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English: en:Mare Insularum. The mare is bordered by the craters Copernicus on the East, and Kelper on the west. Oceanus Procellarum joins the mare to the southwest. Copernicus is one of the most noticeable craters on the moon, seen as the white region on the photo. The rays from both Kepler and Copernicus protrude into the mare. The northern edge of Mare Cognitum is visible at the bottom of the photo, and Fra Mauro is the grey patch in the lower right.
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Believe the author of this may have been a Frearson, or Frearson Brothers of Norseman, Dundas, Western Australia who had the first newspaper there. Also had newspaper in King Street, Adelaide where other family operated doing maps. Some brothers moved to Norseman 1890's and settled there some 18 years. Septimus Frearson was a Councillor of the Shire of Dundas at the time of proposed recession with newspaper articles related to visit by Premier John Forrest.

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