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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Country_publisher: Germany
153 maps
| # | Title | Map No. | Lead Author | Artist | Target | Quad. | Scale | Year | Publisher | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #370 |
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Mondkarte Map of the Moon Courtesy EA Whitaker | Franz, Julius | Franz, Julius | Moon | 1942 | ||||
| #367 |
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Unser Mond Our Moon | Fauth, Philipp J. H. | Moon | 4M | 1936 | ||||
| #361 | Map 361 | Fauth, Philipp J. H. | Moon | 1932 | ||||||
| #342 | Übersichtkarte des planeten Mars für die Periheliopposition 1924 Overview map of the planet Mars for the perihelion opposition of 1924 | Graff, Kasimir | Mars | 1926 | ||||||
| #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 | |||||
| #324 | Handkarte des Mondes Hand map of the Moon | Debes, E. | Moon | 20M | 1922 | |||||
| #325 | Kleiner Mondatlas, Überschichtskarte | Debes, E. | Moon | 20M | 1922 | |||||
| #311 | Die Randlandschaften des Mondes The limb regions of the Moon | Franz, Julius | Moon | 1913 | E. Karras | |||||
| #309 | Mond Atlas Neue Folge with Übersichkarte Moon Atlas, new series with overview map | Krieger, Johann N. | Moon | 1912 | ||||||
| #289 | Der Mond The Moon | Franz, Julius | Moon | 1906 | ||||||
| #252 |
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Niveaukarte des Mondes nach J. Franz, Breslau. Elevation map of the Moon after J. Franz, Breslau Franz, J., (1899). Die Figur des Mondes, Astron. Beobachtungen, Königsberg, Bd.38 Reproductions: Niveaukarte des Monde… | Franz, Julius | Moon | 1899 | |||||
| #246 |
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Map 246 Brockhaus, F.A. 1894-1898; Brockhaus' Konverzations Lexikon; Leipzig/Berlin/Wien Image and text courtesy of Ton Linde… | Brockhaus, F. A. | Moon | 1898 | |||||
| #245 | Mond-Atlas entworten nach den Beobachtungen an der Pia-Sternwarte in Triest,I Band Moon atlas designed from observations at the Pia Observatory in Trieste, volume I | Krieger, Johann N. | Moon | 1898 | ||||||
| #239 |
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Map 239 Map of Mars 1896 Leo Brenner (Spiridon Gopčević) Lussinpiccolo observations 1896 Abhandlungen der Kgl Akademie des Wis… | Brenner, Leo | Mars | 1897 | |||||
| #235 | Photographischer Mond-Atlas Photographic Moon Atlas | Weinek, Ladislaus | Moon | 1897 | ||||||
| #231 |
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Map 231 New edition south up. Meyers Konversations Lexikon 5./6. (1896?). Publisher: Bibliographisches Institut Leipzig. Perhaps… | Radefeld, C. C. | Moon | 1896 | Bibliographisches Institut Leipzig | ||||
| #223 | Atlas von 25 Topographischen Spezialkarten des Mondes Atlas of 25 topographic special maps of the Moon | Fauth, Philipp J. H. | Moon | 1M | 1895 | |||||
| #214 | Mondkarte in 25 sektionen von Wilhelm Gotthelf Lohrmann, mit einer beschreubung der einzelnen Karten von Dr J F Julius Schmidt Moon map in 25 sections by Wilhelm Gotthelf Lohrmann, with a description of the individual maps by Dr J F Julius Schmidt | Lohrmann, Wilhelm Gothelf | Moon | 1892 | Johann Ambrosius Barth Verlag | |||||
| #195 |
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Karte des Planeten Mars Map of the planet Mars Karte des Planeten Mars 1883-84, Oswald Lohse Publikazionen des Astrophysikalischen Observatorium Potsdam. N 28, 1891. f… | Lohse, Oswald | Mars | 1891 | |||||
| #196 | Map of the extent of the bright north polar spot of Mars | Lohse, Oswald | Mars | 1891 | ||||||
| #174 | Map of Mars | Lohse, Oswald | Mars | 1882 | ||||||
| #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 | |||||
| #172 |
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Map 172 Cartographer: F. Kaiser Source: Flammarion, C. 1892; La Planète Mars; Paris Courtesy Ton Lindemann Also reproduced in… | Kaiser, Frederic | Mars | 1881 | |||||
| #169 | Mondansicht | Fig. 81 | Drechsler, A. | Moon | 1881 | J. J. Weber | ||||
| #5697 |
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Mondkarte Map of the Moon Map of the Moon Publisher/Cartographer: Richard Andree Andrees Allgemeiner Handatlas, Leipzig (Germany) Publisher: Bie… | Andree, Richard | Andree, Richard | Moon | 1881 | Velhagen & Klasing |