Bayer, Johann. Hercules, 1603 quad23 Asia is described in detail

Asia is described in detail

the map highlights major political divisions

substandard construction

conquered Naples and Sicily to come under rule of the Spanish Bourbons

Bayer, Johann. Hercules, 1603 quad23 Asia is described in detailJohann Bayer Hercules 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