Saturday, October 28, 2017

Another Map!

Patrick found a great place for old and interesting maps. I love maps and charts. So much information and context from the time they were made. The Moon Map below, from my December Sky & Telescope magazine, has this caption
"In 1645, Michale Flerent van Langren published the first moon map with names for lunar features. Two lines of Latin at the end state "By royal decree, the changing o the names on this image is forbidden, under penalty of censure, also reproduction of any sort, the copy under penalty of confiscation and three florins."
I had to look up what a Florin was worth. Here is the Wikipedia description.
"The Florentine florin was a coin struck from 1252 to 1533 with no significant change in its design or metal content standard during that time. It had 54 grains of nominally pure or 'fine' gold (3.5 grams, 0.1125 troy ounce) worth approximately 140 modern US dollars. " 


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