Maps of the Moon

What is it about?

When does a depiction of the moon become a lunar map? This monograph addresses this question from theoretical and historical standpoints, offering a broad overview of the transformations undergone by lunar cartography over a timespan of four centuries.

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Why is it important?

We are surrounded by maps. Usually, they help us find our way, or convey political messages about the spatial distribution of resources and power in the world. But what does a map of the moon do? This essay offers possible answers to this question, examining in detail a large number of lunar maps that appeared from the early seventeenth century to the dawn of the Space Age.