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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Place_publication: Gdansk
7 maps
| # | Title | Map No. | Lead Author | Artist | Target | Quad. | Scale | Year | Publisher | |
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| #58 |
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Tabula Selenographica Selenographic table/map 1746 Map of Hevelius, re-drawn by Lemonnier, C.P. 1746; Institutions astronomiques, Paris Image courtesy of Ton Linde… | Hevelius, Johnnis | Moon | 1746 | Typis Hünefeldianis | ||||
| #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 | |||||
| #33 |
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Machinae Coelestis pars posteriori rerum uranicarum observationes The later part of Celestial Machine: observations of celestial matters Johnnis Hevelii Machinae Coelestis pars posteriori rerum uranicarum observationes..... Simon Reininger, Gedani 1679 | Hevelius, Johnnis | Moon | 1679 | Simon Reininger | ||||
| #17 |
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Lunatio Crescens 1645 Three maps: one full moon, one shadowed synthetic realistic engraving and a map-like representation. Publicatio… | Hevelius, Johnnis | Moon | 1647 | Typis Hünefeldianis | ||||
| #18 |
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Selenographia sive lunae descriptio Selenography, or description of the Moon Selenographica, Caput VIII. Source (e-rara) General chart of the full moon (Selenographica, appendix) Lunar Coordi… | Hevelius, Johnnis | Moon | 12.4M | 1647 | Typis Hünefeldianis | |||
| #19 |
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Selenographia sive lunae descriptio Selenography, or description of the Moon | Hevelius, Johnnis | Moon | 12.4M | 1647 | Typis Hünefeldianis | |||
| #15 |
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Tabula Selenographica : Seu Vera adminiculo tubi, Orthographica delineatio Marium Sinuum Insularum Continent. Promont. Lacuum Paludum Montium Planit. Vallium, in visibili Lunae hemispherio existentium / Autore Johanne Hevelio Selenographic table, or true orthographic delineation of the seas, bays, islands, continents, promontories, lakes, marshes, mountains, plains, and valleys existing in the visible hemisphere of the Moon | Hevelius, Johnnis | Moon | 1645 | Danzig |