The Catalog of Planetary Maps.
Sources: The research that led to this catalog was supported by Fulbright Hungary Grant No. 1222202, awarded to H. Hargitai for research at USGS Astrogeology, Flagstaff, Arizona (advisor: Trent Hare), and by the ICA Commission on Planetary Cartography (advisor: Kira Shingareva). Most of the data is based on the inventory of the map library of USGS Astrogeology.
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| # | Title | Map No. | Lead Author | Artist | Target | Quad. | Scale | Year | Publisher | |
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Représentation de l'éclipse partielle de la Lune qui arrivera la nuit du 8 au 9 d'août, 1748, dressée suivant les lois de la vraie projection et accompagnée d'un imprimé qui lui servira d'éclaircissement / par T. Maier. Representation of the partial eclipse of the Moon that will occur on the night of 8 to 9 August 1748, drawn according to the laws of true projection and accompanied by a printed text serving as an explanation Date : 1748 Title: Lunar eclipse map / Représentation de l'eclipse partiale de la Lune qui arrivera la nuit du 8 a… | Mayer, Tobias Johann | Moon | 1748 | Héritiers de Homann | ||||
| #63 |
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Selenographia de la Luna Selenography of the Moon Selenographia de la Luna - Juan Y Ulloa Observaciones astronómicas y phisicas hechas de orden de Su Majestad en los rei… | Ulloa, Juan Y. | Moon | 1748 | |||||
| #60 | Map 60 | Briga, Melchior Dalla | Moon | 1747 | ||||||
| #59 |
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Map 59 Source: Memoires de l'Académie Royale des Sciences, 1692. This is a reproducion of Cassini's map by Lemonnier, C.P. 1746… | Cassini, Giovanni D. | Moon | 1746 | |||||
| #58 |
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Tabula Selenographica Selenographic table/map 1746 Map of Hevelius, re-drawn by Lemonnier, C.P. 1746; Institutions astronomiques, Paris Image courtesy of Ton Linde… | Hevelius, Johnnis | Moon | 1746 | Typis Hünefeldianis | ||||
| #57 | Table generale des Phases de la Lune selon la Sélenographie des PP Grimaldi et Riccioli General table of the phases of the Moon according to the selenography of Fathers Grimaldi and Riccioli | Lemonnier, C. P. | Moon | 1743 | Institutions astronomiques, Paris | |||||
| #56 |
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Tabula Selenographica in qua Lunarium Macularum exacta Descriptio secundum Nomenclaturam … Hevelii quam Riccioli Selenographic table in which the lunar spots are exactly described according to the nomenclature of Hevelius and Riccioli Publication Date: 1707?/1730/42? Based on: the map of the Moon by Hevelius and Riccioli (slightly changed nomenclature)… | Dopplemayr, Johann G. | Moon | 1742 |