Historic Map : Homann and Doppelmayr Map of The Moon , 1707, Vintage Wall Art Size:24in x 20in Porto Rico and the Lesser

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Historic Map : Homann and Doppelmayr Map of The Moon , 1707, Vintage Wall Art Size:24in x 20in Porto Rico and the LesserA stunning full color example of J. B. Homann and Johann Gabriel Doppelmayrs important c. 1742 map of the Moon. Essentially a comparative chart, Doppelmayer constructed this map to illustrate the lunar mapping of Johannes Hevelius (left) and Giovanni Battista Riccioli (right). The left hand lunar map, composed by Hevelius, is a considered a foundational map in the science of Selenography or lunar cartography. Here the moon is presented as it can never