Map of the Moon
notes: label: Description
content: The title of this poster reads "THE MOON." One text at the bottom reads "Compiled by Jules A. Colas, / from the Map of C. M. Gaudibert, drawn by L. Fenet / under the direction of C. Flammarion." Another reads “Poole Bros., Chicago.”
label: Description
content: Poole Bros. was a publishing house in Chicago established in 1870. Casimir Marie Gaudibert (1823-1901) was a French amateur astronomer whose map of the moon was published in 1887. Jules Adolph Colas lived in Chicago.
label: Description
content: Ref: “Man of the Moon,” Chicago Tribune (March 30, 1895), p. 10.
label: Description
content: Jules A. Colas (comp.), Notes and Index to Map of the Moon (Chicago,1894).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1998.0232.01
label: catalog number
content: 1998.0232.01
label: accession number
content: 1998.0232
objectType: label: Object Name
content: map of the moon
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 72 cm x 5.8 cm; x 28 3/8 in x 2 5/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: rolled map: 26 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in x 1 in; 67.31 cm x 6.35 cm x 2.54 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 28 in x 2 1/4 in; 71.12 cm x 5.715 cm