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| Keywords: 1856 Burritt - Huntington Map of the Stars ^ Constellations of the Northern Hemisphere - Geographicus - ConstNorth-burritt-1856.jpg This rare hand colored map of the stars of the northern hemisphere was engraved W G Evans of New York for Burritt ™s 1856 edition of the Atlas to Illustrate the Geography of the Heavens It represents the night sky and constellations of the Northern Hemisphere Constellations are drawn in detail and include depictions of the Zodiacal figures the stars are said to represent Included on this chart are Ursa Major Great Bear or Big Dipper Usra Minor the Little Bear or Little Dipper Draco the Dragono Cassiopeia the W Perseus Camelopardalis and Cepheus Chart is quartered by lines indicating the Solstitial and Equinoctial Colures This map like all of Burritt ™s charts is based on the celestial cartographic work of Pardies and Doppelmayr Dated and copyrighted Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1856 by F J Huntington in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the United States in the Southern District of N York 1856 Size in 15 13 5 object history credit line accession number ConstNorth-burritt-1856 Geographicus-source PD-art Astronomical diagrams Old celestial maps 1856 maps | ||||
