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: United Kingdom
87 maps
| # | Title | Map No. | Lead Author | Artist | Target | Quad. | Scale | Year | Publisher | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #225 | Map of the Moon | Elger, Thomas Gwyn | Moon | 7.6M | 1895 | |||||
| #205 |
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Chart of the Moon Elger? | Ball, Robert S. | Moon | 1892 | George Philip & Son | ||||
| #206 | Chart of the Moon, quadrant | Plate 23-26 | Elger, Thomas Gwyn | Moon | 1892 | George Philip & Son | ||||
| #5698 |
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Nouvelle carte de Mars New map of Mars 1888 Nouvelle carte de Mars, par Proctor en 1888. Stereographic Projection RA Proctor: Old and new astronomy. London-N… | Proctor, Richard A. | Mars | 1888 | |||||
| #181 | Chart of Mars from observations in 1873 and 1884 | Knobel, Edward Ball | Mars | 1884 | ||||||
| #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 | ||||
| #153 | Map of the Planet Mars (after Maedler) | Mars | 1878 | Chatto & Windus | ||||||
| #149 | Green's map | Green, Nathaniel E. | Mars | 1877 | ||||||
| #143 | (overview map) | Neison, Edmund | Moon | 1876 | ||||||
| #144 | Detail maps of craters Gassendi, Maginus, Theophilus | Neison, Edmund | Moon | 5.8M | 1876 | |||||
| #142 | Map 142 | Nasmyth, James | Moon | 1874 | ||||||
| #140 | Map 140 | Herschel, William | Mars | 1873 | ||||||
| #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 | ||||||
| #130 |
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Mars - 1862,1864 Chart of the Planet Mars John Phillips Oxford 1862-64 Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, v 14, pp 42-46. 1865. … | Phillips, John | Mars | 1865 | Royal Society of London | ||||
| #126 | Chart of Mars from 27 drawings by Mr Daves | Proctor, Richard A. | Mars | 1864 | ||||||
| #127 | Index Map of the Moon | Webb, Thomas William | Moon | 1864 | ||||||
| #128 |
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Lunar Map Zone II, Zone IV Scale 200 inches = Moon's diameter | Birt, William R. | Moon | 695k | 1864 | British Association for the Advancement of Science. Lunar Committee / British Astronomical Association | |||
| #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 | |||||
| #121 | Map 121 | Webb, William | Moon | 1859 | ||||||
| #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 | ||||
| #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 | |||||
| #104 |
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Exhibiting the same view of the Moon’s surface as plate the first Plate the 2nd Exhibiting the same view of the Moon’s surface as plate the first. The first plate presents the Moon… | Russell, John | Moon | 1840 | James Wyld, Charing Cross East | ||||
| #103 |
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The Moon in Plano Plate the First of the Moon in Plano. Engraved by John Russell Esq. R.A. from his original Drawings, carefully measu… | Russell, John | Moon | 1840 | James Wyld, Charing Cross East |