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	'''Name Variants'''		'''Name Variants'''

			*de vlieghende Visch<ref>de Houtman (1603)</ref>
	*Hirundo marina (Latin, Sea Swallow)<ref name=":0" />		*Hirundo marina (Latin, Sea Swallow)<ref name=":0" />
	*Zeezwaluwe (Dutch, Sea Swallow)<ref name=":0" />		*Zeezwaluwe (Dutch, Sea Swallow)<ref name=":0" />

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Mythology

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	==Mythology==		==Mythology==
			no mythology

	==Weblinks==		==Weblinks==

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	[[File:Volans IAU.svg\|alt=star chart\|thumb\|Volans star chart (IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine, Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg).]]		[[File:Volans IAU.svg\|alt=star chart\|thumb\|Volans star chart (IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine, Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg).]]
	One of the [[:Category:88_IAU-Constellations\|88 IAU constellations]]. The constellation was invented by Dutch sailors in the 1590s.		One of the [[:Category:88_IAU-Constellations\|88 IAU constellations]]. Flying fish are also found in the Mediterranean, but this constellation is not ancient. It is located in the southernmost part of today's constellation [[Argo]], which was not included in the star catalogues of antiquity: the ancient constellation Argo was much smaller than the modern one. The constellation was invented by Dutch sailors in the 1590s.

	==Etymology and History==		==Etymology and History==
			'''Name Variants'''

			*Hirundo marina (Latin, Sea Swallow)<ref name=":0" />
			*Zeezwaluwe (Dutch, Sea Swallow)<ref name=":0" />

	[[File:DeHoutman vlieghendeVisch.JPG\|alt=screenshot of text\|thumb\|de Houtman (1603) "de vlieghende Visch", the Flying Fish (Volans). screenshot of star catalogue.]]		[[File:DeHoutman vlieghendeVisch.JPG\|alt=screenshot of text\|thumb\|de Houtman (1603) "de vlieghende Visch", the Flying Fish (Volans). screenshot of star catalogue.]]
	===Origin of Constellation===		===Origin of Constellation===
	The name "Volans" occurs first on Plancius/ Hondius globe (1598) and was taken over in Bayer's Uranometria (1603).		The name "Volans" occurs first on Plancius/ Hondius globe (1598) and was taken over in Bayer's Uranometria (1603).

	~~Some name alternatives are given by Merula:~~<ref>~~Paulus Merula (1605)~~. ~~''Cosmographiae generalis libri tres~~.''</ref> ~~''Cosmographiae generalis libri tres'' (1605)~~, ~~Part I~~, ~~Book II~~, pp. ~~105-108 (Volans is no~~. ~~III):~~		<ref>Hoffmann, Susanne M. Wie der Löwe an den Himmel kam. Franckh Kosmos Verlag, Stuttgart 2021</ref>When the first Dutch expedition set out to open up new trade routes and markets in the East Indies, navigators Pieter Keyser and Frederick de Houtman also made some observations of the southern night sky. They limited themselves to a few patterns that they considered relevant for navigation – after all, the journey took them from Europe around Africa to Madagascar, where they had to pause for six months and lost 71 men to illness. From there, they sailed to Indonesia to start the spice trade with Java and Borneo. However, due to Portuguese intervention, this was accompanied by armed conflict. The expedition was therefore underway for a very long time.

	* Hirundo marina (~~Latin, Sea Swallow~~)		Some name alternatives are given by Merula:<ref name=":0">Paulus Merula (1605). ''Cosmographiae generalis libri tres.''</ref> ''Cosmographiae generalis libri tres'' (1605), Part I, Book II, pp. 105-108 (Volans is no. III). [[File:Blaeu1603 Vol+Dor.JPG\|thumb\|Dorado and Volans on Blaeu's second globe (1603) that is based on de Houtman's data. [https://collections.rmg.co.uk/mediaLib/398/media-398216/large.jpg RMG]]]
	* Zeezwaluwe (~~Dutch~~, ~~Sea Swallow~~)
	[[File:Blaeu1603 Vol+Dor.JPG\|thumb\|Dorado and Volans on Blaeu's second globe (1603) that is based on de Houtman's data. [https://collections.rmg.co.uk/mediaLib/398/media-398216/large.jpg RMG]]]
	The first book of Merula's ''Cosmographiae'' was written mostly in 1597 and in a letter, dated 30 August 1600, to Marcus Welser in Augsburg, Merula claims that the first part of his work was ready to be printed.		The first book of Merula's ''Cosmographiae'' was written mostly in 1597 and in a letter, dated 30 August 1600, to Marcus Welser in Augsburg, Merula claims that the first part of his work was ready to be printed.

