1650

Huygens’ drawing of Mars

Huygens’ drawing of Mars

Publication Date: 1659 Cartographer: Christiaan Huygens Feature on the map: Syrtis Major (named earlier Hourglass Sea – not named at the time of this drawing: this is its first representation)  
Grimaldi’s map of the Moon (1651)

Grimaldi’s map of the Moon (1651)

Publication : 1651 Almagestum novum. Bologna: Victorii Benatii. Cartographer: F. M. Grimaldi Nomenclature: G. B. Riccioli Published in: Almagestum novum astronomiam veterem novamque complectens observatiobus aliorum et propriis novisque theorematibus, problematibus ac tabulis promotam in tres tomos distributam / Auctore Ioanne Baptista Ricciolo Bononiae : ex typographia haeredis Victorii Benatii 1665   Source: http://www.e-rara.ch/zut/content/titleinfo/140180 Details on nomenclature: […]