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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| #158 | A Mars térképe | Proctor, Richard A. | Mars | 1879 | ||||||
| #161 |
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Map 161 Chart of Mars Mercator Projection in true color 1877 N.E. Green in: Memoirs of the Royal Astronomical Society v. 44. p. … | Green, Nathaniel E. | Mars | 1879 | |||||
| #159 | Map of Mars | Niesten, Louis | Mars | 1879 | Observatoire Royal de Bruxelles | |||||
| #160 |
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Map of the Moon Dr. Alfred Sommer Source: The New Dominion Monthly January, 1879, 58-79 (56 & 65) The first Canadian moon map… | Sommer, Alfred | Moon | 1879 | |||||
| #151 | Charte der Gebirge des Mondes Chart of the mountains of the Moon Title: Charte des Gebirge des Mondes (Chart of the Mountains of the Moon) Date 1878 Hachure-relief shading Cartograph… | Schmidt, Johann F. Julius | Moon | 1878 | Dietrich Reimer | |||||
| #152 |
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Full Moon as seen through a powerful glass In: J. Rambosson (ed) 1878 Astronomy. Translated from French by CB Pitman. Chatto and Windus Piccadilly, Londo… | Guynemer | Moon | 1878 | Chatto & Windus, Piccadilly | ||||
| #156 |
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Map 156 Littrow JJ, 1878 Die Wunder des Himmels. Berlin, Verlan von Gustav Hempel. Sechste auflage | Tafel III | Littrow, Joseph Johann | Moon | 1878 | Verlag von Gustav Hempel | |||
| #157 |
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Map 157 [gallery ids="https://planetarymapping.elte.hu/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/dsc_1651.jpg|,https://planetarymapping.elte.hu… | Neison, Edmund | Moon | 1878 | |||||
| #153 | Map of the Planet Mars (after Maedler) | Mars | 1878 | Chatto & Windus | ||||||
| #154 |
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Mappa Areographica Exhibens Planeae Martis Chorographicam inter POlum Australem et Parallelum 40um Latitudinis Borealis, 1877-1878 Areographic map showing the chorography of the planet Mars between the south pole and the 40th parallel of northern latitude, 1877-1878 1877 (publ. 1878) Alternative reproduction Alternative reproduction G.V. Schiaparelli: Osservazioni astronomiche e… | Schiaparelli, Giovanni V. | Mars | 1878 | Tipografia della R. Accademia dei Lincei | ||||
| #155 | Mondcharte 25 sectionen un 2 erlautersungstafeln Moon map in 25 sections and 2 explanatory plates Cartographer: Wilhelm G Lohrman Sheets: 25 The map series was produced and started by Lohrman but publication was fini… | Lohrmann, Wilhelm Gothelf | Moon | 1.8M | 1878 | Verlag von Joahnn Ambrosius Barth | ||||
| #149 | Green's map | Green, Nathaniel E. | Mars | 1877 | ||||||
| #150 |
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Mondoberfläche Lunar surface Plate no. 5 from: Stieler's Hand-Atlas. Gotha : J. Perthes, [1877?] | Beer, Wilhelm Wolff | Moon | 1877 | J. Perthes | ||||
| #143 | (overview map) | Neison, Edmund | Moon | 1876 | ||||||
| #144 | Detail maps of craters Gassendi, Maginus, Theophilus | Neison, Edmund | Moon | 5.8M | 1876 | |||||
| #145 | Die sichtbare Seite der Mond-Oberfläche bei voller Beleuchtung : nach Beer u. Mädler's Karte The visible side of the lunar surface at full illumination: after Beer and Madler's map | Ausfeld, Johann Carl | Moon | 1876 | Justus Perthes | |||||
| #147 | Map 147 | Flammarion, Camille | Mars | 1876 | ||||||
| #148 |
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Map 148 1876 Publication Date: 1876 Source: map 4 in: Percival Lowell: Areography. The Popular Science Monthly, Septe… | Flammarion, Camille | Mars | 1876 | |||||
| #146 |
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Mondoberfläche Lunar surface In lower left margin: Gotha : Justus Perthes 1876., 27.5 cm. diam., on sheet 38.3 x 46.0 cm. | Beer, Wilhelm Wolff | Moon | 1876 | Justus Perthes | ||||
| #142 | Map 142 | Nasmyth, James | Moon | 1874 | ||||||
| #141 |
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Mondkarte mittle Libration Moon map at mean libration | Opelt, O. M. | Moon | 1874 | |||||
| #140 | Map 140 | Herschel, William | Mars | 1873 | ||||||
| #139 |
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Telescopic view of the Moon from the rare original "Adams Chart of History" Telescopic view of the Moon 1873. From: "Adams Chart of History" - Might not be correct Reproduction Courtesy of E. A… | Adams, Anne | Moon | 1873 | |||||
| #137 | Die sichtbare Seite der Mond-Oberfläche bei voller Beleuchtung : nach Beer u. Mädler's Karte The visible side of the lunar surface at full illumination: after Beer and Madler's map | Ausfeld, Johann Carl | Moon | 13M | 1872 | Justus Perthes | ||||
| #138 | Mondoberfläche Lunar surface Adolf Stieler, Gotha, 1872 (also in 1882). NOT in 1891. | Beer, Wilhelm Wolff | Moon | 1872 | Adolf Stieler | |||||
| #134 |
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Chart of Mars from 27 drawings by M. Dawes / Chart of Mars laid down on the Stereographic Projection Cartographer: R. A. Proctor Projection: Stereographic 1864 Chart of Mars R. A. Proctor; using drawings by W. R. Dawes… | Proctor, Richard A. | Mars | 1870 | |||||
| #135 | Die sichtbare Seite der Mond-Oberfläche bei voller Beleuchtung : nach Beer u. Mädler's Karte The visible side of the lunar surface at full illumination: after Beer and Madler's map | Ausfeld, Johann Carl | Moon | 1870 | Justus Perthes | |||||
| #136 | Mondoberfläche Lunar surface Stieler's Hand-Atlas. Justus Perthes.. Gotha. 1870. Color lithograph. 16 x 13.8". | Beer, Wilhelm Wolff | Moon | 1870 | Justus Perthes |