Drawing

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
Drawing of Venus by R. M. Baum

Drawing of Venus by R. M. Baum

Date: Apr 26, 1951. Source: W. R. Corliss: The Moon and The Planets. The sourcebook project 1985. Spoke system  
Engravings of the Moon (Mellan and Gassendi 1637)

Engravings of the Moon (Mellan and Gassendi 1637)

Photorealistic engravings of the Moon (1635-37) 23.7 x 17.9 cm engraving by Claude Mellan. This work was commissioned by Pierre Gassendi. The original series consisted of three parts: 1st quarter, 2nd quarter (full Moon), 3rd quarter. (c) The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1960 Courtesy EA Whitaker. Recommended: Galileo Project    
Konkoly’s Drawing of Mars (1877)

Konkoly’s Drawing of Mars (1877)

Publication Date: 1877 Cartographer: Konkoly-Thege, Miklós Feature on the map: Syrtis Major (to the right) Observation made in: Ógyalla Observatory Comment of Konkoly-Thege: 1879. okt. 29. Mióta én a Mars felületét vizsgálom, még soha oly rendkívül élesen körvonalozott foltokat nem láttam, mint ma. … A Mars vérpiros színben tűnik elő. A legnagyobb folt a bolygó egyenlítőjéhez […]
Kircheri’s Drawing of the Moon (1660)

Kircheri’s Drawing of the Moon (1660)

Kircheri, A. 1660; Iter Extaticum Coeleste; Norimberga Image courtesy Ton Lindemann
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)  
Thomas Harriot’s Moon Drawing and Map

Thomas Harriot’s Moon Drawing and Map

The moon map from Thomas Harriot from 26 July 1609 (5 August 1609 Gregorian style) is the very first map drawn with help of a telescope. Galileo was the second (but Galileo made no maps). Harriot lives near London. Some features on his second moon map are numbered. Originals at the West Sussex County Council […]
Gilbert’s naked eye Moon map

Gilbert’s naked eye Moon map

Date of drawing: c. 1600-1603 Publication : 1651 William Gilbert, De Mundo Nostro Sublunari Philosophia Nova, Amstelodami (Amsterdam) (1651; reprint edn, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1965). The oldest known moon map with the naked eye, drawn around 1600 by Gilbert, but first published in his book from 1651. Nomenclature: latin, on the map Image and text courtesy of […]
Francisci’s drawing of the Moon (1676)

Francisci’s drawing of the Moon (1676)

Source: Francisci, E. 1676; Das eröffnete Lust-Haus der Ober- und Nieder-Welt; bey mehrmaliger Unterredung vor dißmal so wol von der Natur, Welt, Himmel und dem Gestirn insgemein, als auch insonderheit von dem Mond, der Sonnen und allen übrigen wandelbaren Sternen; imgleichen von den Haar-Sternen oder Kometen, wie auch gestirnten Einflüssen, Stuffen-Jahren, Talismannen / allen Natur-, […]
Divini’s drawing of the Moon (1665-72)

Divini’s drawing of the Moon (1665-72)

1665 1672 Soure: Kircher, A. 1665; Mundus subterraneus, quo universae denique naturae divitiae, Amsterodami (Amsterdam) Image  courtesy of Ton Lindemann.
Burton’s map of Mars (1880)

Burton’s map of Mars (1880)

Cartographer: Charles Edward Burton Source: RDS Library & Archives – Dublin Courtesy Ton Lindemann.
Drawing of the Moon (Bode, 1823)

Drawing of the Moon (Bode, 1823)

Bode, J.E. 1823; Anleitung zur Kenntniss des gestirnten Himmels; Berlin/Stettin Image  courtesy of Ton Lindemann.