Cosmographicus liber (English spelling) Cosmographicus liber

Japanese: 《Cosmographicus liber》(英語表記)Cosmographicusliber
Cosmographicus liber (English spelling) Cosmographicus liber

…He was born in Leisnig, Saxony, and studied mathematics at the University of Leipzig. He wrote many maps, mathematical books, and cosmographies, and created astronomical instruments. His Cosmographicus liber (1524), published in Landshut, went through nearly 60 editions by 1609, and is considered to be one of the most representative cosmographies before the Copernican theory, along with that by S. Münster. From the fourth edition (1527), a world map was added by his student Hemma Frisius. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Cosmographicus liber" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ザクセンのライスニヒで生まれ,ライプチヒ大学で数学を学ぶ。多くの地図,数学書,宇宙誌を著し,天文観測器具を作製したが,ランツフートで刊行された《宇宙誌Cosmographicus liber》(1524)は,1609年にいたるまでほぼ60版を重ね,S.ミュンスターのそれと並びコペルニクス説以前の代表的な宇宙誌とされた。第4版(1527)以降は弟子ヘンマ・フリシウスの編纂で世界地図が加えられている。…

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