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The Wilkes expedition was the first time that the USA had sent out a naval expedition to gather intelligence and scientific data on various parts of the world to compete with European dominance
were prolific producers of maps and atlases during the 19th century
No maps drawn by Ptolemy himself are known to survive
The map is famous and sought after however for its decoration
in the mid-XIIIc
Bayer, Johann. Triangulum, 1603 bibliophilic-essay-11 The Wilkes expedition was theJohann Bayer Triangulum From "Uranometria, omnium asterismorum continens schemata" Augsburg, 1603 approx.: 13 1 2" x 17" Bayer was the first accurate star atlas. A lawyer and amateur astronomer, he was the first to signify the location of the stars within a given constellation by the use of Greek letters (with the addition of the Latin alphabet for constellations with more than 24 stars). This strikingly simple innovation greatly improved the
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