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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160 maps
| # | Title | Map No. | Lead Author | Artist | Target | Quad. | Scale | Year | Publisher | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #534 |
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Lansberg | LVC-20 | Moon | 2M | 1962 | US Air Force, Aeronautical Chart and Information Center | |||
| #483 |
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Lunar Chart - Riphaeus Mountains | LAC 76 (1) | Bridges, Patricia M. | Moon | LAC 76 | 1M | 1961 | US Air Force, Aeronautical Chart and Information Center | |
| #503 |
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Topographic Lunar Map - Euclides-F Sheet 3 | Lunar 3T250 | Moon | 250k | 1961 | Army Map Service | |||
| #464 |
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USAF Lunar Reference Mosaic - 2nd advanced ed | LEM-1A | Moon | Moon, near side | 1960 | US Air Force, Aeronautical Chart and Information Center | |||
| #6798 |
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300 in map of the Moon, Special section. Polar projection | Wilkins, Hugh Percy | Moon | 1951 | |||||
| #373 |
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300 inch map of the Moon Photo: LPOD Sep15 2008. Cartographer: H Percy Wilkins, "the last traditional selenographer" Editions: Early editio… | Wilkins, Hugh Percy | Moon | 456k | 1946 | International Lunar Society | |||
| #377 |
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300 inch map of the Moon 100 inch reduction Photo: LPOD Sep15 2008. Cartographer: H Percy Wilkins, "the last traditional selenographer" Editions: Early editio… | Wilkins, Hugh Percy | Moon | 1.4M | 1946 | ||||
| #354 |
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Great 200in Map of the Moon Photo: LPOD Sep15 2008. Cartographer: H Percy Wilkins, "the last traditional selenographer" Editions: Early editio… | Wilkins, Hugh Percy | Moon | 687k | 1930 | ||||
| #343 |
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Karel Andel: Mappa Selenographica | Andel, Karel | Moon | 5.7M | 1926 | Jos. Klepesta | |||
| #6780 |
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Mars-1911 | Lowell, Percival | Mars | 1911 | |||||
| #280 |
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Map 280 A Mars és a Föld összehasonlító topográfiája. Comparative topography of Mars and Earth. Lukács Károly 1904. Manuscript. … | Lukács, Károly | Mars | 1904 | |||||
| #6789 |
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Atlas Lunaire | Puiseux, P. | Moon | 1899 | Societé Belge d'Astronomie | ||||
| #229 |
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Lick Observatory Atlas of the Moon | Holden, Edward S. | Moon | 3.6M | 1896 | Lick Observatory | |||
| #226 |
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Map of the South Pole of Mars, Showing the Polar Cap and its Changes, 1894 Map of the South Pole of Mars, Showing the Polar Cap and its Changes, 1894. In: MARS by Percival Lowell, 1895. | Lowell, Percival | Mars | 1895 | |||||
| #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 | ||||
| #141 |
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Mondkarte mittle Libration Moon map at mean libration | Opelt, O. M. | Moon | 1874 | |||||
| #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 | ||||
| #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 | ||||
| #95 |
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Mappa Selenographica totam Lunae hemisphaeram risibilem complectons chorratinibus propriis secundum projectionem othographicam quatuor Sectionibus constructa et delineata Suae Majestati Friderico Sexto regi daniae illustrissimo .... Guilelmo Beer et Joanne Henrico Mädler Ediio Genuina Berolini MDCCCXXXIV Ex autographico in lapudem inciduit Carolus Vogel Apud Simon Schropp et Soc Selenographic map encompassing the whole visible hemisphere of the Moon Mappa SELENOGRAPHICA totam Lunae hemisphaeram visibilem complectens Observationibus propriis secundum projectionem… | Guilelmo, Beer | Moon | 1834 | Simon Schropp & Co. | ||||
| #6796 |
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The Moon in Plano | Russell, John | Moon | 1805 | Wra. Faden Charing cross | ||||
| #6791 |
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The visible surface of the Moon constructed from Trianules measured with micrometer and accurately drawn and engraved from a long series of telescopic observations "The globes were made for the commercial market and could be purchased by subscription. Russell designed a stand for the… | inv.52085 | Russell, John | Moon | 1797 | ||||
| #78 |
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Tob. Mayeri tabula selenograhica Tobias Mayer's selenographic table/map Publication Date: 1791 Published in Selenotopographische Fragmente zur genauern Kenntniss der Mondfläche, ihrer erlit… | Schröter, Johann Hieronymus | Mayer, Tobias Johann | Moon | 1791 | Carl Gotthelf Fleckeisen | |||
| #56 |
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Tabula Selenographica in qua Lunarium Macularum exacta Descriptio secundum Nomenclaturam … Hevelii quam Riccioli Selenographic table in which the lunar spots are exactly described according to the nomenclature of Hevelius and Riccioli Publication Date: 1707?/1730/42? Based on: the map of the Moon by Hevelius and Riccioli (slightly changed nomenclature)… | Dopplemayr, Johann G. | Moon | 1742 | |||||
| #48 | Tabula Selenographica : in qua Lunarium Macularum exacta Descriptio secundum Nomenclaturam Praestantissimorum Astronomorum tam Hevelii quam Riccioli Curiosis Rei Sidereae Cultoribus exhibetur / à Ioh. Gabr. Doppelmaiero Math. P. P. Operâ Ioh. Baptistae Homanni Selenographic table: an exact description of lunar features according to the nomenclature of Hevelius and Riccioli | Dopplemayr, Johann G. | Moon | 1716 |