by K.MariaDLane (Author)
One of the first maps of Mars, published by an Italian astronomer in 1877, with its pattern of canals, fueled belief in intelligent life-forms on the distant red planet - a hope that continued into the 1960s. This title telescopes in on a critical period in the development of the geographical imagination.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 280
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 23 Dec 2010
ISBN 10: 0226470784
ISBN 13: 9780226470788