Bayer, Johann. Delphinus. Augsburg, 1603. 1849 [cartouche at top right] Cum

[cartouche at top right] Cum Priuilegio

completewith tournament records and valuable sketches of leading players

with particular attention to maritime routes and the strategic significance of various islands and coastal cities

and he emphasizes not only the contrast of the two ships-the full-sail English cutter and the smaller Dutch ship dockside

Bayer, Johann. Delphinus. Augsburg, 1603. 1849 [cartouche at top right] CumJohann Bayer Delphinus From "Uranometria, omnium asterismorum continens schemata" Augsburg, 1603 13 1 4" x 18 1 2" 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