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.
Format: book figure
55 maps
| # | Title | Map No. | Lead Author | Artist | Target | Quad. | Scale | Year | Publisher | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #5674 | Map 5674 | Mars | 2019 | |||||||
| #5675 | Map 5675 | Moon | 2019 | |||||||
| #5590 |
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Map of the Moon | de Amicis, Giulia | Moon | 2017 | National Geographic Kids | ||||
| #5543 |
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Marte Mars | Wood, S. | Mars | 2016 | De Agostini | ||||
| #5424 | Die Karten den Mars ... The maps of Mars ... | Mars | 2012 | Naumann & Göbel | ||||||
| #5425 | Die Karten des Mondes... The maps of the Moon... | Moon | 2012 | Naumann & Göbel | ||||||
| #5433 | Karte der Venus Map of Venus | GmbH, Huber Medien | Venus | 2012 | Naumann & Göbel | |||||
| #5410 | Moon | Tirion, Will | Moon | 2011 | Editore Riuniti, HarperCollins Pblishers | |||||
| #5347 | Übersichtskarte der Mondoberfläche, dargestellt wie im umkehrenden Fernrohr Overview map of the lunar surface, shown as in an inverting telescope | Abb 3 | Moon | 2008 | Spektrum | |||||
| #5348 | Übersichtskarte der Venusoberfläche. Overview map of the surface of Venus | Abb. 5 | Venus | 2008 | Spektrum | |||||
| #5349 | Übersichtskarte des Mars Overview map of Mars | Abb 2 | Mars | 2008 | Spektrum | |||||
| #5009 | Geomorphic sketch map of Triton, section shown on I-2153 | Croft, S. K. | Triton | 1995 | ||||||
| #4648 | Amalthea | Rükl, Antonín | Amalthea | 1991 | Gruppo Editore Fabbri (Italian - 1st ed), Aventium (Praha - 2nd ed), Artia (Praha- 1st ed) | |||||
| #4686 | Generic map of Callisto | Rükl, Antonín | Callisto | 66M | 1991 | Gruppo Editore Fabbri (Italian - 1st ed), Aventium (Praha - 2nd ed), Artia (Praha- 1st ed) | ||||
| #4687 | Generic map of Dione | Rükl, Antonín | Dione | 17.5M | 1991 | Gruppo Editore Fabbri (Italian - 1st ed), Aventium (Praha - 2nd ed), Artia (Praha- 1st ed) | ||||
| #4688 | Generic map of Enceladus | Rükl, Antonín | Enceladus | 8M | 1991 | Gruppo Editore Fabbri (Italian - 1st ed), Aventium (Praha - 2nd ed), Artia (Praha- 1st ed) | ||||
| #4689 | Generic map of Europa | Rükl, Antonín | Europa | 43M | 1991 | Gruppo Editore Fabbri (Italian - 1st ed), Aventium (Praha - 2nd ed), Artia (Praha- 1st ed) | ||||
| #4690 | Generic map of Ganymedes | Rükl, Antonín | Ganymede | 72M | 1991 | Gruppo Editore Fabbri (Italian - 1st ed), Aventium (Praha - 2nd ed), Artia (Praha- 1st ed) | ||||
| #4691 | Generic map of Iapetus | Rükl, Antonín | Iapetus | 24M | 1991 | Gruppo Editore Fabbri (Italian - 1st ed), Aventium (Praha - 2nd ed), Artia (Praha- 1st ed) | ||||
| #4692 | Generic map of Io | Rükl, Antonín | Io | 50M | 1991 | Gruppo Editore Fabbri (Italian - 1st ed), Aventium (Praha - 2nd ed), Artia (Praha- 1st ed) | ||||
| #4693 | Generic map of Mimas | Rükl, Antonín | Mimas | 8M | 1991 | Gruppo Editore Fabbri (Italian - 1st ed), Aventium (Praha - 2nd ed), Artia (Praha- 1st ed) | ||||
| #4694 | Generic map of Rhea | Rükl, Antonín | Rhea | 24M | 1991 | Gruppo Editore Fabbri (Italian - 1st ed), Aventium (Praha - 2nd ed), Artia (Praha- 1st ed) | ||||
| #4695 | Generic map of Tethys | Rükl, Antonín | Tethys | 17.5M | 1991 | Gruppo Editore Fabbri (Italian - 1st ed), Aventium (Praha - 2nd ed), Artia (Praha- 1st ed) | ||||
| #4717 | Hyperion | Rükl, Antonín | Hyperion | 1991 | Gruppo Editore Fabbri (Italian - 1st ed), Aventium (Praha - 2nd ed), Artia (Praha- 1st ed) | |||||
| #4724 | Mars | Rükl, Antonín | Mars | 1991 | Gruppo Editore Fabbri (Italian - 1st ed), Aventium (Praha - 2nd ed), Artia (Praha- 1st ed) | |||||
| #4728 | Mercury | Rükl, Antonín | Mercury | 1991 | Gruppo Editore Fabbri (Italian - 1st ed), Aventium (Praha - 2nd ed), Artia (Praha- 1st ed) | |||||
| #4730 | Prinzipali formazioni | Rükl, Antonín | Mars | 1991 | Gruppo Editore Fabbri (Italian - 1st ed), Aventium (Praha - 2nd ed), Artia (Praha- 1st ed) | |||||
| #4731 | Schematic map of Deimos | Rükl, Antonín | Deimos | 1991 | Gruppo Editore Fabbri (Italian - 1st ed), Aventium (Praha - 2nd ed), Artia (Praha- 1st ed) | |||||
| #4732 | Schematic map of Phobos | Rükl, Antonín | Phobos | 1991 | Gruppo Editore Fabbri (Italian - 1st ed), Aventium (Praha - 2nd ed), Artia (Praha- 1st ed) | |||||
| #4735 | The craters of Mercury | Rükl, Antonín | Mercury | 1991 | Gruppo Editore Fabbri (Italian - 1st ed), Aventium (Praha - 2nd ed), Artia (Praha- 1st ed) | |||||
| #4736 | The Moon, generic map | Rükl, Antonín | Moon | 1991 | Gruppo Editore Fabbri (Italian - 1st ed), Aventium (Praha - 2nd ed), Artia (Praha- 1st ed) | |||||
