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.
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Orientation: South up
122 maps
| # | Title | Map No. | Lead Author | Artist | Target | Quad. | Scale | Year | Publisher | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #2953 |
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Temperature map of Mars | Hess, Seymour L. | Mars | 1950 | |||||
| #373 |
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300 inch map of the Moon Photo: LPOD Sep15 2008. Cartographer: H Percy Wilkins, "the last traditional selenographer" Editions: Early editio… | Wilkins, Hugh Percy | Moon | 456k | 1946 | International Lunar Society | |||
| #377 |
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300 inch map of the Moon 100 inch reduction Photo: LPOD Sep15 2008. Cartographer: H Percy Wilkins, "the last traditional selenographer" Editions: Early editio… | Wilkins, Hugh Percy | Moon | 1.4M | 1946 | ||||
| #370 |
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Mondkarte Map of the Moon Courtesy EA Whitaker | Franz, Julius | Franz, Julius | Moon | 1942 | ||||
| #354 |
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Great 200in Map of the Moon Photo: LPOD Sep15 2008. Cartographer: H Percy Wilkins, "the last traditional selenographer" Editions: Early editio… | Wilkins, Hugh Percy | Moon | 687k | 1930 | ||||
| #345 |
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Chart of Mars Thomson, H 1927 Memoirs of the British Astronomical Association 27, London, pt 1, pl. 8 | Thomson, Harold | Mars | 1927 | |||||
| #343 |
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Karel Andel: Mappa Selenographica | Andel, Karel | Moon | 5.7M | 1926 | Jos. Klepesta | |||
| #335 | General map fo the moon | Rudaux, L. | Moon | 1925 | ||||||
| #336 |
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Map of Mars Ball's Popular Guide to the Heavens, 1925 | Plate 8 | Thomson, Harold | Mars | 1925 | The London Geographical Institute / Georg Philip and son Ltd | |||
| #331 |
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60 inch map of the Moon Photo: LPOD Sep15 2008. Cartographer: H Percy Wilkins, "the last traditional selenographer" Editions: Early editi… | Wilkins, Hugh Percy | Moon | 2.3M | 1924 | ||||
| #304 | Mars. Map From a Globe made by M. Wicks https://www.gutenberg.org/files/27633/27633-h/27633-h.htm From a Globe made by M. Wicks - The dark shaded portions are v… | Wicks, M. A. | Mars | 1911 | Seeley and Co. Limited | |||||
| #299 |
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Hemisphaerium Martis boreale ex observationibus anni 1890 Northern hemisphere of Mars from observations of the year 1890 1890 (publ. 1910) G.V. Schiaparelli: Osservazioni astronomiche e fisiche sull'asse di rotazione e sulla topografia … | Schiaparelli, Giovanni V. | Mars | 1910 | Tipografia della R. Accademia dei Lincei | ||||
| #300 | Map 300 | Antoniadi, Eugene Michael | Mars | 1910 | ||||||
| #293 |
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Sprouting times of vegetation on Mars Lowell, P 1908 Mars as the abode of life. Macmillan, New York Phenology curves | Lowell, Percival | Mars | 1908 | Macmillan | ||||
| #284 |
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Map of Mars 1896-97 Map of Mars, 1896-97 Telescopic Lowell Observatory Book plate The London Geographical Institute / Georg Philip and s… | Plate 8 | Douglass, Andrew Ellicott | Mars | 1905 | The London Geographical Institute / Georg Philip and son Ltd | |||
| #279 |
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Lussinpiccolo observations 1894-1903 Map of Mars 1904 Leo Brenner (Spiridon Gopčević) Lussinpiccolo observations 1894-1903 Astronomische Rundschau Lussinpi… | Brenner, Leo | Mars | 1904 | |||||
| #2956 |
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Chart of Mars of all authenticated but not necessarily objective details. | Antoniadi, Eugene Michael | Mars | 1903 | |||||
| #2955 |
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Chart of Mars Only for the objective markings seen on the planet from 1777 to 1901 | Antoniadi, Eugene Michael | Mars | 1903 | |||||
| #277 | Map 277 | Pickering, William Henry | Moon | 1903 | ||||||
| #261 |
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Carte synoptique de la planète Mars, d’après les observations de 1900–1901 à l’Observatoire de Juvisy. Synoptic map of Mars, based on observations of 1900–1901 at the Juvisy Observatory 1900. Courtesy of Ton Lindemann. This map is largely based on the British Astronomical Association map 1896 but includes… | Flammarion, Camille | Mars | 30M | 1901 | Société Astronomique de France | |||
| #258 | Map 258 | Flammarion, Camille | Mars | 1900 | ||||||
| #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 | |||||
| #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 | ||||
| #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 |