Bayer, Johann. Equuleus. Augsburg, 1603 TENNIS Lampornis Gramineus (Green-throated Mango)

Lampornis Gramineus (Green-throated Mango)

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Oil on panel

The seas are populated with ships

Bayer, Johann. Equuleus. Augsburg, 1603 TENNIS Lampornis Gramineus (Green-throated Mango)Johann Bayer Equuleus From "Uranometria, omnium asterismorum continens schemata" Augsburg, 1603 approx.: 13 1 2" x 17" 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