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.
Main_theme: albedo
459 maps
| # | Title | Map No. | Lead Author | Artist | Target | Quad. | Scale | Year | Publisher | |
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| #266 |
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Mars 1901 - Lowell Observatory | Lowell, Percival | Mars | 1901 | |||||
| #258 | Map 258 | Flammarion, Camille | Mars | 1900 | ||||||
| #248 | Mars 1898-9 | Lowell, Percival | Mars | 1899 | ||||||
| #249 |
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Mars 1898-9, Lowell Observatory | Lowell, Percival | Mars | 1899 | |||||
| #251 |
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Martis phaenomena, anno 1888 in hemisphaerio boreali…, Regiones Martis boreales… Phenomena of Mars in the northern hemisphere in 1888; northern regions of Mars 1888 (publ. 1899) G.V. Schiaparelli: Osservazioni astronomiche e fisiche sull'asse di rotazione e sulla topografia e … | Schiaparelli, Giovanni V. | Mars | 1899 | |||||
| #247 |
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Map 247 1898 reproduction Reproduction in Flammarion, C. 1898(?); De wonderen des hemels; Zutphen | Schiaparelli, Giovanni V. | Mars | 1898 | |||||
| #244 |
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Mars. Übesichtskarte des Planeten Mars von Camille Flammarion Mars. Overview map of the planet Mars by Camille Flammarion Amand Freiherr v. Schweiger-Lerchenfeld: Atlas del Himmelskunde. Wien, Pest, Leipzig 1898 | Flammarion, Camille | Mars | 1898 | A. Hartlben's Verlag | ||||
| #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 | |||||
| #241 |
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Map 241 A summary of Mercury mapping, early drawings reprojected uniformly into Mollweide projection. The last map is based on p… | Lowell, Percival | Mercury | 1897 | |||||
| #242 |
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Map 242 Date: 1897 Source: Moore, P; 1960:T he planet Venus, London. Original source: Lowell, P; 1897: MNRAS (Monthly Notices of… | Lowell, Percival | Venus | 1897 | |||||
| #232 | Map of Mars 1897, Lowell Plate XLI | Lowell, Percival | Mars | 1897 | ||||||
| #233 |
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Mars 1896-7 Lowell Observatory | Lowell, Percival | Mars | 1897 | |||||
| #234 | Mars 1896-97 | Lowell, Percival | Mars | 1897 | ||||||
| #237 |
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Regiones Martis Boreales…, Hemispherium Martis boreale… Northern regions of Mars; northern hemisphere of Mars 1886 (publ. 1897) G.V. Schiaparelli: Osservazioni astronomiche e fisiche sull'asse di rotazione e sulla topografia de… | Schiaparelli, Giovanni V. | Mars | 1897 | |||||
| #230 |
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Mars 1883-84 1883-84 (publ. 1896) Mars 1883-84 Mercator Projection Source G. V. Sciapparelli: Memoria 6: Osservazioni astronomiche… | Schiaparelli, Giovanni V. | Mars | 1896 | Tipografia della R. Accademia dei Lincei | ||||
| #227 |
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Map 227 Map of Mars 1894 Leo Brenner (Spiridon Gopčević) Lussinpiccolo observations 1894 Astronomische Nachrichten 137/3… | Brenner, Leo | Mars | 1895 | |||||
| #219 |
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Carte d' ensemble de la Planeta Mars avec ses lignes sombres nom doublées / Le geminazioni delle linee oscure del pianeta Marte Overview map of planet Mars with its dark lines not doubled / The doubling of the dark lines of planet Mars Popular reproductions "1877-1888" (1893 repr) Showing single and twin lines French edition Italian map. The same m… | Schiaparelli, Giovanni V. | Mars | 1893 | Various, international | ||||
| #198 |
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A chart of Mars "This map represents the surface of Mars on the stereographic projection. It has been compiled (with only two exceptions… | Ball, Robert S. | Mars | 1892 | |||||
| #199 |
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Canaux énigmatiques observés sur la planete Mars Enigmatic canals observed on planet Mars Flammarion, C (1892) La planete Mars et ses condtions d'habilité. Paris, Gauthier-Villars et fils, Imprimeurs-libraries … | Schiaparelli, Giovanni V. | Mars | 1892 | Gauthier-Villars et fils | ||||
| #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 | |||
