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By Christine McGourty
"Moon maps" created by a little-known Englishman 400 years ago are to go on display to mark the launch of the International Year of Astronomy.
Experts say they prove their creator - Thomas Harriot - beat Galileo to become the first man to view the Moon through a telescope.
The Italian philosopher is credited with the feat in December 1609.
But papers at the West Sussex Record Office show that Harriot drew images of the Moon several months earlier. [...]
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