Bayer, Johann. Synopsis Coeli Superioris. Augsburg, 1603. KOP Furniture He built a trading post

He built a trading post near present day Texarkana

32 1/2" x 22"

Papered horizon slightly bubbled

"As soon as they have discovered a place abounding in fish

Consilium (Counsel)

Bayer, Johann. Synopsis Coeli Superioris. Augsburg, 1603. KOP Furniture He built a trading postJohann Bayer Synopsis Coeli Superioris From "Uranometria, omnium asterismorum continens schemata" Augsburg, 1603 13 5 8" 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