Catalog of Planetary Maps
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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101 maps
| # | Title | Map No. | Lead Author | Artist | Target | Quad. | Scale | Year | Publisher | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #2270 |
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The Red Planet Mars 1973 The Red Planet 36.0ʺ × 22.5ʺ | Peele, William T. | Inge, Jay L. | Mars | 31.7M | 1973 | National Geographic Society | ||
| #1983 |
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Mapy Mesícních Polokoulí Maps of lunar hemispheres Mapy Mesícních Polokoulí 1:10 000 000 Antonín Rükl Kartografie Praha, 1972. 6 sheets: N, S, E, W, Sub, Anti hemispheres … | Rükl, Antonín | Moon | 10M | 1972 | Kartografie | |||
| #1599 |
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Lunar chart (1st edition) (2-sided) Scale 1:10M 1st Edition, March 1970 Prepared by the Aeronautical Chart and Information Center, United States Air Forc… | LPC-1 (1) | Moon | 10M | 1970 | ||||
| #1517 |
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Map of the Moon | Hammond, C. S. | Moon | 1969 | |||||
| #1551 |
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The Earth's Moon (National Geographic) Publisher: (c) The National Geography Society Feb 1969 / 1976 / 2003 editions Nomenclature: 1969: English/Latin, 2004: L… | Riddiford, Charles Ernest | Toth, Tibor | Moon | 10.5M | 1969 | National Geographic Society | ||
| #1189 |
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Die große Karte vom Mond The large map of the Moon Mond / Moon / Lune 1:8M Calendar for 1969 South-up Dr. F. Hölzel Die große Karte vom Mond Das größte Abenteuer … | Hölzel, F. | Moon | 8M | 1968 | Falk Verlag Germany | |||
| #958 |
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Ginn Moon Map 1966-67 Ross, Herbert S. https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/agdm/id/21287/ For each moon formation lis… | Ross, Herbert Spurgeon | Moon | 6.5M | 1967 | Ginn and Company | |||
| #1181 |
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Map 1181 Ross, Herbert S. Photo archived from Ebay Canada No further information known | Ross, Herbert Spurgeon | Moon | 1967 | |||||
| #1091 |
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Map of the visible side of the Moon, map of the other side of the Moon Fine drawing of the near and far side hemispheres of the Moon, simplified to the phase when the Luna 3 images' features … | Moon | 20M | 1967 | Polish Scientific Publishers | ||||
| #867 |
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Moon Chart CS. Hammond and CO., 1966 and 1969 Background photo from ACIC Encyclopedia of Aviation and Space Sciences Map 49… | Hammond, C. S. | Moon | 1966 | CS. Hammond and CO. | ||||
| #413 |
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Carta della Luna Map of the Moon Rugierri, G. (1958); Carta della Luna; Venezia Restored (stitched sectors and cleaned up from scan errors) from origiona… | Rugierri, G. | Moon | 2.9M | 1958 | ||||
| #418 |
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Rand McNally’s Official Maps of the Moon The 1958 edition includes the Physiographic division of the Moon that was published only in 1961. Background: ACIC. 1… | Moon | 2.3M | 1958 | Rand McNally | ||||
| #394 |
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Map 394 Reference: Patrick Moore: Der Mond. Herder. Language of nomenclature: Latin Language of explanations: German Publication… | Moore, Patrick | Moon | 1953 | Herder | ||||
| #392 |
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Temperature values on the Moon in the Sun-facing hemisphere. Source: Zerinváry Szilárd: A Naprendszer élete. Művelt Nép Könyvkiadó, 1953, Budapest Origin of the map unknown. … | Zerinváry, Szilárd | Moon | 1953 | Művelt Nép Könyvkiadó | ||||
| #374 |
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Map 374 Иллюстрации из наглядного пособия А. А. Михайлова «Луна — ближайшее к нам небесное светило» (М.: Гос. изд — во культурно… | Mikhailova, A. A. | 1946 | State Publishing House of Cultural and Educational Literature | |||||
| #372 |
