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Moon Map, 1829

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[ View large, view very large.] I presume this is the map they used to guide their steam-powered dirigible airships to Luna back in the late Georgian/early Victorian eras.

Karte des Vollmondes nach Mayer, Schroter und Guithuisen – Popular Astronomy by ML Frankheim, 1829, Braunschweig (Bibliodyssey Flickr stream, via @bibliodyssey)

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