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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Referring work: Whitaker EA 1999 Mapping and naming the Moon. Cambridge University Press.
13 maps
| # | Title | Map No. | Lead Author | Artist | Target | Quad. | Scale | Year | Publisher | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #913 | The system of Lunar craters | Arthur, D. W. G. | Moon | 1966 | Communications of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory / IAU University of Arizona Press | |||||
| #610 |
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Rectified Lunar Atlas (Supplement to the USAF Lunar Atlas) A manuscript page of the Atlas with an actual photograph RECTIFIED LUNAR ATLAS Supplement Number Two to the PHOTO… | Whitaker, Ewen A. | Moon | 3.5M | 1963 | University of Arizona Press | |||
| #311 | Die Randlandschaften des Mondes The limb regions of the Moon | Franz, Julius | Moon | 1913 | E. Karras | |||||
| #122 |
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Carte générale de la Lune General map of the Moon Lecouturier, MM; A Chapuis Carte générale de la Lune Tones, rays and clear rings and "worms" of terrain Paris Librari… | Lecouturier, M. M. | Moon | 1860 | Librairie des Sciences | ||||
| #87 |
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Mondkarte Map of the Moon Cartographer: Gruithuisen, spelled Gruidhuisen on the map Publication Date: 1821? Note: This edition is the first … | von Gruithuisen, Paula Franz | Moon | 1821 | |||||
| #71 |
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Der Mond in Vollen Lichte The Moon in full light Courtesy of EA Whitaker Mayers map with Cassini's Heart | Mayer, Tobias Johann | Moon | 1775 | |||||
| #60 | Map 60 | Briga, Melchior Dalla | Moon | 1747 | ||||||
| #44 | Map 44 | de la Hire, Philippe | Moon | 1702 | ||||||
| #42 | Map 42 | Keill, John | Moon | 1700 | ||||||
| #36 | Map 36 | Cassini, Giovanni D. | Moon | 1692 | ||||||
| #31 | Map 31 | d'Orléans, Chérubin | Moon | 1671 | ||||||
| #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 | ||||
| #7 | Map 7 | Borri, Christopher | Moon | 1627 |