Bayer, Johann. Hydra, 1603 KOP Furniture it is the most detailed

it is the most detailed printed map of any extensive part of North America published during the Revolutionary period

the SS Providence had officially retired and was used only sporadically

12" x 17 3/4"

the map captures the rich geography and administrative divisions of the Kingdom of Naples under Bourbon and Habsburg influence

Bayer, Johann. Hydra, 1603 KOP Furniture it is the most detailedJohann Bayer Hydra 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