The Discovery of a World in the Moone (1638) was followed up by A Discourse Concerning a New Planet (1640)

The Discovery of a World in the Moone  (1638) [24] [25] A Discourse Concerning a New Planet  (1640 The early scientific works were in a popular vein, and have links to the publications of  Francis Godwin .  The Discovery of a World in the Moone  (1638) was followed up by  A Discourse Concerning a New Planet  (1640). The author highlights the similarities between the Earth and the Moon. Based on these similarities, he proposes the idea that the Moon would house living beings, the  Selenites . [26]   [27]  Godwin's  The Man in the Moone  was also published in 1638.