Old Star Map of Libra, 1624 by Johann Bayer - Zodiac Astrology Chart - The Scales Horoscope Sign munster Sydney Cove

Sydney Cove

created by the father of English cartography Christopher Saxton

originally published by Acme Newspictures in 1939 - the year that Germany invaded Poland and World War 2 began

Take a look at the detailed images and try to spot your favourite landmark or the street where you grew up

literally means "The World Known to the Ancients

Old Star Map of Libra, 1624 by Johann Bayer - Zodiac Astrology Chart - The Scales Horoscope Sign munster Sydney CoveA stunning and exceptionally rare handcoloured celestial chart of the zodiac constellation Libra, The Scales, with all of the stars picked out in gold. This star map was originally published in 1624 in Johann Bayer's "Uranometria," perhaps the most influential star atlas ever published and the forerunner of all modern star atlases. It contained 51 highly accurate star charts, 48 of which were the Ptolemaic constellations. And, of course, the 12 major