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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Content_technique: linework
76 maps
| # | Title | Map No. | Lead Author | Artist | Target | Quad. | Scale | Year | Publisher | |
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| #2747 | Карта вулканических форм Луны (листы I—XXII) Map of volcanic forms of the Moon (sheets I–XXII) https://rutracker.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4489872 Марков М. С. (ред.)- Вулканизм и тектоника Луны Рис. 6. Карта вулкан… | Markov, M. S. | Moon | 1974 | Nauka | |||||
| #1866 |
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Map 1866 Publication Date: 1971 Based on: the text about Martian nomenclature by T.L. MacDonald Published in: T.L. MacDonald… | Wells, R. A. | Mars | 1971 | |||||
| #1823 | Martian nomenclature sketch map prepared by R. A. Wells | Wells, R. A. | Mars | 1971 | ||||||
| #1824 | Martian topographic contours from the author’s observing session 8–15 June 1969 contour map Martian surface harmonics and continental drift, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, Volume 4, Is… | Wells, R. A. | Mars | 1971 | ||||||
| #1445 | Lineaments on Mars Martian grid map based on canal maps, interpreted as a global tectonic system R. A. Wells, An Introduction to the Martia… | Wells, R. A. | Mars | 1969 | ||||||
| #1158 | Sketch maps of Zond-3 probe images | Lipsky, Yurii Naumovich | Moon | 5M | 1967 | Nauka | ||||
| #1165 | Атлас обратной стороны Луны 2, западного сектора Chart of the Reverse Side of the Moon, western part | Lipsky, Yurii Naumovich | Moon | 10M | 1967 | Nauka, GAISH, TSNIIGAIK | ||||
| #913 | The system of Lunar craters | Arthur, D. W. G. | Moon | 1966 | Communications of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory / IAU University of Arizona Press | |||||
| #599 | Planisferio de Marte Planisphere of Mars | Escalante, F. J. | Mars | 1963 | ||||||
| #525 | First Official Map of the Lunar Farside | Moon | 1962 | Berkeley / United Nations | ||||||
| #557 | Physiographic divisions of the Moon, Modified 1961 | Hackman, Robert J. | Moon | 9M | 1962 | Army Map Service | ||||
| #408 | Map of Mars... | Millman, P. M. | Mars | 1957 | ||||||
| #398 | South pole of the moon | Whitaker, Ewen A. | moon | 1954 | ||||||
| #380 | Map 380 | de Vaucouleurs, Gerard | Mars | 1950 | ||||||
| #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 | ||||
| #297 |
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A map of the Moon | Goodacre, Walter | Moon | 1910 | W. Goodacre | ||||
| #190 |
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Map 190 A rare map where north is up. Based on Schiaparelli. | Mars | 186M | 1888 | |||||
| #176 | Map 176 | Mars | 1882 | |||||||
| #167 |
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Mappa Areographica 1879 Areographic map, 1879 1879 (publ. 1881) Mappa Areographica 1879 Mercator Projection G.V. Schiaparelli: Osservazioni astronomiche e fisiche … | Schiaparelli, Giovanni V. | Mars | 1881 | Tipografia della R. Accademia dei Lincei | ||||
| #154 |
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Mappa Areographica Exhibens Planeae Martis Chorographicam inter POlum Australem et Parallelum 40um Latitudinis Borealis, 1877-1878 Areographic map showing the chorography of the planet Mars between the south pole and the 40th parallel of northern latitude, 1877-1878 1877 (publ. 1878) Alternative reproduction Alternative reproduction G.V. Schiaparelli: Osservazioni astronomiche e… | Schiaparelli, Giovanni V. | Mars | 1878 | Tipografia della R. Accademia dei Lincei | ||||
| #134 |
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Chart of Mars from 27 drawings by M. Dawes / Chart of Mars laid down on the Stereographic Projection Cartographer: R. A. Proctor Projection: Stereographic 1864 Chart of Mars R. A. Proctor; using drawings by W. R. Dawes… | Proctor, Richard A. | Mars | 1870 | |||||
| #132 | Map 132 | Proctor, Richard A. | Mars | 1869 | ||||||
| #38 |
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Tabula Selenographica : in visibilis Lunae Hemisphaerio orthographicam delineationem exhibens Marium, Sinuum, Insularum, Continentium, Promontoriorum, Lacium, Paludum, Montium, Planitierum, et Vallium / adminiculo Tubi Optici à Clariss. D. Ioanne Hevelio detectorum Selenographic table showing the visible hemisphere of the Moon in orthographic projection 1696 Joanne Zahn (1696) Specula physico-mathematico-historica notabilium ac mirablium sciendorum in qua MUNDI MIRAB… | Hevelius, Johnnis | Moon | 1696 | |||||
| #17 |
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Lunatio Crescens 1645 Three maps: one full moon, one shadowed synthetic realistic engraving and a map-like representation. Publicatio… | Hevelius, Johnnis | Moon | 1647 | Typis Hünefeldianis | ||||
| #19 |
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Selenographia sive lunae descriptio Selenography, or description of the Moon | Hevelius, Johnnis | Moon | 12.4M | 1647 | Typis Hünefeldianis |