Bayer, Johann. Triangulum, 1603 The viviparous quadrupeds of North America Carte d'Amerique divisees en ses

Carte d'Amerique divisees en ses principales parties

formed as a district in 1772 and a town in 1788

after British General Hugh Percy (commander of the 5th Regiment of Foot) made his successful attack on Fort Washington (at the northern tip of Manhattan Island) in November 1776

Paper Size:5 3/4” x 9 9/16”

Choris worked extensively in pastels and documented the Ohlone people in the missions of San Francisco

Bayer, Johann. Triangulum, 1603 The viviparous quadrupeds of North America Carte d'Amerique divisees en sesJohann 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