Bayer, Johann. Lepus, 1603 United States reissued by Delamarche

reissued by Delamarche

14 1/2" x 22 1/2"

now in the Boston Public Library

the primary architect of this and the other maps made on the voyage

and in this and other ways is clearly derived from Waldseemuller’s 1507 world map

Bayer, Johann. Lepus, 1603 United States reissued by DelamarcheJohann Bayer Lepus From "Uranometria, omnium asterismorum continens schemata" Augsburg, 1603 approx.: 13 1 2" x 17" Bayer was the first accurate star atlas. A lawyer and amateur astronomer, he was the first to signify the location of the stars within a given constellation by the use of Greek letters (with the addition of the Latin alphabet for constellations with more than 24 stars). This strikingly simple innovation greatly improved the