Stella, Tilemann:

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KURTZER UND KLARER BERICHT VOM GEBRAUCH UND NUTZ DER NEWEN LANDSTAFFELN / SAMT IREN ZUGEORDENTEN SCHEIBEN ODER CIRKELN IN ETLICHE CAPITEL VERFASSEN DEM GÜNSTIGEN LESER ZU ... The third edition (of four) of this very scarce, separately-printed instructional pamphlet produced to accompany German Renaissance cartographer, astronomer, and mathematician Tilemann Stella (or Stoltz)'s widely celebrated map of Germany, first published in 1560. While Stella is most known for the topographical map which this pamphlet describes, a serendipitous discovery of a contemporary parchment illustration in 2016 revealed him as the creator of the famous St. Gallen Globe, an early "Heaven & Earth" globe which simultaneously depicts geographical and astronomical features and which is considered one of the great cultural and historical treasures of Switzerland.The present pamphlet, comprising a "user's manual" for Stella's 1560 map of Germany (coincidentally produced for the same patron as the St. Gallen Globe, the Prince of Mecklenburg), firmly places that work in the context of Reformation science. Not merely a topographical illustration of the region, through the use of this booklet (notably printed in the German vernacular), a reader could employ the map as a navigational implement, sufficiently accurate and detailed to plan and execute travels and observe astronomical phenomena. The map was based on a 1528 work by the renowned cartographer Sebastian Münster, updated with firsthand knowledge fro

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