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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Aim: observation
18 maps
| # | Title | Map No. | Lead Author | Artist | Target | Quad. | Scale | Year | Publisher | |
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| #1597 |
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Locator map of the most important physiographic units of Mars. The shades are purely indicative, not meant to duplicate the actual appearance of the planet at the telescope. One of the last canal Maps of Mars, after the space age began. THE PHYSIOGRAPHY OF THE MARTIAN SURFACEApproximately … | Ronca, Luciano B. | Mars | 1970 | |||||
| #1167 |
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Карта Луны — видимая сторона в телескопическом изображении / Пособие для астрономов-любителей Map of the Moon — visible side in telescopic image / A guide for amateur astronomers Map of the Moon: the nearside in telescopic view. 1967 1:5M cartographer I. I. Katyaev, ed. V. A. Bronshten in transv… | Shishakov, V. A. | Moon | 5M | 1967 | Nauka | |||
| #473 |
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Clark C. Chapman's 1960-61 Map of Mars The Strolling Astronomer, 1961 (1-2) Drawing, made with a 10-inch reflector, 1960. Source Chapman… | Chapman, Clark R. | Mars | 1961 | |||||
| #401 |
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ALPO map of Mars 1954 1954 Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers (A.L.P.O.) 1954 Source 1960 Both, Ernst E., A.L.P.O. Map o… | Avigliano, D. P. | Mars | 1956 | Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers (A.L.P.O.) | ||||
| #406 |
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Map 406 Escalante Lopez López E, Escalante FJ 1963 El planeta Marte : 1907-1956 ; areografía, areología, bioareografía … | López, Elpido | Mars | 1956 | |||||
| #396 |
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Chart A, Chart B Whitaker’s map of the South Pole of the Moon Courtesy of E. A. Whitaker. Manuscripts. | Whitaker, Ewen A. | Moon | 1954 | |||||
| #382 |
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Map of the Moon Reduced edition 1952 (?) (Source) | Elger, Thomas Gwyn | Moon | 1952 | George Philip & Son | ||||
| #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 | ||||
| #369 |
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A Hold térképe Map of the Moon Nomenclature: latin In: Kulin György: A távcső világa. Királyi Magyar Természettudományi Társulat (Budapest),… | Kulin, György | Moon | 1941 | Királyi Magyar Természettudományi Társulat | ||||
| #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 | ||||
| #336 |
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Map of Mars Ball's Popular Guide to the Heavens, 1925 | Plate 8 | Thomson, Harold | Mars | 1925 | The London Geographical Institute / Georg Philip and son Ltd | |||
| #331 |
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60 inch map of the Moon Photo: LPOD Sep15 2008. Cartographer: H Percy Wilkins, "the last traditional selenographer" Editions: Early editi… | Wilkins, Hugh Percy | Moon | 2.3M | 1924 | ||||
| #323 |
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Map 323 Rare sketch maps from one of the first woman astronomers. These maps record observations of clouds. Observer: Gabriel… | Flammarion, Gabrielle | Mars | 1920 | |||||
| #291 |
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Drawings of Mars These are probably the first drawings of Mars by a woman astronomer. They were drawn by Wrexie Louise Leonard, the assis… | Leonard, Wrexie Louise | Mars | 1907 | |||||
| #205 |
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Chart of the Moon Elger? | Ball, Robert S. | Moon | 1892 | George Philip & Son | ||||
| #186 |
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Astronomy with an opera-glass -- Map of the Moon This Moon Map for binoculars ("opera glass") was published in Popular Science August 1887 issue. | Moon | 1887 | ||||||
| #160 |
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Map of the Moon Dr. Alfred Sommer Source: The New Dominion Monthly January, 1879, 58-79 (56 & 65) The first Canadian moon map… | Sommer, Alfred | Moon | 1879 |