{"product_id":"globes-400-years-of-exploration-navigation-and-power-9780226139005","title":"Globes: 400 Years of Exploration  Navigation  and Power","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe concept of the earth as a sphere has been around for centuries  emerging around the time of Pythagoras in the sixth century BC  and eventually becoming dominant as other thinkers of the ancient world  including Plato and Aristotle  accepted the idea. The first record of an actual globe being made is found in verse  written by the poet Aratus of Soli  who describes a celestial sphere of the stars by Greek astronomer Eudoxus of Cnidus (ca. 408355 BC). The oldest surviving globea celestial globe held up by Atlass shouldersdates back to 150 AD  but in the West  globes were not made again for about a thousand years. It was not until the fifteenth century that terrestrial globes gained importance  culminating when German geographer Martin Behaim created what is thought to be the oldest surviving terrestrial globe. In Globes: 400 Years of Exploration  Navigation  and Power  Sylvia Sumira  beginning with Behaims globe  offers a authoritative and striking illustrated history of the subsequent four hundred years of globe making.  Showcasing the impressive collection of globes held by the British Library  Sumira traces the inception and progression of globes during the period in which they were most widely usedfrom the late fifteenth century to the late nineteenth centuryshedding light on their purpose  function  influence  and manufacture  as well as the cartographers  printers  and instrument makers who created them. She takes readers on a chronological journey around the world to examine a wide variety of globes  from those of the Renaissance that demonstrated a renewed interest in classical thinkers; to those of James Wilson  the first successful commercial globe maker in America; to those mass-produced in Boston and New York beginning in the 1800s. Along the way  Sumira not only details the historical significance of each globe  but also pays special attention to their materials and methods of manufacture and how these evolved over the centuries.  A stunning and accessible guide to one of the great tools of human exploration  Globes will appeal to historians  collectors  and anyone who has ever examined this classroom accessory and wondered when  why  and how they came to be made.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45666350891061,"sku":"ByrdShop_022613900X","price":61.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780226139005.jpg?v=1782429323","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/globes-400-years-of-exploration-navigation-and-power-9780226139005","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}