History credits the Italian philosopher as the first to turn a telescope towards the moon, but months earlier Thomas Harriot drew detailed maps of our
heavenly neighbour, revealing mountains, craters and giant plains
Thomas Harriot, a wealthy but publicity-shy astronomer and mapmaker, produced a series of exquisite lunar drawings, one of which is dated 26 July 1609
(above), pre-dating Galileo's much-celebrated observations of the moon by six months.
I say....of course we did..... 
Guardian article
But of course, we were all beaten to it by the ancients anyway....
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reply to post by AlwaysQuestion
Yes he did,the story was featured on BBC's 'The sky at night'
If Patrick Moore says so then its good enough for me 
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