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Map of Mars made from many separate photographs Interpretive map of Mars showing canals and albedo markings. Source: McLoughlin E.V., Thompson H. 1943. The Book of … | Mars | 1943 | The Grolier Society | |||||
| #370 |
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Mondkarte Map of the Moon Courtesy EA Whitaker | Franz, Julius | Franz, Julius | Moon | 1942 | ||||
| #353 |
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A Hold térképe Map of the Moon In: Cholnoky Jenő: A csillagok világa. Franklin társulat. 92. ábra p 189 [193?] "Ezt a Hold-térképet, amelyet nagy… | Cholnoky, Jenő | Moon | 1930 | Franklin Társulat | ||||
| #356 |
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Map 356 Antoniadi 1930 La Planete Mars. Etude basee sur les resultats obtenus avec la grande lunette de l'Observatoire de Meudo… | Antoniadi, Eugene Michael | Mars | 1930 | Hermann & Cie. | ||||
| #335 | General map fo the moon | Rudaux, L. | Moon | 1925 | ||||||
| #333 |
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Mondkarte Nach Beobachtungen von Beer, Mädler und Nasmyth Moon map after observations by Beer, Mädler and Nasmyth From: Bruno Bürgel: Aus Fernen Welten. 1924 Map is compiled from previous maps. Nomenclature is biscriptual Blackletter… | Bürgel, Bruno | Moon | 1924 | |||||
| #302 | Chart of the Moon, showing the Principal Formations seen on its Surface https://www.gutenberg.org/files/27633/27633-h/27633-h.htm From a Globe made by M. Wicks - The dark shaded portions are v… | Wicks, M. A. | Mars | 1911 | Seeley and Co. Limited | |||||
| #304 | Mars. Map From a Globe made by M. Wicks https://www.gutenberg.org/files/27633/27633-h/27633-h.htm From a Globe made by M. Wicks - The dark shaded portions are v… | Wicks, M. A. | Mars | 1911 | Seeley and Co. Limited | |||||
| #247 |
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Map 247 1898 reproduction Reproduction in Flammarion, C. 1898(?); De wonderen des hemels; Zutphen | Schiaparelli, Giovanni V. | Mars | 1898 | |||||
| #244 |
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Mars. Übesichtskarte des Planeten Mars von Camille Flammarion Mars. Overview map of the planet Mars by Camille Flammarion Amand Freiherr v. Schweiger-Lerchenfeld: Atlas del Himmelskunde. Wien, Pest, Leipzig 1898 | Flammarion, Camille | Mars | 1898 | A. Hartlben's Verlag | ||||
| #5699 |
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A látható holdfelület The visible lunar surface Engraved by Posner Károly Lajos and Son Nomenclature: Hungarian, Latin Published in Pallas Nagylexikon, 1893-1897 The… | Posner, Károly Lajos | Moon | 1893 | |||||
| #219 |
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Carte d' ensemble de la Planeta Mars avec ses lignes sombres nom doublées / Le geminazioni delle linee oscure del pianeta Marte Overview map of planet Mars with its dark lines not doubled / The doubling of the dark lines of planet Mars Popular reproductions "1877-1888" (1893 repr) Showing single and twin lines French edition Italian map. The same m… | Schiaparelli, Giovanni V. | Mars | 1893 | Various, international | ||||
| #199 |
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Canaux énigmatiques observés sur la planete Mars Enigmatic canals observed on planet Mars Flammarion, C (1892) La planete Mars et ses condtions d'habilité. Paris, Gauthier-Villars et fils, Imprimeurs-libraries … | Schiaparelli, Giovanni V. | Mars | 1892 | Gauthier-Villars et fils | ||||
| #197 |
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Map 197 1891 repr. US Edition, in: Peck, W. 1891; A popular handbook and atlas of astronomy, designed as a complete guide to a… | Schiaparelli, Giovanni V. | Mars | 1891 | |||||
| #166 |
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Karte des Mondes Map of the Moon In: Karl Wilhelm Valentiner, 1881, Astronomische Bilder, Leipzig Author unknown. | Valentiner, Karl Wilhelm | Moon | 1881 | |||||
| #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 | ||||
| #139 |
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Telescopic view of the Moon from the rare original "Adams Chart of History" Telescopic view of the Moon 1873. From: "Adams Chart of History" - Might not be correct Reproduction Courtesy of E. A… | Adams, Anne | Moon | 1873 | |||||
| #125 |
