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Terrestrial and Celestial Globes (Vol. 1&2) (Annotated)

Enriched Edition. Complete EditionBy Edward Luther Stevenson

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Terrestrial and Celestial Globes (Vol. 1&2) is a foundational history of globe-making from antiquity through the early modern period, tracing both the terrestrial sphere as an instrument of geographic knowledge and the celestial globe as a model of the heavens. Stevenson combines antiquarian precision with the narrative habits of early twentieth-century scholarship: descriptive, documentary, and richly bibliographic. His work situates globes within the broader histories of cartography, astronomy, navigation, printing, and Renaissance humanism, attending to makers, materials, inscriptions, and surviving examples. Edward Luther Stevenson was an American historian of geography and cartography whose scholarly career was shaped by close work with rare maps, atlases, and historical instruments. His expertise in early modern mapping, especially the transmission of geographic knowledge after the age of discovery, informs the book's meticulous attention to provenance, craftsmanship, and intellectual context. Stevenson's purpose was not merely to catalogue globes, but to recover them as artifacts of scientific imagination and cultural ambition. This two-volume work is recommended to readers interested in cartographic history, the history of science, museum collections, and the material culture of exploration. Though written in a formal scholarly register, it rewards patient reading with a remarkably comprehensive account of how humans have represented earth and sky. This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience. - Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance. - Interactive footnotes clarify unusual references, historical allusions, and archaic phrases for an effortless, more informed read.