"Detail of the Star Map from the Tang Dynasty showing the North Polar region (British Library Or.8210/S.3326). This map was made approximately in the year 700,[1] around the reign of Emperor Zhongzong of Tang (705-710). Constellations of the three schools were distinguished with different colors: white, black and yellow for stars of Wuxian, Gan De and Shi Shen respectively. The whole set of star maps contained 1,300 stars"
"The Chinese Dunhuang 'Star Chart' shown here was the world's first atlas of the stars"
Dated to the Tang Dynasty (618–907)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunhuang_Star_Chart
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