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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Target: Earth and the Moon
2752 maps found
| # | Title | Map No. | Lead Author | Artist | Target | Quad. | Scale | Year | Publisher | |
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| #122 |
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Carte générale de la Lune General map of the Moon Lecouturier, MM; A Chapuis Carte générale de la Lune Tones, rays and clear rings and "worms" of terrain Paris Librari… | Lecouturier, M. M. | Moon | 1860 | Librairie des Sciences | ||||
| #123 | Map of the Moon | Matsuda, Midoriyama | Moon | 1860 | ||||||
| #124 |
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Mond—Karte Nach dem besten Quellen entworfen und gezeichnet Map of the Moon Meyer's Kriegs- u. Friedens- oder grosser Zeitungs-Atlas in 148 karten... J. Meyer. Hildburohausen et New-York . Schleif… | Radefeld, C. C. | Moon | 1860 | J. Meyer | ||||
| #121 | Map 121 | Webb, William | Moon | 1859 | ||||||
| #120 |
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MAP OF THE MOON with the names given by Riccioli in the 17th century, and others added by succeeding observers. Mary Ward ("THE HON. MRS. WARD.") 1859; The telescope - a familiar sketch, combining a special notice of objects coming … | Ward, Mary | Moon | 1859 | Groombridge and Sons | ||||
| #119 |
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Karte der sichtbaren Seite der Mond-Oberfläche Map of the visible side of the lunar surface Moon and Eclipses Karte der sichtbaren Seite der Mond-Oberfläche Editor: L. Ewald 1857 Publisher Verlag von Jonghaus … | Wirtz, F. | Wirtz, F. | Moon | 18M | 1857 | Verlag von Jonghaus und Venator, Kartographisch-artistische Anstalt | ||
| #117 |
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Der Mondkarte The Moon map Müller, J. 1856; Lehrbuch der kosmischen Physik - Atlas; Braunschweig Image courtesy of Ton Lindemann. | Müller, J. | Moon | 1856 | |||||
| #118 |
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Map 118 Published in Franz Arago's Sammtliche Werke. Leipzig 1856. This is not a map, but a biscriptural list of the Moon's plac… | Arago, F. | Moon | 1856 | |||||
| #6788 |
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Copernico cratere della Luna Come si vede col grande refrattore di Merz all'Osservatorio del Collegio Romani stando la Luna in eta di 10 giorni. Scal… | Moon | (1855) | ||||||
| #116 | Die sichtbare Seite der Mond-Oberfläche bei voller Beleuchtung : nach Beer u. Mädler's Karte. Ausgabe in 63 B1 No1 The visible side of the lunar surface at full illumination: after Beer and Madler's map. Edition in 63 sheets, no. 1 | Ausfeld, Johann Carl | Moon | 46M | 1853 | Justus Perthes | ||||
| #115 | Telescopic Appearance of the Moon Uncolored engraved diagram. Displaying magnified appearance of the Moon, "as seen by Lord Rosse's great telescope", and … | Reynolds, James | Moon | 1851 | ||||||
| #112 |
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Mond-Karte Map of the Moon Size: 29.5 x 36 cm Title: Mond Karte Drawn by: Radefeld, C. in 1847 Uncolored steel engraving North-up First ed… | Radefeld, C. C. | Moon | 1850 | Joseph Meyer | ||||
| #114 |
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Relief der sichtbaren Halbkugel des Mondes, angefertigt von Th. Dickert in Bonn. Relief of the visible hemisphere of the Moon, made by Th. Dickert in Bonn. Location: Bonn, Germany, 1850, transported to the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago (189x-190x) Constructed b… | Dickert, Th | Moon | 600k | 1850 | ||||
| #113 |
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Selenographic map of the whole hemisphere of the Moon A Descriptive Atlas of Astronomy and of Physical and Political Geography with descriptive letter-press by the Rev. Thoma… | Milner, Thomas | Moon | 1850 | Wm. S. Orr and Co. | ||||
| #111 | Map 111 | Moon | 1849 | |||||||
| #110 | Mond—Karte Nach dem besten Quellen entworfen und gezeichnet Moon map designed and drawn from the best sources | Radefeld, C. C. | Moon | 1847 | J. Meyer | |||||
| #109 |
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Die Sichtbare seite der Mond-Oberflache The visible side of the lunar surface Vollständiger Hand-Atlas der neueren Erdbeschreibung ueber alle Theile der Erde : in 80 Blättern / herausgegeben von K. … | Flemming, Carl Glockau | Moon | 1844 | K. Sohr | ||||
| #108 |
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Map 108 Gehler, J.S.T. et al 1825-1845; Physikalisches Wörterbuch - Kupfer Atlas; Leipzig Image courtesy of Ton Lindemann. | Gehler, J. S. T. | Moon | 1842 | |||||
| #107 |
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The Nomenclature of the Lunar spots Blunt, C.F. 1842; The beauty of the heavens; London Image courtesy of Ton Lindemann. | Blunt, C. F. | Moon | 1842 | |||||
| #105 |
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Die sichtbare Seite der Mond-Oberfläche bei voller Beleuchtung : nach Beer u. Mädler's Karte. Ausgabe in 63 B1 No1 The visible side of the lunar surface at full illumination: after Beer and Madler's map. Edition in 63 sheets, no. 1 Stieler's Hand Atlas 1841. (monochormatic) Steel engraved Johann Carl Ausfeld, engr. | Ausfeld, Johann Carl | Moon | 46M | 1841 | Justus Perthes | |||
| #104 |
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Exhibiting the same view of the Moon’s surface as plate the first Plate the 2nd Exhibiting the same view of the Moon’s surface as plate the first. The first plate presents the Moon… | Russell, John | Moon | 1840 | James Wyld, Charing Cross East | ||||
| #103 |
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The Moon in Plano Plate the First of the Moon in Plano. Engraved by John Russell Esq. R.A. from his original Drawings, carefully measu… | Russell, John | Moon | 1840 | James Wyld, Charing Cross East | ||||
| #101 |
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Karte des Mondes in einem mittleren Librationzustand Map of the Moon in a mean state of libration. According to the measurements and observations taken by the author in the years 1822 to 1836 Map of the Moon in a mean state of libration. According to the measurings and observations taken by th… | Lohrmann, Wilhelm Gothelf | Moon | 1838 | Verlag von Johann Ambrosius Barth | ||||
| #102 |
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Karte des Mondes. Mittlere Libration. Map of the Moon in a mean state of libration. Carte de la Lune, dans l'etat de moyenne libration Map of the Moon in a mean state of libration | Lohrmann, Wilhelm Gothelf | Moon | 9M | 1838 | Leipzig, Johann Ambrosius Barth | |||
| #97 | General Karte der sichbaren Seite der Mondoberflaeche General map of the visible side of the lunar surface | Mädler, Joanne Henrico | Leidenfrost, E. | Moon | 10.9M | 1837 |