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Carte générale de la lune / dressée sous la direction de Camille Flammarion ; par C. M. Gaudibert ; dessinée par Léon Fenet |
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Description
Very rare lithographed wall map of the near side of the moon based on telescopic drawings
Noted for their accuracy, drawn by astronomer & selenographer Casimir Gaudibert (1823-1901) under the direction of the famous astronomer Camille Flammarion, founder in 1883 of the Observatory of Juvisy – sur – Orge, and designed by Leon Fenet. The extremely detailed map, made after his own drawings, figures all lunar reliefs, craters, and mountain ranges, including the famous Sea of Tranquility.
Long descriptions list the 509 lunar craters, all bearing famous names with longitude for each. In 1896 Gaudibert realized a lunar globe from the same map and published in very few copies also by Emile Bertaux.
Gaudibert moved to Belgium, where he was a preacher involved with L’ Église Missionnaire but was evicted from his pulpit because some of his teachings was considered unacceptable. From then on, he was a teacher in the Plymouth Brethren assemblies in Belgium. (T C F Stunt).-
Author: Camille Flammarion, Casimir Marie Gaudibert, Leon Fenet
Reference: Sheehan/ Dobbins. Epic Moon. A history of lunar exploration, pp. 197/198.
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