Finely detailed, ready-to-color illustrations, showing both the real and the fanciful sides of lunar lore, depict a map of the moon; American Apollo astronauts exploring the moon; the heroes of H. G. Wells's 'First Men in the Moon' accosted by cave-dwelling lunar inhabitants; Galileo and his drawings of the moon; imaginative ideas of moon travel from as early as 300 bc; the moon's role in solar and lunar eclipses; Hollywood's 1950 version of a moon rocket, space suit, and terrain; much more. 44 black-and-white illustrations.
Illustrations: -Author: LaFontaineSize: -Format: BookCopyright: -ISBN 13: 9780486415499
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