Terrestrial and Celestial Globes
Author: Edward Luther Stevenson
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Published: 1921
Total Pages: 404
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Author: Edward Luther Stevenson
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Published: 1921
Total Pages: 404
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Publisher: Library of Alexandria
Published: 1971-01-01
Total Pages: 642
ISBN-13: 1465528652
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe beginnings of the science of astronomy and of the science of geography are traceable to a remote antiquity. The earliest records which have come down to us out of the cradleland of civilization contain evidence that a lively interest in celestial and terrestrial phenomena was not wanting even in the day of history’s dawning. The primitive cultural folk of the Orient, dwellers in its great plateau regions, its fertile valleys, and its desert stretches were wont, as we are told, to watch the stars rise nightly in the east, sweep across the great vaulted space above, and set in the west as if controlled in their apparent movement by living spirits. To them this exhibition was one marvelous and awe-inspiring. In the somewhat strange grouping of the stars they early fancied they could see the forms of many of the objects about them, of many of their gods and heroes, and we find their successors outlining these forms in picture in their representations of the heavens on the material spheres which they constructed. Crude and simple, however, were their astronomical theories relative to the shape, the structure, and the magnitude of the great universe in which they found themselves placed. Then too, as stated, there was something of interest to the people of that early day in the simple problems of geography; problems suggested by the physical features of their immediate environment; problems arising as they journeyed for trade or traffic, or the love of adventure, to regions now near, now remote. Very ancient records tell us of the attempts they made, primitive indeed most of them were, to sketch in general outline small areas of the earth’s surface, usually at first the homeland of the map maker, but to which they added as their knowledge expanded. The early Egyptians, for example, as we long have known, made use of rough outline drawings to represent certain features of special sections of their country, and recently discovered tablets in the lower Mesopotamian valley interestingly show us how far advanced in the matter of map making the inhabitants of that land were two thousand years before the Christian era. We are likewise assured, through references in the literature of classical antiquity, that maps were made by the early Greeks and Romans, and perhaps in great numbers as their civilization advanced, though none of their productions have survived to our day. To the Greeks indeed belongs the credit of first reducing geography and map making to a real science. No recent discovery by archaeologist or by historian, interesting as many of their discoveries have been, seems to warrant an alteration of this statement, long accepted as fact.
Author: Edward Luther Stevenson
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Published: 2012
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Publisher: Legare Street Press
Published: 2022-10-27
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ISBN-13: 9781016277051
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author: Stevenson Edward Luther
Publisher: Hardpress Publishing
Published: 2016-06-23
Total Pages: 424
ISBN-13: 9781318034536
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Author: Edward Luther Stevenson
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Published: 1921
Total Pages: 432
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Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 1991-01-01
Total Pages: 684
ISBN-13: 0300051670
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSurveys the art of the Age of Exploration in Europe, the Far East, and the Americas
Author: Edward Luther Stevenson
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: 2020-11-19
Total Pages: 438
ISBN-13: 9789354219603
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Author: Edward Luther 1858-1944 Stevenson
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Published: 2016-08-27
Total Pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9781363966592
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