Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Uranometria is the short title of a star atlas produced by Johann Bayer.It was published in Augsburg in 1603 by Christoph Mang (Christophorus Mangus) under the full title Uranometria : omnium asterismorum continens schemata, nova methodo delineata, aereis laminis expressa. This translates to \"Uranometria, containing charts of all the constellations, drawn by a new method and engraved on copper plates\". The word \"Uranometria\" derives from Urania, Muse of the heavens and \"uranos\" (oυρανός) the Greek word for sky / heavens. A literal translation of \"Uranometria\" is \"Measuring the Sky\" (to be compared with \"Geometry\"-\"Geometria\" in Greek, literally translated to \"Measuring the Earth\").It was the first atlas to cover the entire celestial sphere."@en }
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- Uranometria abstract "Uranometria is the short title of a star atlas produced by Johann Bayer.It was published in Augsburg in 1603 by Christoph Mang (Christophorus Mangus) under the full title Uranometria : omnium asterismorum continens schemata, nova methodo delineata, aereis laminis expressa. This translates to \"Uranometria, containing charts of all the constellations, drawn by a new method and engraved on copper plates\". The word \"Uranometria\" derives from Urania, Muse of the heavens and \"uranos\" (oυρανός) the Greek word for sky / heavens. A literal translation of \"Uranometria\" is \"Measuring the Sky\" (to be compared with \"Geometry\"-\"Geometria\" in Greek, literally translated to \"Measuring the Earth\").It was the first atlas to cover the entire celestial sphere.".