € 23.99

A lavishly illustrated guide to how humanity has imagined heavens hells and the afterlife very beautiful and illuminating mariella frostrup edward brooke hitching author of the international bestseller the phantom atlas delivers an atlas unlike any other the devil s atlas is an illustrated gu Op voorraad. Voor 23:59 uur besteld, dinsdag in huis .. MEER INFO

Taal: en

Bindwijze: Hardcover

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 17 oktober 2019

Aantal pagina's: 256

Illustraties: Nee

Hoofdauteur: Edward Brooke-Hitching

Hoofduitgeverij: Simon & Schuster Ltd

Editie: 1

Product breedte: 189 mm

Product hoogte: 27 mm

Product lengte: 246 mm

Studieboek: Ja

Verpakking breedte: 200 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 27 mm

Verpakking lengte: 254 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 979 g

EAN: 9781471178931

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