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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| #191 |
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Map 191 A summary of Mercury mapping, early drawings reprojected uniformly into Mollweide projection. The last map is based on p… | Schiaparelli, Giovanni V. | Mercury | 1889 | |||||
| #190 |
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Map 190 A rare map where north is up. Based on Schiaparelli. | Mars | 186M | 1888 | |||||
| #5698 |
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Nouvelle carte de Mars New map of Mars 1888 Nouvelle carte de Mars, par Proctor en 1888. Stereographic Projection RA Proctor: Old and new astronomy. London-N… | Proctor, Richard A. | Mars | 1888 | |||||
| #186 |
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Astronomy with an opera-glass -- Map of the Moon This Moon Map for binoculars ("opera glass") was published in Popular Science August 1887 issue. | Moon | 1887 | ||||||
| #187 |
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Carte générale de la Lune. General map of the Moon Carte générale de la Lune. Editor: Camille Flammarion Based on: the map of C.M. Gaudibert Graphic artist: Léon … | Flammarion, Camille | Fenet, L. | Moon | 1887 | ||||
| #188 | Flammarion - Popular Astronomy | Gaudibert, Casimir M. | Moon | 5.5M | 1887 | |||||
| #189 |
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Map 189 Cartographer: Casimir Marie Gaudibert „dressé sous la direction de Camille Flammarion par C. M. Gaudibert „ Publisher: P… | Gaudibert, Casimir M. | Moon | 1887 | E. Bertaux | ||||
| #184 |
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Mappa Aerographica 1881-82 Aerographic map, 1881–82 1881-82 (publ.1886) G.V. Schiaparelli: Osservazioni astronomiche e fisiche sull'asse di rotazione e sulla topografia… | Schiaparelli, Giovanni V. | Mars | 1886 | Tipografia della R. Accademia dei Lincei | ||||
| #185 | Mars map nomenclatures | Wislicenus, Walter Friedrich | Mars | 1886 | ||||||
| #181 | Chart of Mars from observations in 1873 and 1884 | Knobel, Edward Ball | Mars | 1884 | ||||||
| #183 |
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Map 183 1884 edition: Cartographer: E. Antoniadi after Camille Flammarion Publisher: E. Bertaux, Editeur, Paris, 1884 Reference:… | Antoniadi, Eugene Michael | Mars | 1884 | E. Bertaux | ||||
| #182 | Map of Mars | Flammarion, Camille | Mars | 1884 | ||||||
| #179 | Die Mondkarte The Moon map | Tab XII | Moon | 1883 | ||||||
| #180 | Legenda zu Rutherford's Mondphotographie | Tab XV | Moon | 1883 | ||||||
| #175 | Map 175 | Flammarion, Camille | Mars | 1882 | ||||||
| #176 | Map 176 | Mars | 1882 | |||||||
| #177 |
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Map 177 1882 Paris 1881/82, L’Astronomie, t. 1. 1882. v. 170. Drawn by Blanadet Stereographic projection "This new map i… | Flammarion, Camille | Blanadet | Mars | 1882 | ||||
| #178 |
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Map 178 Publication Date: 1877 Cartographer: Konkoly-Thege, Miklós Feature on the map: Syrtis Major (to the right) Observat… | Konkoly-Thege, Miklós | Mars | 1882 | |||||
| #173 | Map of Mars | Mars | 1882 | |||||||
| #174 | Map of Mars | Lohse, Oswald | Mars | 1882 | ||||||
| #165 |
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Carte Géographique de la Lune Geographic map of the Moon Carte Géographique de la Lune Date: 1881 Publication: Astronomie Populaire Contribution by Ton Lindemann 1898; Won… | Flammarion, Camille | Moon | 1881 | |||||
| #166 |
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Karte des Mondes Map of the Moon In: Karl Wilhelm Valentiner, 1881, Astronomische Bilder, Leipzig Author unknown. | Valentiner, Karl Wilhelm | Moon | 1881 | |||||
| #170 | Map 170 | Flammarion, Camille | Mars | 1881 | ||||||
| #171 | Map 171 | Flammarion, Camille | Moon | 1881 | ||||||
| #172 |
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Map 172 Cartographer: F. Kaiser Source: Flammarion, C. 1892; La Planète Mars; Paris Courtesy Ton Lindemann Also reproduced in… | Kaiser, Frederic | Mars | 1881 | |||||
| #167 |
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Mappa Areographica 1879 Areographic map, 1879 1879 (publ. 1881) Mappa Areographica 1879 Mercator Projection G.V. Schiaparelli: Osservazioni astronomiche e fisiche … | Schiaparelli, Giovanni V. | Mars | 1881 | Tipografia della R. Accademia dei Lincei | ||||
| #168 |
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Mappemonde Géographique de la Planete Mars Geographic world map of the planet Mars 1881 Source: Astronomie Populaire. Language: French Contribution by Ton Lindemann. 1880-84 (reproductions) Cartograp… | Flammarion, Camille | Mars | 1881 | |||||
| #169 | Mondansicht | Fig. 81 | Drechsler, A. | Moon | 1881 | J. J. Weber | ||||
| #5697 |
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Mondkarte Map of the Moon Map of the Moon Publisher/Cartographer: Richard Andree Andrees Allgemeiner Handatlas, Leipzig (Germany) Publisher: Bie… | Andree, Richard | Andree, Richard | Moon | 1881 | Velhagen & Klasing | |||
| #162 | 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 | 1880 | Justus Perthes | |||||
| #164 |
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Map 164 Cartographer: Charles Edward Burton Source: RDS Library & Archives - Dublin Courtesy Ton Lindemann. | Burton, Charles E. | Mars | 1880 | |||||
| #163 |
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Mondoberfläche Lunar surface Stieler's Hand-Atlas. 1880. High resolution scan. | Beer, Wilhelm Wolff | Moon | 1880 |