Transcription: The invention of the telescope in the first decade of the 17th century opened up the universe to our gaze and astronomers were quick to add continents and mountains to the features of the Moon. This was of course logical enough. If there are seas and oceans there should also be continents and mountains. Among the names of the lunar ranges are the Alps, Apennines, Pyrenees and Carpathians. It is rather ironical that the astronomers The astronomer who allotted these names lived on the Baltic coast, hundreds of kilometres from the nearest mountains. His name was Ivalius. He lived in Gdansk. True, ... File Comment Made in Intimate Arts
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