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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Orientation: South up
122 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 | ||||
| #225 | Map of the Moon | Elger, Thomas Gwyn | Moon | 7.6M | 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 | ||||
| #206 | Chart of the Moon, quadrant | Plate 23-26 | Elger, Thomas Gwyn | Moon | 1892 | George Philip & Son | ||||
| #208 |
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GLOBE DE MARS dressé PAR L NIESTEN d’après les observations faites À BRUXELLES & A MILAN Globe of Mars drawn by L. Niesten from observations made in Brussels and Milan Globe of Mars by Belgian Astronomer Louis Niesten. Publisher: J. Lebeque & Co, Brusells, Belgium. Dimensions: 22cm x… | Niesten, Louis | Mars | 1892 | J. Lebègue & Co. | ||||
| #211 | Le globe de Mars avec la mer du Sablier au centre The globe of Mars with the Hourglass Sea at the center | Fig 17 | 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 | |||||
| #194 | Map 194 | Schiaparelli, Giovanni V. | Mars | 1890 | ||||||
| #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 | |||||
| #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 | ||||||
| #179 | Die Mondkarte The Moon map | Tab XII | Moon | 1883 | ||||||
| #173 | Map of Mars | Mars | 1882 | |||||||
| #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 | ||||
| #5697 |
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Mondkarte Map of the Moon Map of the Moon Publisher/Cartographer: Richard Andree Andrees Allgemeiner Handatlas, Leipzig (Germany) Publisher: Bie… | Andree, Richard | Andree, Richard | Moon | 1881 | Velhagen & Klasing | |||
| #160 |
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Map of the Moon Dr. Alfred Sommer Source: The New Dominion Monthly January, 1879, 58-79 (56 & 65) The first Canadian moon map… | Sommer, Alfred | Moon | 1879 | |||||
| #156 |
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Map 156 Littrow JJ, 1878 Die Wunder des Himmels. Berlin, Verlan von Gustav Hempel. Sechste auflage | Tafel III | Littrow, Joseph Johann | Moon | 1878 | Verlag von Gustav Hempel | |||
| #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 | ||||
| #149 | Green's map | Green, Nathaniel E. | Mars | 1877 | ||||||
| #147 | Map 147 | Flammarion, Camille | Mars | 1876 | ||||||
| #141 |
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Mondkarte mittle Libration Moon map at mean libration | Opelt, O. M. | Moon | 1874 | |||||
| #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 |