num_pages: 128
description: Traces the history of how the heavens were charted and how astronomers first mapped the northern and then southern skies and how the constellations were devised more than 2,000 years ago. Some of the mapmakers were Copernicus, Kepler, Lacaille, Van Keulen, and Blaeu.
language: English
title: Celestial Charts: Antique Maps of the Heavens
titlecomplete: Celestial Charts: Antique Maps of the Heavens
genres: History, Art
ratings_count: 4
publisher: Random House Value Publishing