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"The Man in the Moone", Flying Machine, 1638

Entitled: "The man in the moone: or A discourse of a voyage thither by Domingo Gonsales the speedy messenger" by Francis Godwin, 1638. The Man in the Moone is a book by the English divine and Church of England bishop Francis Godwin (1562 - 1633), describing a "voyage of utopian discovery". Initially considered to be one of his early works, it is now generally thought to have been written in the late 1620s. It was first published posthumously in 1638 under the pseudonym of Domingo Gonsales. The work is notable for its role in what was called the "new astronomy," the branch of astronomy influenced especially by Nicolaus Copernicus, the only astronomer mentioned by name, although the book also draws on the theories of Johannes Kepler and William Gilbert. Some critics consider The Man in the Moone, along with Kepler's Somnium, to be one of the first works of science fiction. Although the book was well known in the 17th century, and even inspired parodies by Cyrano de Bergerac and Aphra Behn, modern literary critics do not consider it to be very important.
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"The Man in the Moone", Flying Machine, 1638
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Entitled: "The man in the moone: or A discourse of a voyage thither by Domingo Gonsales the speedy messenger" by Francis Godwin, 1638. The Man in the Moone is a book by the English divine and Church of England bishop Francis Godwin (1562 - 1633), describing a "voyage of utopian discovery". Initially considered to be one of his early works, it is now generally thought to have been written in the late 1620s. It was first published posthumously in 1638 under the pseudonym of Domingo Gonsales. The work is notable for its role in what was called the "new astronomy," the branch of astronomy influenced especially by Nicolaus Copernicus, the only astronomer mentioned by name, although the book also draws on the theories of Johannes Kepler and William Gilbert. Some critics consider The Man in the Moone, along with Kepler's Somnium, to be one of the first works of science fiction. Although the book was well known in the 17th century, and even inspired parodies by Cyrano de Bergerac and Aphra Behn, modern literary critics do not consider it to be very important.
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ILLUSTRATION • black & white • Science: History
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Album / Science Source / Folger Shakespeare Library
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2250 x 4285 px | 27.6 MB
Print size:
19.1 x 36.3 cm | 7.5 x 14.3 in (300 dpi)
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