The Northern Hemisphere of the Celestial Globe, 1515 (probably printed 17th century), Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471–1528, 19 9/16 x 18 3/8 in. ( x cm) (sheet), Woodcut, Germany, 16th century, Albrecht Dürer's renowned celestial maps of the northern and southern hemisphere were the first star charts ever to be printed. The 48 classical constellations-the twelve signs of the zodiac, Orion, the Great Bear, and so on-that make of up core of these charts were carefully catalogued by Ptolemy in his Almagest. There were a number of drawn precedents of celestial maps found in Arabic

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