| #206 | Chart of the Moon, quadrant | Plate 23-26 | Elger, Thomas Gwyn | Moon | 1892 | George Philip & Son | ||||
| #209 | Karte des planeten Mars Map of the planet Mars | Fig 180 | Lohse, Oswald | Mars | 1892 | Gauthier-Villars et fils | ||||
| #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 | |||||
| #197 |
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Map 197 1891 repr. US Edition, in: Peck, W. 1891; A popular handbook and atlas of astronomy, designed as a complete guide to a… | Schiaparelli, Giovanni V. | Mars | 1891 | |||||
| #194 | Map 194 | Schiaparelli, Giovanni V. | Mars | 1890 | ||||||
| #193 |
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Marte Mars | Giovannozzi, Giovanni | Mars | 1890 | |||||
| #191 |
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Map 191 A summary of Mercury mapping, early drawings reprojected uniformly into Mollweide projection. The last map is based on p… | Schiaparelli, Giovanni V. | Mercury | 1889 | |||||
| #190 |
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Map 190 A rare map where north is up. Based on Schiaparelli. | Mars | 186M | 1888 | |||||
| #184 |
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Mappa Aerographica 1881-82 Aerographic map, 1881–82 1881-82 (publ.1886) G.V. Schiaparelli: Osservazioni astronomiche e fisiche sull'asse di rotazione e sulla topografia… | Schiaparelli, Giovanni V. | Mars | 1886 | Tipografia della R. Accademia dei Lincei | ||||
| #181 | Chart of Mars from observations in 1873 and 1884 | Knobel, Edward Ball | Mars | 1884 | ||||||
| #176 | Map 176 | Mars | 1882 | |||||||
| #173 | Map of Mars | Mars | 1882 | |||||||
| #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 | |||||
| #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 | ||||
| #169 | Mondansicht | Fig. 81 | Drechsler, A. | Moon | 1881 | J. J. Weber | ||||
| #162 | Die sichtbare Seite der Mond-Oberfläche bei voller Beleuchtung : nach Beer u. Mädler's Karte The visible side of the lunar surface at full illumination: after Beer and Madler's map | Ausfeld, Johann Carl | Moon | 1880 | Justus Perthes | |||||
| #164 |
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Map 164 Cartographer: Charles Edward Burton Source: RDS Library & Archives - Dublin Courtesy Ton Lindemann. | Burton, Charles E. | Mars | 1880 | |||||
| #158 | A Mars térképe | Proctor, Richard A. | Mars | 1879 | ||||||
| #159 | Map of Mars | Niesten, Louis | Mars | 1879 | Observatoire Royal de Bruxelles | |||||
| #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 | ||||
| #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 | ||||
| #155 | Mondcharte 25 sectionen un 2 erlautersungstafeln Moon map in 25 sections and 2 explanatory plates Cartographer: Wilhelm G Lohrman Sheets: 25 The map series was produced and started by Lohrman but publication was fini… | Lohrmann, Wilhelm Gothelf | Moon | 1.8M | 1878 | Verlag von Joahnn Ambrosius Barth | ||||
| #145 | Die sichtbare Seite der Mond-Oberfläche bei voller Beleuchtung : nach Beer u. Mädler's Karte The visible side of the lunar surface at full illumination: after Beer and Madler's map | Ausfeld, Johann Carl | Moon | 1876 | Justus Perthes | |||||
| #141 |
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Mondkarte mittle Libration Moon map at mean libration | Opelt, O. M. | Moon | 1874 | |||||
| #137 | Die sichtbare Seite der Mond-Oberfläche bei voller Beleuchtung : nach Beer u. Mädler's Karte The visible side of the lunar surface at full illumination: after Beer and Madler's map | Ausfeld, Johann Carl | Moon | 13M | 1872 | Justus Perthes | ||||
| #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 | |||||
| #135 | Die sichtbare Seite der Mond-Oberfläche bei voller Beleuchtung : nach Beer u. Mädler's Karte The visible side of the lunar surface at full illumination: after Beer and Madler's map | Ausfeld, Johann Carl | Moon | 1870 | Justus Perthes | |||||
| #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 | ||||
| #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 | ||||
| #124 |
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Mond—Karte Nach dem besten Quellen entworfen und gezeichnet Map of the Moon Meyer's Kriegs- u. Friedens- oder grosser Zeitungs-Atlas in 148 karten... J. Meyer. Hildburohausen et New-York . Schleif… | Radefeld, C. C. | Moon | 1860 | J. Meyer |