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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101 maps
| # | Title | Map No. | Lead Author | Artist | Target | Quad. | Scale | Year | Publisher | |
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| #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 |