It looks like Wikipedia [1] has a better explanation of the actual misunderstanding, the page you linked wasn't very clear to me (Italian "canali" corresponds t

It looks like Wikipedia [1] has a better explanation of the actual misunderstanding, the page you linked wasn't very clear to me (Italian "canali" corresponds to English "channel", not English "canal"). [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martian_canals#Supposed_%22discoveries%22 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martian_canals#Supposed_%22dis...