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Map 125 This map was republished in Josiah Crampton's The Lunar World - its scenery, motions, etc. Edinburgh, 1863. Comment: The… | Crampton, Josiah | Moon | 1863 | |||||
| #120 |
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MAP OF THE MOON with the names given by Riccioli in the 17th century, and others added by succeeding observers. Mary Ward ("THE HON. MRS. WARD.") 1859; The telescope - a familiar sketch, combining a special notice of objects coming … | Ward, Mary | Moon | 1859 | Groombridge and Sons | ||||
| #119 |
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Karte der sichtbaren Seite der Mond-Oberfläche Map of the visible side of the lunar surface Moon and Eclipses Karte der sichtbaren Seite der Mond-Oberfläche Editor: L. Ewald 1857 Publisher Verlag von Jonghaus … | Wirtz, F. | Wirtz, F. | Moon | 18M | 1857 | Verlag von Jonghaus und Venator, Kartographisch-artistische Anstalt | ||
| #117 |
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Der Mondkarte The Moon map Müller, J. 1856; Lehrbuch der kosmischen Physik - Atlas; Braunschweig Image courtesy of Ton Lindemann. | Müller, J. | Moon | 1856 | |||||
| #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 | ||||
| #113 |
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Selenographic map of the whole hemisphere of the Moon A Descriptive Atlas of Astronomy and of Physical and Political Geography with descriptive letter-press by the Rev. Thoma… | Milner, Thomas | Moon | 1850 | Wm. S. Orr and Co. | ||||
| #107 |
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The Nomenclature of the Lunar spots Blunt, C.F. 1842; The beauty of the heavens; London Image courtesy of Ton Lindemann. | Blunt, C. F. | Moon | 1842 | |||||
| #84 |
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Map of Jupiter Source https://www.ndl.go.jp/nichiran/e/data/L/114/114-003l.html#EXHIBIT Kopperu tenmon zukai.Tr. by Shiba Koka… | Kokan, Shiba | Jupiter | 1808 | Shunparo | ||||
| #85 |
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Map of Saturn Source https://www.ndl.go.jp/nichiran/e/data/L/114/114-003l.html#EXHIBIT Kopperu tenmon zukai.Tr. by Shiba Koka… | Kokan, Shiba | Saturn | 1808 | Shunparo | ||||
| #83 |
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The appearance of the moon, in an inverted position. Probably first published in "Nicholson's Journal", also know as "Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry and the Arts".… | Nicholson, William | Moon | 1807 | J. Johnson | ||||
| #6767 |
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Globe of the Moon (Japan) Miniature globe of the Moon Courtesy EA Whitaker | Moon | |||||||
| #6761 |
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Lowell's Globe of Mars (1905) Photo: A reconstruction of the Lowell globe, made by Keith Boulger. This globe is on display at the Lowell Observatory, … | Lowell, Percival | Mars | ||||||
| #6204 |
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Luna (multilingual) Moon (multilingual) Buchroithner M.F.(Dresden University of Technology), B. V. Krasnopevtseva, K. B. Shingareva, Moscow State University for… | Buchroithner, Manfred F. | Moon | 1.3M | |||||
| #6749 |
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Rico's raised relief Moon map Publisher: Rico Florence Italy | Moon | Rico | ||||||
| #6762 |
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Tactile Globe of the Moon Authors: Amelia Ortiz-Gil (University of Valencia, Spain), Fernando Ballesteros (University of Valencia, Spain), and Alb… | Ortiz-Gil, Amelia | Moon | ||||||
| #6612 |
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tactile maps [gallery ids="https://planetarymapping.elte.hu/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/tac-com.jpg|,https://planetarymapping.elte.hu/… | Runyon, Cassandra | Charon, Deimos, Europa, Mars, Moon, Phobos, Pluto | ||||||
| #6627 |
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The Earth's Moon making set | Moon | National Geographic Society | ||||||
| #6639 |
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The Planet Mars The Planet Mars North American Aviation, Inc. Space and Information Systems Division Map provided courtesy of the USGS F… | Mars |