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Meyers Konversations-Lexikon map of Mars (1888)

Meyers Konversations-Lexikon map of Mars (1888)

A rare map where north is up. Based on Schiaparelli.  

Early maps of Mercury

Early maps of Mercury

A summary of Mercury mapping, early drawings reprojected uniformly into Mollweide projection. The last map is based on photographic studies in 1942-1948. (Note: This caption wronly identifies Venus as the mapped object. It is Mercury).   1942-1948 Dollfus, A 1889 Schiaparelli Astr. Nach. 1889 p 246 1897 Lowell Mem. Amer. o Arts and Sciences 1897 […]

Karte des Mondes

Karte des Mondes

In: Karl Wilhelm Valentiner, 1881, Astronomische Bilder, Leipzig Author unknown.

Mars Maps by Schiaparelli (1877-1890)

Mars Maps by Schiaparelli (1877-1890)

1877 (publ. 1878) Alternative reproduction Alternative reproduction G.V. Schiaparelli: Osservazioni astronomiche e fisiche sull’asse di rotazione e sulla topografia del pianeta Marte fatte nella Reale Specola di Brera in Milano coll’equatoriale di Merz durante l’opposizione del 1877. Atti della R. Accademia dei Lincei, Memorie della Classe di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali, Roma, 1878. p308- M. 1. […]

Moon map in Popular Science (1887)

Moon map in Popular Science (1887)

This Moon Map for binoculars (“opera glass”) was published in Popular Science August 1887 issue.

Proctor’s Mars Maps (1865-1892)

Proctor’s Mars Maps (1865-1892)

Cartographer: R. A. Proctor Projection: Stereographic 1864 Chart of Mars R. A. Proctor; using drawings by W. R. Dawes 1864/65 The names like Dawes Sea can be viewed as „the seas in Dawes’ drawing” 1867 1867.  Source: Rudaux, L. et al 1962; Larousse Encyclopaedia Of Astronomy; London Image courtesy Ton Lindemann   1869   RA […]

Leipzig Mondkarte (1881-1903)

Leipzig Mondkarte (1881-1903)

Map of the Moon Publisher/Cartographer: Richard Andree Andrees Allgemeiner Handatlas, Leipzig (Germany) Publisher: Bielefeld and Leipzig by Verlag Von Velhagen and Klasing. Page 4 German/Latin nomenclature Upside down (North down) orientation 1881 1st Edition     1903 edition Map size 38 cm x 24 cm.   The 1900 edition in English. Image courtesy Ton Lindemann. […]

Map of Mars (Green, 1877)

Map of Mars (Green, 1877)

Chart of Mars Mercator Projection in true color 1877 N.E. Green in: Memoirs of the Royal Astronomical Society v. 44. p. 138, 1879. Black and white reproduction with higher resolition (source)   The colors are more subtle in this reproduction (source) Source Source Ledger, E. 1882; The sun, its planets and their satellites; London Image […]

Gaudibert’s Globe de la Lune

Gaudibert’s Globe de la Lune

Cartographer: Casimir Marie Gaudibert „dressé sous la direction de Camille Flammarion par C. M. Gaudibert „ Publisher: Paris: Bertaux Note: Far side is used for gazetteer. Designed for telescopic observations (south is up) Based on Gaudibert’s map of 1887. Image: Austrian National Library Reference: http://data.onb.ac.at/rec/AC04847693

Flammarion’s Maps of Mars (1876-90)

Flammarion’s Maps of Mars (1876-90)

1876 Publication Date: 1876 Source: map 4 in: Percival Lowell:  Areography. The Popular Science Monthly, September, 1902. vol. LXI.—25. p 385-406 Note by Lowell: “Resume by Flammarion of all to date”, i.e. of the maps by Beer and Madler (1840), Kaiser (1864), and Dawes by Proctor (1867). Original version Published in: Flammarion, C (1892) La planete […]

Flammarion’s map of Venus

Flammarion’s map of Venus

“A Vénus térrajza”. Camille Flammarion: Népszerű csillagászattan (Popular Astronomy), Budapest edition c. 1880-1900

Burton’s map of Mars (1880)

Burton’s map of Mars (1880)

Cartographer: Charles Edward Burton Source: RDS Library & Archives – Dublin Courtesy Ton Lindemann.