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Oriental Star Maps

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2017

F. Richard Stephenson
F. Richard Stephenson*
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Durham, Durham, DH1 3LE, U.K.

Abstract

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The development of celestial mapping in China is discussed with particular regard both to the accuracy of construction and present-day utility of star maps from the pre-Jesuit period.

Type
Part I: Historical Research
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 133: Mapping the Sky: Past Heritage and Future Directions , 1988 , pp. 11 - 22
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1988 

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