| #4777 | Venus | Rükl, Antonín | Venus | 1991 | Gruppo Editore Fabbri (Italian - 1st ed), Aventium (Praha - 2nd ed), Artia (Praha- 1st ed) | |||||
| #488 | Map of Mars | du Martheray, Maurice | Mars | 1961 | R. Sauerländer & Co. | |||||
| #375 | Carte generale de la Lune General map of the Moon | Rudaux, L. | Moon | 1947 | Nouvelles Éditions Latines | |||||
| #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 | |||
| #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 | |||||
| #317 |
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South polar hemisphere of Mars, showing the actual probable distribution of water to its low-lying areas on the melting of its snow cap. Housden CE 1914 The riddle of Mars the planet. Longmans, Green and Co. London, New York, Bombay, Calcutta Plate IV.—Sout… | Housden, C. E. | Mars | 1914 | Longmans, Green and Co. | ||||
| #200 |
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Carte de Mars faite en 1877 a l'Observatoire de Washington Map of Mars made in 1877 at the Washington Observatory [gallery ids="|" type="rectangular"] 1877 Published in: Flammarion, C (1892) La planete Mars et ses condtions d'habilit… | Fig 173 | Flammarion, Camille | Mars | 1892 | Gauthier-Villars et fils | |||
| #201 | Carte generale de la planete mars General map of the planet Mars | Fig 31 | Flammarion, Camille | Mars | 1892 | Gauthier-Villars et fils | ||||
| #202 | Carte géographique de Mars, specialement port l'hémisphere boréal, construite par M. Knobel, d'apres ses observations de 1873 et 1884 Geographical map of Mars, especially for the northern hemisphere, constructed by M. Knobel from his observations of 1873 and 1884 | Fig 202 | Knobel, Edward Ball | Mars | 1892 | Gauthier-Villars et fils | ||||
| #203 | Carte géographique provisoire de la planete Mars, par M Flammarion, en 1876 Provisional geographical map of the planet Mars, by M. Flammarion, in 1876 | Fig 152 | Flammarion, Camille | Mars | 1892 | Gauthier-Villars et fils | ||||
| #204 | Changements dans le cours de fleuves ou canaux Changes in the courses of rivers or canals | Figs 289-292 | Flammarion, Camille | Mars | 1892 | Gauthier-Villars et fils | ||||
| #209 | Karte des planeten Mars Map of the planet Mars | Fig 180 | Lohse, Oswald | Mars | 1892 | Gauthier-Villars et fils | ||||
| #210 | Lac formé par l'intersection de plusieurs canaux Lake formed by the intersection of several canals | Fig 294 | Flammarion, Camille | Mars | 1892 | Gauthier-Villars et fils | ||||
| #211 | Le globe de Mars avec la mer du Sablier au centre The globe of Mars with the Hourglass Sea at the center | Fig 17 | Flammarion, Camille | Mars | 1892 | Gauthier-Villars et fils | ||||
| #212 | Le Lac du Soleil maps Lake of the Sun maps | Fig 285, 286, 287 | Flammarion, Camille | Mars | 1892 | Gauthier-Villars et fils | ||||
| #213 | Mesures micrométriques de M. Wislicenus, en 1888 Micrometric measurements by M. Wislicenus, in 1888 | Fig. 229 | Wislicenus, Walter Friedrich | Mars | 1892 | Gauthier-Villars et fils | ||||
| #215 | Nouvelle carte des canaux doubles de la planete Mars, par M Sciaparelli, d'apres ses observations de 1877 a 1886 New map of the double canals of the planet Mars, by M. Schiaparelli, from his observations of 1877 to 1886 | Fig 195 | Mars | 1892 | Gauthier-Villars et fils | |||||
| #216 | Nouvelle triangulation de Mars, par M. Wislicenus, en 1890 New triangulation of Mars, by M. Wislicenus, in 1890 | FIg 251 | Wislicenus, Walter Friedrich | Mars | 1892 | Gauthier-Villars et fils | ||||
| #217 | Phénomenes observés sur Mars. Le canal Hydraotes-Nilus Phenomena observed on Mars. The Hydraotes-Nilus canal | Fig. 234 | Flammarion, Camille | Mars | 1892 | Gauthier-Villars et fils | ||||
| #218 | Variations observées sur la planete Mars dans le rivage de la mer du Sablier (Grande Syrte) Variations observed on the planet Mars along the shore of the Hourglass Sea (Syrtis Major) | Fig. 230 | Flammarion, Camille | Mars | 1892 | Gauthier-Villars et fils | ||||
| #190 |
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Map 190 A rare map where north is up. Based on Schiaparelli. | Mars | 186M | 1888 | |||||
| #181 | Chart of Mars from observations in 1873 and 1884 | Knobel, Edward Ball | Mars | 1884 | ||||||
| #173 | Map of Mars | Mars | 1882 | |||||||
| #52 |
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Phasis Lunae Lunatae Crescentis /Gibberolasae / Incurvatae crescentis / Adultae / Oppositionem vergentis, observata. Segedini / Solnoci Observed phases of the crescent, gibbous, waxing curved, mature, and nearly full Moon. Szeged / Szolnok | Marsili, Aloysio Ferd | Moon | 1726 | Hagae-Amstelodam |