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One of the earliest space-travel tales in English literature.

Domingo Gonsales reaches the Moon using trained geese.

Describes lunar inhabitants and societies with utopian curiosity.

Reframes divine ascent as mechanical flight — from miracle to method.

Echoes Kepler’s *Somnium* but replaces demons with invention.

Marks the shift from celestial myth to speculative science fiction.

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