{"product_id":"paperblanks-celestial-planisphere-a4-cahier-notebook-dot-grid-cb1436-3","title":"Paperblanks Celestial Planisphere A4 Cahier Notebook – Dot Grid","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSlim, light and wonderfully practical, this Celestial Planisphere A4 cahier notebook from Paperblanks offers 80 dot grid pages of 100 gsm paper, all perforated for easy removal.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvocative of an age when the heavens were alive with more than satellites, this cover design is a romantic’s delight. Frederik de Wit’s spectacular map of the heavens was published in the late 17th century and depicts the hemispheres with representations of the constellations and signs of the Zodiac.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe Story Behind the Design\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt has been more than 25 years since we began this Paperblanks journey celebrating all eras of human artistry. To commemorate our quarter-century milestone, we looked back to the early days of our history and selected one of our original series to be re-released as a new retrospective edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst introduced in 1994, the original Early Cartography series included reproductions of four spectacular maps produced in the Dutch Golden Age, a period of the Netherlands’ dominance in seafaring, trade, science, military and art. With this new Early Cartography release, we are bringing back into the spotlight the skill and imagination of those 17th-century Dutch cartographers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring the 1600s, this region of Europe was experiencing a cultural and economic boom largely spurred on by the Dutch expansion overseas. Enthusiasm for geography was felt across the whole of Dutch society. In this environment, mapmaking took on a greater artistic and decorative character. Cartography was now not only a source of essential practical tools; it was also a form of art that fused together scientific knowledge, accurate representation, æsthetic appeal and an individual mapmaker’s creative expression. Distinguished artists, engravers, typographers and publishers put the cities of Antwerp and Amsterdam on the cartographic map.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor our Celestial Planisphere cover design we have reproduced a star chart created by Frederik de Wit, a prolific engraver and publisher of the time. His maps had a distinct decorative flair which made them very popular with the public. Populated with fantastical creatures representing the zodiac signs, De Wit’s colourful sky map is an object of great beauty, but its importance went beyond æsthetic pleasures. In a time when seafarers and scientists depended on their ability to identify stars and their position in the sky, star charts were indispensable as navigational and scientific study tools. 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