Bayer, Johann. Triangulum, 1603 The viviparous quadrupeds of North America once described as a genius

once described as a genius by Millais

formed as a district in 1772 and a town in 1788

although he was acquitted of all but one charge

Choris worked extensively in pastels and documented the Ohlone people in the missions of San Francisco

which prompted Mexico to invade Texas in 1846

Bayer, Johann. Triangulum, 1603 The viviparous quadrupeds of North America once described as a geniusJohann Bayer Triangulum From "Uranometria, omnium asterismorum continens schemata" Augsburg, 1603 approx.: 13 1 2" x 17" Bayer was the first accurate star atlas. A lawyer and amateur astronomer, he was the first to signify the location of the stars within a given constellation by the use of Greek letters (with the addition of the Latin alphabet for constellations with more than 24 stars). This strikingly simple innovation greatly improved the