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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Photos: Unless otherwise indicated, all photographs are by H. Hargitai. Several photographs are from the USGS Astrogeology Map Library and Lowell Observatory, both in Flagstaff, Arizona. Several photographs of Soviet maps were taken at MIIGAiK, Moscow.
Contact: The catalog is curated by H. Hargitai, ELTE, Budapest, hargitai.henrik@btk.elte.hu.
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| # | Title | Map No. | Lead Author | Artist | Target | Quad. | Scale | Year | Publisher | |
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| #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 |