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The Sky Atlas unveils some of the most beautiful maps & charts ever created during mankind's quest to map the skies above us. 

This richly illustrated treasury showcases the finest examples of celestial cartography
- a glorious genre of map-making often overlooked by modern map books
- as well as medieval manuscripts, masterpiece paintings, ancient star catalogues, antique instruments & other appealing curiosities.

Take a tour of star-obsessed cultures around the world, learning about Tibetan sky burials, star-covered Inuit dancing coats, Mongolian astral prophets & Sir William Herschel's 1781 discovery of Uranus, the first planet to be found since antiquity. 

Even stranger are the forgotten stories from European history, like the English belief of the Middle Ages in ships that sailed a sea above the clouds, 16th-century German UFO sightings & the Edwardian aristocrat who mistakenly mapped alien-made canals on the surface of Mars.

Product Information:
• ISBN: 9781471178931
• Author: Edward Brooke-Hitching
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
• Format: Hardback
• Pages: 256
• Dimensions: 25.2 x 20 x 2.8 cm

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UK - United Kingdom - An island nation in Europe
Cm - Centimetres, one centimetre is equal to 10 milimetres
antique - An old collectible item with desirable qualities.
star - A giant ball of plasma held together by gravity.
History - Anything that happens in the past. An acedemic subject.
World - A physical grouping, commonly used to describe earth and everything associated with ti
Mars - A planet fourth from the sun. Around half the size of the planet earth it has a distinctive surface colour due to high levels of iron.
Uranus - A planet seventh in line from the sun. It was discovered as a planet by Sir William Herschel. It Has the coldest atmosphere in the solar system.
Learning - Educating and growing in intelligence.
Hardback - Referring to books something that is made from thick stiff card
Dimensions - The shapes and angles of something or a situation.

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The Works
With over 300 UK stores and more than 40000 different products in store each year, The Works is Britain's top discount book store. A well known presence on the high street, The Works was founded in 1981 to bring affordable books to the public. It now offers a large range of exciting products, including arts and crafts products, toys, gifts and seasonal products, all at discounted prices, making it a superb place to find items for hobbies and gifts for all ages. The book selection includes children's books, fiction and non-fiction books on a wide range of subjects from food and drink and craft and DIY to entertainment, autobiographies and history. Art and crafts products range from children's craft sets to sewing materials and professional artists' brushes. As well as big brands, The Works also sells their own high quality branded products.
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