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pl23_map00337.jpg

Reproduction of the large map of the moon by the Abbe Moreux

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Description

Reproduction of the large map of the moon by the Abbe Moreux. Published inRevue du Ciel, July 1921, p. 1094. An example of the surface of the moonbeing better mapped than the floor of the ocean, a situation that exists to this day.

Credit

NOAA Central Library Historical Collections

Collection

Voyage to Inner Space