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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Main_theme: canal
63 maps
| # | Title | Map No. | Lead Author | Artist | Target | Quad. | Scale | Year | Publisher | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #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 | |||||
| #224 |
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Map of Mars 1894 Source: Lowell, P. 1895; Mars; Flagstaff Image courtesy Ton Lindemann. Nomenclature ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY REGI… | Lowell, Percival | Mars | 1895 | Lowell Observatory | ||||
| #222 |
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Map 222 | Lowell, Percival | Mars | 1894 | Lowell Observatory | ||||
| #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 | ||||
| #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 | ||||
| #207 |
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Detail maps of Mars Detail maps and hydrographic maps | Flammarion, Camille | Mars | 1892 | |||||
| #210 | Lac formé par l'intersection de plusieurs canaux Lake formed by the intersection of several canals | Fig 294 | Flammarion, Camille | Mars | 1892 | Gauthier-Villars et fils | ||||
| #215 | Nouvelle carte des canaux doubles de la planete Mars, par M Sciaparelli, d'apres ses observations de 1877 a 1886 New map of the double canals of the planet Mars, by M. Schiaparelli, from his observations of 1877 to 1886 | Fig 195 | Mars | 1892 | Gauthier-Villars et fils | |||||
| #217 | Phénomenes observés sur Mars. Le canal Hydraotes-Nilus Phenomena observed on Mars. The Hydraotes-Nilus canal | Fig. 234 | Flammarion, Camille | Mars | 1892 | Gauthier-Villars et fils | ||||
| #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 | |||||
| #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 | ||||
| #6756 |
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Ingeborg Brun's Globe of Mars (1909) Hand painted by the Danish astronomer Emmy Ingeborg Brun in 1905-1909. The globe is based on the canal maps of Percival… | Brun, Emmy Ingeborg | Mars |