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Non-European cosmology and constellation development

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The study of the structure and evolution of the universe belongs to the field of cosmology, as opposed to the description and representation of this structure, which is cosmography. Cosmographical images are depicted in many celestial charts, so it is important to have a sense of various cosmological systems. Since printed star maps are essentially a European development, I will go into much detail in the next chapter about the thread of cosmological development that began with the classical Greeks as background for an understanding of what is shown on these maps.

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Kanas, N. (2012). Non-European cosmology and constellation development. In: Star Maps. Springer Praxis Books(). Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0917-5_2

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