Geographies of MarsGeographies of Mars A highly original exploration of geographys spatial dimensions at the beginning of the twentieth century, offering a new view of the mapping of far off worlds. One of the first maps of Mars, published by an Italian astronomer in 1877, with its pattern of canals, fueled belief in intelligent life forms on the distant red planeta hope that continued into the 1960s. Although the Martian canals have long since been dismissed as a