Apr 17, 2008 - Sale 2142

Sale 2142 - Lot 164

Unsold
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,200
"WOW! WHAT A PLACE!"Descartes Lunar Topographic Map. A green shaded relief map with contour lines in red at 100 meter intervals. Area covered is from approximately 8.15 to 9.45 degrees south latitude and from 15 to 17 degrees east longitude. Scale is 1:100,000. Approximately 25x25 inches. first edition. U.S. Army Topographic Command for NASA, March 1972

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Inscribed and signed: "Descartes and the Cayley Plains, Fifth Lunar Landing, April 1972, 71 hours on the Moon, 3 EVAs, Charles M. Duke, Jr. Apollo 16 LMP, Wow! What A Place!" He also marked the landing site with an "X."