	We suspect that Merula's description is based on a list which he received from Plancius around 1597/98 when was he still busy forming his constellations. For a few constellations, he had not yet decided which figures and names would finally be shown on his celestial globe; e.g. the constellations [[Hydrus]], [[Grus]] and [[Apus]] also were given with alternative names.		We suspect that Merula's description is based on a list which he received from Plancius around 1597/98 when was he still busy forming his constellations. For a few constellations, he had not yet decided which figures and names would finally be shown on his celestial globe; e.g. the constellations [[Hydrus]], [[Grus]] and [[Apus]] also were given with alternative names.

			=== The Animal ===
			Since flying fish are found in many places in the tropics and subtropics, it is likely that sailors witnessed a natural spectacle somewhere in which these animals rise out of the water and glide through the air as they flee from their natural predators. Historically, it could happen that individual animals landed on a ship's deck. One of the flying fish's predators is the dolphinfish – a very large South Sea fish. It is believed that the dolphinfish is immortalised in the constellation [[Dorado]] (goldfish). The constellation pattern shows the flying fish at the edge of the [[Argo]] – however, Dorado always precedes it in the sky, as it is located further west than the flying fish.

	===Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation===		===Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation===

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	[[File:Volans IAU.svg\|alt=star chart\|thumb\|Volans star chart (IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine, Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg).]]		[[File:Volans IAU.svg\|alt=star chart\|thumb\|Volans star chart (IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine, Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg).]]
	One of the [[:Category:88_IAU-Constellations\|88 IAU constellations]]. The constellation was invented by Dutch sailors in the 1590s.		One of the [[:Category:88_IAU-Constellations\|88 IAU constellations]]. The constellation was invented by Dutch sailors in the 1590s.

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	* Hirundo marina (Latin, Sea Swallow)		* Hirundo marina (Latin, Sea Swallow)
	* Zeezwaluwe (Dutch, Sea Swallow)		* Zeezwaluwe (Dutch, Sea Swallow)
			[[File:Blaeu1603 Vol+Dor.JPG\|thumb\|Dorado and Volans on Blaeu's second globe (1603) that is based on de Houtman's data. [https://collections.rmg.co.uk/mediaLib/398/media-398216/large.jpg RMG]]]
	The first book of Merula's ''Cosmographiae'' was written mostly in 1597 and in a letter, dated 30 August 1600, to Marcus Welser in Augsburg, Merula claims that the first part of his work was ready to be printed.		The first book of Merula's ''Cosmographiae'' was written mostly in 1597 and in a letter, dated 30 August 1600, to Marcus Welser in Augsburg, Merula claims that the first part of his work was ready to be printed.

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	===Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation===		===Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation===
	<gallery>		<gallery>
	File:Blaeu1602 Dorado+Volans.JPG\|Dorado and Volans on the globe by Blaeu (1602) that is a copy of Plancius/ Hondius (1598). [https://collections.rmg.co.uk/mediaLib/360/media-360270/large.jpg RMG]		File:Blaeu1602 Dorado+Volans.JPG\|Dorado and Volans on the globe by Blaeu (1602) that is a copy of Plancius/ Hondius (1598). [https://collections.rmg.co.uk/mediaLib/360/media-360270/large.jpg RMG]
			File:Blaeu1603 Vol+Dor.JPG\|Dorado and Volans on Blaeu's second globe (1603) that is based on de Houtman's data. [https://collections.rmg.co.uk/mediaLib/398/media-398216/large.jpg RMG]
	File:Dor+vol Bayer1603.jpg\|Bayer (1603): Dorado hunts Volans		File:Dor+vol Bayer1603.jpg\|Bayer (1603): Dorado hunts Volans
	File:Dorado+volans Dopplmayr1742.jpg\|Doppelmayr's (1742) version of Dorado's hunt of Volans		File:Dorado+volans Dopplmayr1742.jpg\|Doppelmayr's (1742) version of Dorado's hunt of Volans

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	===Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation===		===Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation===
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			File:Blaeu1602 Dorado+Volans.JPG\|Dorado and Volans on the globe by Blaeu (1602) that is a copy of Plancius/ Hondius (1598). [https://collections.rmg.co.uk/mediaLib/360/media-360270/large.jpg RMG]
	File:Dor+vol Bayer1603.jpg\|Bayer (1603): Dorado hunts Volans		File:Dor+vol Bayer1603.jpg\|Bayer (1603): Dorado hunts Volans
	File:Dorado+volans Dopplmayr1742.jpg\|Doppelmayr's (1742) version of Dorado's hunt of Volans		File:Dorado+volans Dopplmayr1742.jpg\|Doppelmayr's (1742) version of Dorado's hunt of Volans

