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A True Story- Lucian of Samosata
Novel.
Syria, Roman Empire. -
1308
Divine Comedy- Dante Alighieri
Italian Long Poem.
"The sea I sail has never yet been passed;
Minerva breathes, and pilots me Apollo,
And Muses nine point out to me the Bears [...]
Fix gratefully thy mind
On God, who unto the first star has brought us [...]
Besides, if rarity were of this dimness
The cause thou askest, either through and through
This planet thus attenuate were of matter" In your opinion, Why did Dante choose the moon for one of the 9 spheres of heaven? -
The Man in the Moone - Francis Godwin
Novel.
England.
"These birds [···] I tooke from 30. to 40. young ones of them, and bred them up by hand partly for my recreation, partly also as having in my head some rudiments of that device, which afterward I put in practice. These being strong and able to continue a great flight".
What skills did he apply in order to construct the device? -
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen- Rudolph Erich Raspe
Novel.
Germany.
"I had scarcely planted the bean when it sprang up, and
grew so fast under my very eyes that in a few hours it had
actually fastened itself to one of the moon's horns. All I had to
do now was to climb up by it into the moon, where I arrived
safely after a toilsome ascent of some hours."
Does this quote sound familiar to you? why? -
From the Earth to the Moon- Jules Verne
Novel.
France. -
A Trip to the Moon-Georges Méliès
Film.
France. -
Cosmic Voyage-Vasili Zhuravlyov
Film.
Soviet Union -
Mission to the Moon-Lester del Rey
Novel.
United States
