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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| #9 | Counterfeit copy of "Plenilunii lumina Austriaca Philippica" | Van Langren, Michael | Moon | 10.3M | 1645 | |||||
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Luna nel Lumina Austriaca Phillippica The Moon in Lumina Austriaca Philippica 37,5x35 cm, copy of drawing, colored: terra=yellow, mare=light blue, craters=dark blue, background=light blue. Algemee R… | Van Langren, Michael | Moon | 1645 | |||||
| #11 | Luna nel Lumina Austriaca Phillppica The Moon in Lumina Austriaca Philippica | Van Langren, Michael | Moon | 10.3M | 1645 | |||||
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Perillustri Domino Georgio ab Ettenhart, Equiti S.R.I., necnon Catholicae Maiestatis et in Hispania Cruciatae Thesaurario generali, Frater Anton Maria de Rheita, Capucinus, observantiae et amoris ergo dedit dedicavit. Dedicated by Brother Anton Maria de Rheita, Capuchin, to the illustrious Georg von Ettenhart, Knight of the Holy Roman Empire and general treasurer of the Catholic Majesty and of the Crusade in Spain Cartographer: Anton Maria Schyrle of Rhaetia Date: 1645 Nomenlcature: None Perillustri Domino Georgio ab Ettenhart, … | Schyrle of Rhaetia, Anton Maria | Moon | 1645 | |||||
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Plenilunii lumina Austriaca Philippica Austrian-Philippic light of the full Moon Publication Date: 1645 Cartographer: Michael van Langren (Langrenus) Source: Plenilunii lumina Austriaca Philippica. [By… | Van Langren, Michael | Moon | 1645 | |||||
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Plenilunii lumina Austriaca Philippica (Strassbourg copy) Austrian-Philippic light of the full Moon The Strassbourg copy. Courtesy EA Whitaker. It is a "counterfeit map" copied from the original with some names mis-spell… | Van Langren, Michael | Moon | 1645 | |||||
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Tabula Selenographica : Seu Vera adminiculo tubi, Orthographica delineatio Marium Sinuum Insularum Continent. Promont. Lacuum Paludum Montium Planit. Vallium, in visibili Lunae hemispherio existentium / Autore Johanne Hevelio Selenographic table, or true orthographic delineation of the seas, bays, islands, continents, promontories, lakes, marshes, mountains, plains, and valleys existing in the visible hemisphere of the Moon | Hevelius, Johnnis | Moon | 1645 | Danzig |