Book of Donmon Teith

A catalogue of globes held at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, containing full entries on all items in the Museum's collection. The majority of entries

The concept of the earth as a sphere has been around for centuries, emerging around the time of Pythagoras in the sixth century BC, and eventually becoming domi

In this volume all extant celestial maps and globes made before 1500 are described and analysed. It also discusses the astronomical sources involved in making t