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: gazetteer
45 maps
| # | Title | Map No. | Lead Author | Artist | Target | Quad. | Scale | Year | Publisher | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #943 | COMMISSION DE LA LUNE Commission on the Moon TRANSACTIONS OF THE IAU : VOLUME XIIIB (the following is excerpted from the book published by D. Reidel, 1968) PROCEEDIN… | Menzel, D. H. | Moon | 1967 | ||||||
| #1093 |
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Mariner 69 Mars Chart Prepared under the direction of the Department of Defense, Aeronautical Chart and Information Center, US Air Force for N… | MEC-2 | Slipher, Earl C. | Mars | 25M | 1967 | US Air Force, Aeronautical Chart and Information Center | ||
| #758 |
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Pictorial Representation of Mars 1:10M Orthographic projection Edition 1-AMS Prepared by the Army Map Service, Corps of Engineers, US Army, Washington D.… | 1-AMS | Mars | 10M | 1965 | Army Map Service, Corps of Engineers | |||
| #645 | AN EXTENDED FORM OF BLAGG AND MÜLLER’S SCHEMA OF LUNAR NOMENCLATURE TRANSACTIONS OF THE IAU : VOLUME XIIB ( the following is excerpted from the book published by Academic Press in 1966) PR… | Arthur, D. W. G. | Moon | 1964 | ||||||
| #615 |
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The System of Lunar Craters (Lunar Nomenclature) Reference map showing IAU nomenclature, south-up, orthographic projection. Arthur DWG, Agnieray AP, Horvath RA, Wood CA,… | Arthur, D. W. G. | Moon | 1963 | |||||
| #474 |
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COMMISSION POUR L’ETUDE PHYSIQUE DES PLANETES ET DES SATELLITES Commission for the Physical Study of Planets and Satellites TRANSACTIONS OF THE IAU : VOLUME XIB (the following is excerpted from the book published by Academic Press in 1962) PROC… | Dollfus, Audouin | 1961 | ||||||
| #411 |
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Map 411 Cartographer: Shiro Ebisawa Based on Antoniadi (1930) Comment: "This map is regarded, by the BAA Mars Section, as the st… | Ebisawa, Shiro | Mars | 1957 | British Astronomical Association, Mars Section | ||||
| #334 | COMMISSION DE NOMENCLATURE LUNAIRE Commission on Lunar Nomenclature TRANSACTIONS OF THE IAU : VOLUME II (the following is excerpted from the book published by Imperial College Bookstall) S… | Blagg, Mary A. | Moon | 1925 | ||||||
| #269 |
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Map of Mercury Source: P. Lowell: New observations of the planet Mercury. Cambridge, J. Wilson and son, 1902. In Memoirs o… | Lowell, Percival | Mercury | 1902 | |||||
| #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 | |||||
| #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 | ||||
| #177 |
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Map 177 1882 Paris 1881/82, L’Astronomie, t. 1. 1882. v. 170. Drawn by Blanadet Stereographic projection "This new map i… | Flammarion, Camille | Blanadet | Mars | 1882 | ||||
| #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 | ||||
| #118 |
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Map 118 Published in Franz Arago's Sammtliche Werke. Leipzig 1856. This is not a map, but a biscriptural list of the Moon's plac… | Arago, F. | Moon | 1856 | |||||
| #109 |
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Die Sichtbare seite der Mond-Oberflache The visible side of the lunar surface Vollständiger Hand-Atlas der neueren Erdbeschreibung ueber alle Theile der Erde : in 80 Blättern / herausgegeben von K. … | Flemming, Carl Glockau | Moon | 1844 | K. Sohr | ||||
| #78 |
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Tob. Mayeri tabula selenograhica Tobias Mayer's selenographic table/map Publication Date: 1791 Published in Selenotopographische Fragmente zur genauern Kenntniss der Mondfläche, ihrer erlit… | Schröter, Johann Hieronymus | Mayer, Tobias Johann | Moon | 1791 | Carl Gotthelf Fleckeisen | |||
| #56 |
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Tabula Selenographica in qua Lunarium Macularum exacta Descriptio secundum Nomenclaturam … Hevelii quam Riccioli Selenographic table in which the lunar spots are exactly described according to the nomenclature of Hevelius and Riccioli Publication Date: 1707?/1730/42? Based on: the map of the Moon by Hevelius and Riccioli (slightly changed nomenclature)… | Dopplemayr, Johann G. | Moon | 1742 | |||||
| #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 | |||||
| #6757 | Russian transcription / translation of planetary nomenclature "Обычно на картах используют латинские наименования. На наших картах мы даем русскую транскрипцию названий." ("On the ma… | Burba, Georgii Aleksandrovich | Reference |