Galileo Not The First To View And Map The Moon With Telescope
‘English Galileo’ maps on display
Thomas Harriot was the first man to view the Moon through a telescope. Papers at the West Sussex Record Office show that Harriot drew images of the Moon several months earlier than Galileo.
Tags: Galileo, Moon, telescope, Thomas Harriot
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