Réduction de la grande carte de la lune de J. Dom. Cassini
- Bib ID:
- 8033959
- Format:
- Map
- Author:
- Cassini, Giovanni Domenico, 1625-1712
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Scale:
- Scale not given (W 90⁰00ʹ--E 90⁰00ʹ/N 90⁰00ʹ--S 90⁰00ʹ).
- Description:
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- [Paris, France?] : [publisher not identified], [1788]
- 1 map ; 17.6 cm in diameter, on sheet 29.0 x 43.4 cm
- Notes:
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- Hemispherical map of the Moon showing surface features such as placenames, craters and mountain ranges. Relief shown by shading and pictorially.
- Engraved text on the right describes the history of Jean-Dominique Cassini's (1625-1712) lunar map. In the lower half, on the mountain range Promontorium Heraclides (bottom right of the map) is a woman's head in profile with long flowing hair. There is also a marking shaped like the Greek letter phi (φ) which appears in the Sea of Serenity, roughly shaped like a heart.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1099826683
- In French.
- Subject:
- Moon -- Maps -- Early works to 1800
- Genre/Form:
- Thematic maps
- Other authors/contributors:
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Creator Date of Death is Before 1955
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Artistic
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1845
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1788
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