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List of Illustrations<br />

Foreword<br />

Table of Contents<br />

PAGE<br />

xiii<br />

Chapter I: <strong>Terrestrial</strong> Globes in Antiquity ... l<br />

The beginnings of astronomical <strong>and</strong> of geographical science.—<br />

Primitive attempts at map construction, as seen in the Babylonian<br />

plan of the world.—Anaxim<strong>and</strong>er probably the first<br />

scientific cartographer.— Statements of Herodotus.—The place<br />

of Hecataeus, Hipparchus, Marinus, Ptolemy.—The Romans as<br />

map makers.—The earliest beliefs in a globular earth.— Thales,<br />

the Pythagoreans, Aristotle.—Eratosthenes <strong>and</strong> his measurements<br />

of the earth.— Crates probably the first to construct a terrestrial<br />

globe.— Statements of Strabo.—<br />

Ptolemy's statements concerning<br />

<strong>globes</strong> <strong>and</strong> globe construction.—The allusions of Pliny.<br />

xix<br />

Chapter II : Celestial Globes in Antiquity ... 14<br />

Thales' ideas, probably not a globe maker.—Eudoxus.—The<br />

Atlante Farnese.—Archimedes.—Allusion of Lactantius.— Pap-<br />

pus' allusions.— Armillary spheres.—The astronomer Hipparchus.—<br />

Ptolemy.—Globes used for decorative purposes by the<br />

Romans.—Roman coins.—The Byzantine Leontius Mechanicus.<br />

Chapter III : Globes Constructed by the Arabs . . 26<br />

Followers of Ptolemy.— Early armillary spheres.— Interest of the<br />

Califs in <strong>globes</strong> <strong>and</strong> astronomical instruments.—The record<br />

of the 'Fihrist.'— Ibrahim.— Caissar.—Mohammed ben Helal.—<br />

Mohammed el Ordhi.—The Paris <strong>globes</strong>.—Ridhwan Efendi.<br />

Chapter IV: <strong>Terrestrial</strong> <strong>and</strong> Celestial Globes in the<br />

Christian Middle Ages 35<br />

General attitude of the period toward the theories of the Greeks <strong>and</strong><br />

the Romans.— Scripture statements as sources of information.—<br />

Inclination of certain early writers to accept the doctrine of a<br />

spherical earth.—The particular attitude of Pope Sylvester II.—<br />

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