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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 […]

Map of the Moon (Flammarion 1881-1898)

Carte Géographique de la Lune Date: 1881 Publication: Astronomie Populaire Contribution by Ton Lindemann 1898; Wonderen des Hemels; Zutphen (Dutch edition): Image courtesy Ton Lindemann A Hold földrajzi abrosza (Moon’s geographic chart) Camille Flammarion’s Népszerű csillagászattan (Popular Astronomy), Budapest edition c. 1880-1900 Nomenclature is in two blocks: “Western Mounts and Eastern Mounts” South is up.

Dopplemeyer’s double Map of the Moon

Publication Date: 1707?/1730/42? Based on: the map of the Moon by Hevelius and Riccioli (slightly changed nomenclature) Place of Publishing: Nurenberge Language of nomenclature: Latin Author: Doppelmayr, Johann Gabriel, 1742, Atlas Coelestis. Published in Plate 11 of “Atlas coelestis in quo mundus spectabilis et in eodem stellarum omnium phoenomena notabilia… secundum Nic. Copernici et ex parte Tychonis […]

Lyot’s Maps of the Galilean Satellites and Titan (1941/61)

Albedo maps of the Galilean satellites. Lyot examined these satellites with the 38 cm refractor in 1941, later with the 60-cm telescope. Markings confirmed by Camichel and Gentili. Source: A. Dollfus: Visual and photographic studies off planets at the Pic du Midi. In: Planets and Satellites, GP Kuiper and B Middlehurst, eds. Chicago Univ Press […]

Dicquemare’s Maps of the Moon (1771)

Numbered map Dicquemare, M. 1771; La connoissance de l’astronomie – rendue aisée & mise ŕ la portée de tout le monde; Paris Image courtesy of Ton Lindemann.

Map of Mars, de Vaucouleurs (1939-50)

Source: De Vaucouleurs G. 1950; The Planet Mars; London Reproduction in: Kulin-Zerinváry: A távcső világa. Gondolat, Budapest, 1958.

Chinese poster of the Moon

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Far side of the Moon (Chinese, 2007)

Original title: 月球背面 Language of nomenclature: Chinese Publication date: 2007 Cartographer: 马丽 (Ma Li) Source: 人民网科技 (People’s net science and technology)

Chang’e-1 map of the Moon

Language of nomenclature: Chinese “BEIJING, Nov. 12 2008 (Xinhua) — Chinese scientists revealed the country’s first full map of the moon’s surface on Wednesday, more than a year after the launch of its first lunar probe, Chang’e-1. The picture of the moon surface, unveiled on Wednesday, covered the complete range of areas on the moon surface, […]

Cassini’s map of the Moon (1679-1692)

… and its reprints. They can be identified from the heart that is crossed by a Tycho ray. Cassini’s moon drawing 1679 Paris, Observatoire de Paris, inv. I.1576 Source: Memoires de l’Académie Royale des Sciences, 1692. This is a reproducion of Cassini’s map by Lemonnier, C.P. 1746; Institutions astronomiques, Paris Copy of an original in […]

Brenner’s Maps of Mars

Map of Mars 1894 Leo Brenner (Spiridon Gopčević) Lussinpiccolo observations 1894 Astronomische Nachrichten 137/3288 1895. Map of Mars 1896 Leo Brenner (Spiridon Gopčević) Lussinpiccolo observations 1896 Abhandlungen der Kgl Akademie des Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1897, fig 3 Map of Mars 1904 Leo Brenner (Spiridon Gopčević) Lussinpiccolo observations 1894-1903 Astronomische Rundschau Lussinpiccolo, v. 6. 1904.

Beer and Mädler’s Moon Map

‘Mondoberflaeche’ (‘Surface of the Moon’) Die sichtbare Seite der Mond-Oberfläche bei voller Beleuchtung (The visible side of the moon’s surface with full lighting) Hemispherical map of the Moon. Nach Beer u. Madler’s Karte. (Based on Beer and Madler’s map) Simplified from the Moon maps published in ‘Mappa Selenographica’ written by Wilhelm Beer and Johann Heinrich Madler (1794-1874) in Berlin, […]