Bayer, Johann. Cepheus. Augsburg, 1603. Cartographer_Claude Joseph Sauthier He produced numerous atlases

He produced numerous atlases

including the "Les Indes Orientales

Rightly considered one of the foremost maps in American history

Representatives from Matagorda attended meetings and conventions leading up to the Texas Revolution

19 ½” x 26 ½” sheet

Bayer, Johann. Cepheus. Augsburg, 1603. Cartographer_Claude Joseph Sauthier He produced numerous atlasesJohann Bayer Cepheus From "Uranometria, omnium asterismorum continens schemata" Augsburg, 1603 15 1 2" x 12 3 4" 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 identification