Map of Mars (compiled 1877-1886) by Giovanni Schiaparelli references 'The Rocking-horse-fly' for Lewis Carroll's Alice Through The Looking Glass (1871) by John Tenniel?




a)  'The Rocking-horse-fly' for Lewis Carroll's Alice Through The Looking Glass (1871) by John Tenniel


 

b) The area on Schiaparelli's map that would be roughly the equivalent area with Solis Locus remaining as the main body of the creature


 
 
 
c) The two, one above the other. I would not have bothered to look for any comparison without Lowell's drawings and if there's some similarity to be defined here, there are major differences
 


 
 
 
d) Here the area Solis Lacus also known as the 'eye of Mars' becomes the main rocking horse body

 
 
 
 
e) Wings next to the place named Icaria
 
 
 
 
f) The front of the rocker lines up here with the curve of a channel known as Indus that leads to Margaritifer Sinus. 
 
The rear of the rocker runs connects through Mare Acidalium, via Tanais through to Ceraunius
 
 
 
 
 
g) If you wanted to be more precise about the front of the rockers and have a different line to compare with the one in the foreground.

There's another curved line to the left of the Indus channel which might be named as the Euphrates

 
 
 
 
h) The leaf on the right would here becomes the set of channels connecting with Hare Sirenium knows as Sirenius, Eumenides, Gorgon and Gigas
 

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