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Tobias Mayer’s maps of the Moon (1748, 1775)

Tobias Mayer’s maps of the Moon (1748, 1775)

Date : 1748 Title: Lunar eclipse map /  Représentation de l’eclipse partiale de la Lune qui arrivera la nuit du 8 au 9 d’août, 1748 dressée suivant les lois de la vraie projection et accompagné d’un imprimé qui lui servira d’éclaircissement / par T. Maier. Publisher: Homann. Cartographer: Mayer JT Source: ark:/12148/btv1b7710369w Nomenclature: Riccioli Language: […]

Mayer/Schröter Map of the Moon (1791)

Mayer/Schröter Map of the Moon (1791)

Publication Date: 1791 Published in Selenotopographische Fragmente zur genauern Kenntniss der Mondfläche, ihrer erlittenen Veränderungen und Atmosphäre, sammt den dazu gehörigen Specialcharten und Zeichnungen / Johann Hieronymus Schroeter Cartographer: Tobias Mayer Nomenclature: JH Schröter Additional figures Heights and depths   Source http://www.e-rara.ch/zut/content/titleinfo/544831

Canal map of Mars (1975)

Canal map of Mars (1975)

Published in: Carl Sagan and Paul Fox: The canals of Mars: An assessment after Mariner 9 Icarus Volume 25, Issue 4, August 1975, Pages 602-612 Language of nomenclature: Latin “Abstract: The Lowellian canal network has been compared with the results of Mariner 9 photography of Mars. A small number of canals may correspond to rift valleys, […]

Albedo Map of Mars (1971)

Albedo Map of Mars (1971)

Published in: T.A. Mutch et al: the Geology of Mars p. 12. Language of nomenclature: Latin Original map caption: Map of Mars showing albedo features visible during 1971 opposition. Prepared by Planetary Research Center, Lowell Observatory, with participation by other observatories contributing to the International Planetary Patrol Program. (with nomenclature key).

Slipher’s Map of Mars, MEC-1 (1962)

Slipher’s Map of Mars, MEC-1 (1962)

Cartographer: E C Slipher (Lowell Observatory)Published by United States Air ForceLanguage of nomenclature: LatinScale: 1:35 000 000Projection: MercatorDate: 1962 Source: Library of Congress.     Credit: NASA Johnson Space Center S63-00916

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 […]

Albedo Map of Mars (Ebisawa, 1957)

Albedo Map of Mars (Ebisawa, 1957)

Cartographer: Shiro Ebisawa Based on Antoniadi (1930) Comment: “This map is regarded, by the BAA Mars Section, as the standard reference for names, as the IAU map contains too few names to be of real use.”

Map of Mars cryosphere (1984)

Map of Mars cryosphere (1984)

Rasprostranennost’ proznakov proyavleniya merzloty na poverhnosti Marsa R.O.Kuzmin: Struktura Kriolotosferi Marsa Made by Vernadsky Institute of Geockemy and Analytical Chemie of of the Academy Laboratory for Comparative Planetology 27. International Geological Congress Aug 4-14, Moscow, 1984. Sravnitelnaya Planetologiya. Tom 19.  

Ingeborg Brun’s Globe of Mars (1909)

Ingeborg Brun’s Globe of Mars (1909)

Hand painted by the Danish astronomer Emmy Ingeborg Brun in 1905-1909. The globe is based on the canal maps of Percival Lowell. Note nice Art Nouveau style lettering. “Brun is known to have presented Flammarion with one of her globes. Fewer than ten of Brun’s Mars globes appear to have been recorded.” (Source) Original globe […]

Map of Mars DDR (1984)

Map of Mars DDR (1984)

Mars. 1:23 500 000 Author: Hellmuth Wolf, Gotha Dresden, 1984. DDR

Beer and Mädler’s (Maedler) map of Mars (1841)

Publication Date: 1841 Cartographers: W. Beer and J. H. Mädler Type: albedo map Publication: Beer W and Mädler JH (1841) Beiträge zur physischen Kenntniss der himmlischen Körper im Sonnensysteme mit 7 Kupfertaf. Weimar. (Title plate) Comment: W. Beer and J. H. Mädler chose first the dark albedo marking of Sinus Meridiani (labeled “a”) as the “Geenwich” […]

LRO Topographic Globe of the Moon

Virtual globe for Google EarthSource: Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Wide Angle Camera Digital Terrain ModelLamguage: Latin/EnglishMap editor: Henrik Hargitai / ICA Commission on Planetary CartographyComment: It displays the  names  of the largest features plus landing site locations plus some of the most interesting features, including basins not named formallyDate: December 2011.LROC data provided courtesy of NASA/GSFC/Arizona […]