Terrestrial and Celestial Globes, Vol. 1

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Excerpt from Terrestrial and Celestial Globes, Vol. 1: Their History and Construction Including a Consideration of Their Value as Aids in the Study of Geography and AstronomyThe beginnings of astronomical and of geographical science. Primitive attempts at map construction, as seen in the Baby lonian plan of the world. - Anaximander probably the first scientific cartographer. - Statements of Herodotus. - The place of Hecataeus, Hipparchus, Marinus, Ptolemy. - The Romans as map makers. - The earliest beliefs in a globular earth. - Thales, the Pythagoreans, Aristotle. - Eratosthenes and his measurements of the earth. - Crates probably the first to construct a terrestrial globe. - Statements of strabo.-ptolemy's statements concerning globes and globe construction. - The allusions of Pliny.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.