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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Year of manuscript/observation:
160 maps
| # | Title | Map No. | Lead Author | Artist | Target | Quad. | Scale | Year | Publisher | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #45 | Tabula Selenographica : in qua Lunarium Macularum exacta Descriptio secundum Nomenclaturam Praestantissimorum Astronomorum tam Hevelii quam Riccioli Curiosis Rei Sidereae Cultoribus exhibetur / à Ioh. Gabr. Doppelmajero. Operâ Ioh. Baptistae Homanni Selenographic table: an exact description of lunar features according to the nomenclature of Hevelius and Riccioli | Dopplemayr, Johann G. | Moon | 1707 | ||||||
| #43 | Tabula Selenographica : in qua Lunarium Macularum exacta Descriptio secundum Nomenclaturam Praestantissimorum Astronomorum tam Hevelii quam Riccioli Curiosis Rei Sidereae Cultoribus exhibetur / à Ioh. Gabr. Doppelmajero 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 | 1702 | ||||||
| #38 |
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Tabula Selenographica : in visibilis Lunae Hemisphaerio orthographicam delineationem exhibens Marium, Sinuum, Insularum, Continentium, Promontoriorum, Lacium, Paludum, Montium, Planitierum, et Vallium / adminiculo Tubi Optici à Clariss. D. Ioanne Hevelio detectorum Selenographic table showing the visible hemisphere of the Moon in orthographic projection 1696 Joanne Zahn (1696) Specula physico-mathematico-historica notabilium ac mirablium sciendorum in qua MUNDI MIRAB… | Hevelius, Johnnis | Moon | 1696 | |||||
| #6804 |
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Variae Saturni phases ab Astronomis observatae | Blatt 6. | Zahn, Joanne | Saturn | 1696 | Joannis Christophori Lochner | |||
| #5909 |
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Carte de la Luna Map of the Moon ... and its reprints. They can be identified from the heart that is crossed by a Tycho ray. Cassini's moon drawing … | Cassini, Giovanni D. | Moon | 1679 | |||||
| #24 |
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Map 24 Original "copy from negative supplied by Cadiz" (E. Whitaker) Also known as Hieronymus Sirturus. Hieronymus Sirtalis… | Sirsalis, Hieronymus | Moon | 10.2M | 1651 | ||||
| #21 |
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Tabula Selenographica: Figura pro nomenclaturae et libratione lunari Publication : 1651 Almagestum novum. Bologna: Victorii Benatii. Cartographer: F. M. Grimaldi Nomenclature: G. B. Ricci… | Riccioli, G. B. | Grimaldi, Francesco M. | Moon | 12.4M | 1651 | Victorii Benatii | ||
| #20 |
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Pleni Lunium, Luna Crescens Transcription (Latin): SERENISSIMO ETRVRIAE MAGNO DVCI FERDINANDO SECVNDO VIT. ET FELICIT. Ad suas metas Astra perveni… | Divini, Eustachio | Moon | 12.1M | 1649 | ||||
| #14 |
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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 | |||||
| #2 |
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Moon drawing from the Siderius Nuncivs Moon drawings from Galileo, G. 1610; Siderius Nuncivs, Venice. In: Carlos, Edward Stafford, ed.: The Sidereal Messenger … | Galilei, Galileo | Moon | 1610 | |||||
| #6805 |
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ACIC Globe of the Moon The same globe as Denoyer-Geppert but with Latin nomenclature | Moon | 8.5M | US Air Force, Aeronautical Chart and Information Center | |||||
| #5923 | Crater catalog of Callisto | Callisto | 25M | |||||||
| #6387 |
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Earth's Moon - Two hemisphere shaded relief plus nomenclature overlays | Moon | National Geographic Society | ||||||
| #6033 | Geological map of Mercury H07 Beethoven | Guzzetta, Laura | Mercury | H-07 | 3M | |||||
| #6034 | Geological map of Mercury H05 Hokusai | Wright, Jack | Mercury | H-05 | 3M | |||||
| #6035 | Geological map of Mercury H06 Kuiper | Giacomini, Lorenza | Mercury | H-06 | 3M | |||||
| #6036 | Geological map of Mercury H14 Debussy | Pegg, David | Mercury | H-14 | 3M | |||||
| #6039 | GEOLOGICAL MAPPING OF THE MERCURY QUADRANGLE H-10 (DERAIN) | Mercury | H-10 | 3M | ||||||
| #6779 |
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Mars 1900-1 | Lowell, Percival | Mars | ||||||
| #6302 |
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Mars albedo map nomenclature overlays (only pre-topography names) - perhaps for preliminary geologic terrain map of mars | Mars | |||||||
| #6303 |
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Mars Chart | Mars | U. S. Geological Survey | ||||||
| #6386 |
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Moon South Pole relief | Hall, Barbara J. | Moon | 5M | |||||
| #6801 |
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Named Lunar Formations ca. 1960s? E. Whitaker papers | Moon | |||||||
| #6783 |
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Outline map of Mars (control map) | Mars | |||||||
| #6474 | Preliminary Pictorial Map of Europa | Europa |