Mapping the Moon


Selenographical Fragments

A site containing free downloads of interesting material about some early Moon maps that is not readily available elsewhere.

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A Treatise on Moon Maps

Information

Frank Manasek's book on early Moon maps.


Thomas W Webb's Moon Map

Webb's Moon Map


Hevelius Maps the Moon Phases

PhaseMaps

This PDF contains all of Hevelius's waxing and waning phases.


Francisco Fontana's Moon Maps

Fontana's maps

This PDF contains a selection of Fontanas's waxing and waning phases,1629-1645.


Montanari's 1662 Moon Map

Montanari's map

This PDF is the complete text of Carlo Bonacini's 1927 hard-to-find publication on the rediscovery of Montanari's map.


van Langren's "Strasbourg Forgery" Moon Map of 1645

van Langren's map

This PDF examines, in detail, the third known copy of this elusive map.


Dr. Sommer's Canadian Moon Map

Dr.Sommer's Moon map

Canada's first Moon map?