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Author:
Whitaker, Ewen A. (Ewen Adair)
Title:
Mapping and naming the moon : a history of lunar cartography and nomenclature / Ewen A. Whitaker.
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press,
Copyright Date:
1999
Description:
xix, 242 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
Subject:
Moon--Maps.
Moon--Names.
Moon--Surface.
Moon--History.--History.
Moon--History.--History.
Moon.--Gazeteers.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Pre-telescope lunar observations -- Early telescopic observations of the Moon -- Van Langren (Langrenus) and the birth of selenography -- Six more years of busy activity -- 140 years of sporadic activity -- A globe, tree rings, and a city -- Lunar cartography comes of age -- Lunar mapping in the Victorian period -- Nomenclature gets international attention -- Setting up guidelines -- Planets and satellites set the rules.
ISBN:
9780521622486
0521622484
OCLC:
(OCoLC)39633902
(OCoLC)47727319
LCCN:
98039475
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

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