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	[[File:DeHoutman vlieghendeVisch.JPG\|alt=screenshot of text\|thumb\|de Houtman (1603) "de vlieghende Visch", the Flying Fish (Volans). screenshot of star catalogue.]]		[[File:DeHoutman vlieghendeVisch.JPG\|alt=screenshot of text\|thumb\|de Houtman (1603) "de vlieghende Visch", the Flying Fish (Volans). screenshot of star catalogue.]]
	===Origin of Constellation===		===Origin of Constellation===
			The name "Volans" occurs first on Plancius/ Hondius globe (1598) and was taken over in Bayer's Uranometria (1603).

	Some name alternatives are given by Merula:<ref>Paulus Merula (1605). ''Cosmographiae generalis libri tres.''</ref> ''Cosmographiae generalis libri tres'' (1605), Part I, Book II, pp. 105-108 (Volans is no. III):		Some name alternatives are given by Merula:<ref>Paulus Merula (1605). ''Cosmographiae generalis libri tres.''</ref> ''Cosmographiae generalis libri tres'' (1605), Part I, Book II, pp. 105-108 (Volans is no. III):

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	[[File:DeHoutman vlieghendeVisch.JPG\|alt=screenshot of text\|thumb\|de Houtman (1603) "de vlieghende Visch", the Flying Fish (Volans). screenshot of star catalogue.]]		[[File:DeHoutman vlieghendeVisch.JPG\|alt=screenshot of text\|thumb\|de Houtman (1603) "de vlieghende Visch", the Flying Fish (Volans). screenshot of star catalogue.]]
	===Origin of Constellation===		===Origin of Constellation===
			Some name alternatives are given by Merula:<ref>Paulus Merula (1605). ''Cosmographiae generalis libri tres.''</ref> ''Cosmographiae generalis libri tres'' (1605), Part I, Book II, pp. 105-108 (Volans is no. III):

			* Hirundo marina (Latin, Sea Swallow)
			* Zeezwaluwe (Dutch, Sea Swallow)

			The first book of Merula's ''Cosmographiae'' was written mostly in 1597 and in a letter, dated 30 August 1600, to Marcus Welser in Augsburg, Merula claims that the first part of his work was ready to be printed.

			We suspect that Merula's description is based on a list which he received from Plancius around 1597/98 when was he still busy forming his constellations. For a few constellations, he had not yet decided which figures and names would finally be shown on his celestial globe; e.g. the constellations [[Hydrus]], [[Grus]] and [[Apus]] also were given with alternative names.

	===Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation===		===Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation===

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	===Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation===		===Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation===
			<gallery>
			File:Dor+vol Bayer1603.jpg\|Bayer (1603): Dorado hunts Volans
			File:Dorado+volans Dopplmayr1742.jpg\|Doppelmayr's (1742) version of Dorado's hunt of Volans
			File:Dor+Vol+Arg Lacaille dtBeschr Goldbach.jpg\|Lacaille's "Dorado" hunts Volans (1756, here repro 1799)
			File:Dor+Vol Fortin 1776-1795.jpg\|Fortin's hunt of Volans by Dorado (1776-1795)
			File:Dor+Vol+Arg Bode1772.jpg\|Bode (1782) depicts Dorado hunting Volans next to Argo.
			File:Dorado Bode1772.jpg\|Bode (1782) labels Dorado "Schwerdt-Fisch" (swordfish)
			File:Dor+Vol+Pic Fortin1795 dor+volHi.jpg\|Dorado and Volans in Fortin's Atlas Céleste, 3rd edition (1795).
			File:Dor+vol+arg Goldbach1799.jpg\|Goldbach's own version of Dorado hunting Volans next to Argo (1799)
			File:Dor goldbach1799.jpg\|Goldbach's own "Dorado" is labelled "Goldfisch" (goldfish) in German (1799).
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	==Mythology==		==Mythology==

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References

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	*[[References]] (general)		*[[References]] (general)
	*[[References (Babylonian)]]
	*[[References (Greco-Roman)\|References (ancient Greco-Roman)]]		*[[References (Greco-Roman)\|References (ancient Greco-Roman)]]
	*[[References (Medieval and Early Modern)\|References (medieval)]]		*[[References (Medieval and Early Modern)\|References (medieval)]]