1890

Elger’s map of the Moon

Elger’s map of the Moon
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 […]
Map of Mars (1898)

Map of Mars (1898)

Amand Freiherr v. Schweiger-Lerchenfeld: Atlas del Himmelskunde. Wien, Pest, Leipzig 1898  
Douglass’ map of Mars (1896-97)

Douglass’ map of Mars (1896-97)

Map of Mars, 1896-97 Telescopic Lowell Observatory Book plate The London Geographical Institute / Georg Philip and son Ltd Pencil A.E. Ball’s Popular Guide to the Heavens  
Marte by Giovanni Giovannozzi (1890)

Marte by Giovanni Giovannozzi (1890)

1890 Giovanni Giovannozzi Personal letter to Schiaparelli Oct 8, 1890, Item CCXXX in Corrispondenza su Marte di GV Schiaparelli, Vol II, Pisa Domus Galileana, 1976
Lowell’s Map of Venus (1897)

Lowell’s Map of Venus (1897)

Date: 1897 Source: Moore, P; 1960:T he planet Venus, London. Original source: Lowell, P; 1897: MNRAS (Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.), LVII: 148. Courtesy Tom Lindemann.
Drawing of Venus by Griffith (1897)

Drawing of Venus by Griffith (1897)

Date: 1897. Feb. 17. Source: W. R. Corliss: The Moon and The Planets. The sourcebook project 1985. Spoke system
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. […]
Franz’s Contour Map of the Moon (1899)

Franz’s Contour Map of the Moon (1899)

Franz, J., (1899). Die Figur des Mondes, Astron. Beobachtungen, Königsberg, Bd.38 Reproductions: Niveaukarte des Mondes nach J. Franz, Breslau. In: M. W. Meyer: Der Mond, Unsere Nachbarweld. Stuttgart, Kosmos, Gesellschaft der Naturfreunde. p67., 1909 Link: https://publikationsserver.tu-braunschweig.de/receive/dbbs_mods_00028511 “The first contour map of the Moon was constructed by Franz (1899) Just before the turn of the century. He […]
Pallas Nagylexikon Moon Map (1893-1897)

Pallas Nagylexikon Moon Map (1893-1897)

Engraved by Posner Károly Lajos and Son Nomenclature: Hungarian, Latin Published in Pallas Nagylexikon, 1893-1897 The lexikon’s entry on the Moon (detail) Holdtopográfia. Már Galilei felismerte 1610. ujonnan feltalált távcsövével a H. hegyeit és azok árnyékait, s iparkodott megbecsülni a hegyek magasságait. A XVII. sz. közepe felé már találkozunk holdtérképekkel, de a tulajdonképeni Selenographiát csak […]
Niesten’s Globe of Mars (1892)

Niesten’s Globe of Mars (1892)

Globe of Mars by Belgian Astronomer Louis Niesten. Publisher: J. Lebeque & Co, Brusells, Belgium. Dimensions: 22cm x 10cm. Cartouche: GLOBE DE MARS dressé PAR L NIESTEN d’après les observations faites À BRUXELLES & A MILAN NOMENCLATURE SCHIAPARELLI NOMENCLATURE GREEN J. Lebèque & C.° Bruxelles Observations were done in Brussels and Milan Nomenclature: based on Schiaparelli’s and […]
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 […]