{"id":1820009,"date":"2023-11-12T14:10:21","date_gmt":"2023-11-12T19:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1820009"},"modified":"2023-11-17T14:08:56","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T19:08:56","slug":"astronomy-atlas-1899-a-new-kickstarter-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2023\/11\/astronomy-atlas-1899-a-new-kickstarter-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Astronomy Atlas 1899: A New Kickstarter Project"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Alejandro Polanco\u2019s latest Kickstarter project, Astronomy Atlas 1899<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, does for 19th-century astronomy atlases what his previous Geography 1880<\/em> project<\/a> did for school atlases of the era: create an anthology of the best maps, drawings and diagrams from the books available to him.<\/p>\n

In my library, in addition to the collection of geographical atlases from the 18th to the 21st century, there is a whole series of old books on astronomy, and of all of them, the ones that attract me the most are those published between 1880 and 1930. This was a time when science was developing at an astonishing rate and astronomy was changing radically. […]<\/p>\n

In total there are twelve astronomical atlases in this library, mostly Spanish, French and English, published between 1880 and the early 1930s. From these I have selected the most interesting engravings and drawings, arranged them chronologically and given details of the original source. I have also supplemented many of them with other engravings from the Biblioteca Nacional de Espa\u00f1a and similar sources.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Digital (\u20ac18), softcover (\u20ac45) and limited-edition hardcover (\u20ac90) versions will be produced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Alejandro Polanco\u2019s latest Kickstarter project, Astronomy Atlas 1899, does for 19th-century astronomy atlases what his previous Geography 1880 project did for school atlases of the era: create an anthology of the best maps, drawings and… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,3],"tags":[30,917,104],"class_list":["post-1820009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-antique-maps","category-astronomy","tag-books","tag-crowdfunding","tag-kickstarter","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1812216,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2023\/01\/a-kickstarter-project-to-rediscover-19th-century-atlases\/","url_meta":{"origin":1820009,"position":0},"title":"A Kickstarter Project to Rediscover 19th-Century Atlases","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"30 January 2023","format":"link","excerpt":"Alejandro Polanco\u2019s latest Kickstarter, Geography 1880,\u00a0is in the vein of some of his previous ones: restoring and reprinting works from the late 19th century. 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