Bayer, Johann. Cepheus. Augsburg, 1603. Maps of Africa and Middle East Born into an artistic Philadelphia

Born into an artistic Philadelphia family in 1835

This was a period when borders were more fluid

State University of Kentucky

rich in detail and accuracy

the “freshwater sea

Bayer, Johann. Cepheus. Augsburg, 1603. Maps of Africa and Middle East Born into an artistic PhiladelphiaJohann Bayer Cepheus From "Uranometria, omnium asterismorum continens schemata" Augsburg, 1603 15 1 2" x 12 3 4" 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 identification