Moon

Sternberg Institute’s Chart of the Reverse Side of the Moon (1960)

Sternberg Institute’s Chart of the Reverse Side of the Moon (1960)

Atlas Obratnoj Storony Luny (Part 1) Akademiya Nauk SSSR Moskva 1960. Includes a map of the far side in 4 pages 1:10 000 000 (It is centered at 120 deg, partly overlaps the near side) Cartographic editor: Yurii Naumovich Lipsky Based on Luna-3 photographs Comment by Zh. F. Rodionova: За всю историю картографирования Луны до начала […]
Radefeld’s Mondkarte (1847-1890)

Radefeld’s Mondkarte (1847-1890)

Size:  29.5 x 36 cm Title: Mond Karte Drawn by: Radefeld, C.  in 1847 Uncolored steel engraving North-up First edition Grosser Hand-Atlas uber alle Theile der Erde in 170 Karten, Verlag des Bibliographischen Instituts, Hildburghausen, 1850. (Meyer’s Hand Atlas), Joseph Meyer In the later edition of the Meyer Atlas the above map is replaced by this one: […]
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. […]
Langrenus’ map of the Moon (1645)

Langrenus’ map of the Moon (1645)

Publication Date: 1645 Cartographer: Michael van Langern (Langrenus) Source: Plenilunii lumina Austriaca Philippica. [By] Michael Florentius van Langren. Copper engraving, 490 x 380 mm, diameter 340 mm. [Brussel 1645.] Map type: Shade relief (from crescent moon observations) + albedo (from full moon observations) with nomenclature Size: 34 cm diameter The purpose of mapping the Moon began […]
Ksiezych – Polish Moon Map (1971)

Ksiezych – Polish Moon Map (1971)

Ksiezyc Warszawa 1971 Opracowanie Andrzej Marks Cieniowal A Marks Redaktor W. Mozolewska Redaktor techn. W. Lyzwinska Panstwowe Przedsiebiorstwo Widawnictw Kartograficznych 1:4 000 000
Korean Photographic Atlas of the Moon 2009

Korean Photographic Atlas of the Moon 2009

Made for the Astronomy Year 2009 www.astronomy2009.kr Nomenclature:  Korean and Latin
Maps of Quarters of the Moon (1959)

Maps of Quarters of the Moon (1959)

1:5 000 000 Praga, 1959. Drawing by Joseph Klepesta, technical editor Ladislav J. Lukesh Tsentralnoe Upravlenie Geodezii i Kartografii Luna, poslednyaya tsetvert’; pervaya tsetvert’
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
Keill’s Map of the Moon (1778)

Keill’s Map of the Moon (1778)

Keill, J. 1778; An introduction to the true astronomy – or astronomical lectures; London. Image courtesy Ton Lindemann
Kaguya Map of the Moon

Kaguya Map of the Moon

Reference (English):  Topography of entire lunar surface using data from KAGUYA(SELENE) LALT http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2008/04/20080409_kaguya_e.html Language of nomenclature: 2 versions: Japanese; Latin with English explanation Publication Date: 2008 More projections and thematic maps: JAXA Selene website
First Official Map of the Lunar Farside (IAU, 1962)

First Official Map of the Lunar Farside (IAU, 1962)

Reference: TRANSACTIONS OF THE IAU : VOLUME XIB, Academic Press 1962 p. 234 http://www.iau.org/static/resolutions/IAU1961_French.pdf Language of nomenclature: Latin Language of explanations: French Publication Place: Berkeley / United Nations Publication Date: 1962 NOTE: this map includes names appeared in Barabashov, N.P., Mikhailov,A.A., and Lipsky,Yu.N., Eds., Atlas obratnoi storony Luny: Chast’1 (Atlas of the Far-side of the […]
Hypsometric map of the Moon (2008)

Hypsometric map of the Moon (2008)

Title: Gipsometritseskaya Karta Luny = Hypsometric map of the Moon Cartographer: Лазарев, Евгений Николаевич Publisher: MIIGAiK, Moscow 2008 Scale: 1:13 000 000 Reference: РАЗРАБОТКА МЕТОДИКИ И ГИС-ТЕХНОЛОГИИ СОЗДАНИЯ ГИПСОМЕТРИЧЕСКИХ КАРТ ЛУНЫ ПО ДАННЫМ КОСМИЧЕСКИХ СЪЕМОК