baumhaus.digital/Studium Generale/Mythologies of possible futures: Between Science Fiction and Reality/Renaissance to 19th century/The Man in the Moone
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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