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Mapping of the Moon - Past and Present (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1974)
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Mapping of the Moon - Past and Present (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1974)
Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 50
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The aim of the present book has been to provide an outline - the
first of its kin- of the history of the human efforts to map the
topography of the surface of our satellite, from the days of
pre-telescopic astronomy up to the present. These efforts commenced
modestly at the time when the unaided eye was still the only tool
at the disposal of men interested in the face of our satellite; and
were con tinued since for more than three centuries by a small band
of devoted friends of the Moon in several countries. Many of these
were amateur astronomers, and almost all were amateur
cartographers; though some highly skilled in their art. The reader
interested in the history oflunar mapping between 1600 and 1960
will find its outline in the first chapter of this book; and can
follow the way in which the leadership in the mapping of the Moon,
the cradle of which stood in Italy, passed successively to France,
Germany, and eventually to the United States. All efforts described
in this chapter were wholly superseded by subsequent devel opments
since 1960, largely motivated by logistic needs of a grand effort
which cul minated with repeated manned landings on the Moon between
1969-1972- a feat which will remain for ever one of the glories of
our century."
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