Bayer, Johann. Lupus, 1603 John Gould Austin's surveys

Austin's surveys

with direct copies made by Le Rouge (French) and Lotter (German)

Harrisse 197

La Harpe did make maps of the Red River-Arkansas River region based on his travels

Henry Hudson and other 17th century explorations

Bayer, Johann. Lupus, 1603 John Gould Austin's surveysJohann Bayer Lupus 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