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The world's first extremely detailed lunar map
Before man first set foot on the Moon, Johannes Hevelius published a detailed lunar atlas down to every crater.
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Johannes Hevelius - First person to map the Moon
German astronomer Johannes Hevelius used a microscope to make the first detailed map of Earth's natural satellite.