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: Paris
49 maps
| # | Title | Map No. | Lead Author | Artist | Target | Quad. | Scale | Year | Publisher | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #209 | Karte des planeten Mars Map of the planet Mars | Fig 180 | Lohse, Oswald | Mars | 1892 | Gauthier-Villars et fils | ||||
| #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 | ||||
| #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 | ||||
| #212 | Le Lac du Soleil maps Lake of the Sun maps | Fig 285, 286, 287 | Flammarion, Camille | Mars | 1892 | Gauthier-Villars et fils | ||||
| #213 | Mesures micrométriques de M. Wislicenus, en 1888 Micrometric measurements by M. Wislicenus, in 1888 | Fig. 229 | Wislicenus, Walter Friedrich | 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 | |||||
| #216 | Nouvelle triangulation de Mars, par M. Wislicenus, en 1890 New triangulation of Mars, by M. Wislicenus, in 1890 | FIg 251 | Wislicenus, Walter Friedrich | 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 | ||||
| #218 | Variations observées sur la planete Mars dans le rivage de la mer du Sablier (Grande Syrte) Variations observed on the planet Mars along the shore of the Hourglass Sea (Syrtis Major) | Fig. 230 | Flammarion, Camille | Mars | 1892 | Gauthier-Villars et fils | ||||
| #189 |
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Map 189 Cartographer: Casimir Marie Gaudibert „dressé sous la direction de Camille Flammarion par C. M. Gaudibert „ Publisher: P… | Gaudibert, Casimir M. | Moon | 1887 | E. Bertaux | ||||
| #183 |
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Map 183 1884 edition: Cartographer: E. Antoniadi after Camille Flammarion Publisher: E. Bertaux, Editeur, Paris, 1884 Reference:… | Antoniadi, Eugene Michael | Mars | 1884 | E. Bertaux | ||||
| #182 | Map of Mars | Flammarion, Camille | Mars | 1884 | ||||||
| #131 |
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Map 131 Published in Camille Flammarion: La Pluralité des Mondes Habités, Paris, 1869. (14th Ed.) One of the 1st comparative pla… | Flammarion, Camille | Earth, Mars | 1869 | |||||
| #129 | Map 129 | Kaiser, Frederic | Mars | 1864 | ||||||
| #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 | ||||
| #79 |
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Figure de la Lune dans ses moyennes librations, avec les noms de ses principales taches suivant Riccioli et suivant Hevelius. Figure of the Moon in its mean librations, with the names of its principal spots according to Riccioli and Hevelius Astronomie par Jerome le Francaus (La Lande) - Troisieme edition, revue et augmentée, Paris, Desaint, Didot L'Ainé, MDCC… | Torn III Pag 344 / Astronomie Pl. XXXX / Fig. 282 Cette figure est renversé | de la Lande, Jerome | Moon | 1792 | Desaint; Didot L'Ainé | |||
| #69 |
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Figure de la Lune dans sa position naturelle Figure of the Moon in its natural position Numbered map Dicquemare, M. 1771; La connoissance de l'astronomie - rendue aisée & mise ŕ la portée de tout le mond… | Dicquemare, M. | Moon | 1771 | |||||
| #59 |
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Map 59 Source: Memoires de l'Académie Royale des Sciences, 1692. This is a reproducion of Cassini's map by Lemonnier, C.P. 1746… | Cassini, Giovanni D. | Moon | 1746 | |||||
| #57 | Table generale des Phases de la Lune selon la Sélenographie des PP Grimaldi et Riccioli General table of the phases of the Moon according to the selenography of Fathers Grimaldi and Riccioli | Lemonnier, C. P. | Moon | 1743 | Institutions astronomiques, Paris | |||||
| #42 | Map 42 | Keill, John | Moon | 1700 | ||||||
| #5909 |
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Carte de la Luna Map of the Moon ... and its reprints. They can be identified from the heart that is crossed by a Tycho ray. Cassini's moon drawing … | Cassini, Giovanni D. | Moon | 1679 | |||||
| #31 | Map 31 | d'Orléans, Chérubin | Moon | 1671 | ||||||
| #13 |
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Plenilunii lumina Austriaca Philippica Austrian-Philippic light of the full Moon Publication Date: 1645 Cartographer: Michael van Langren (Langrenus) Source: Plenilunii lumina Austriaca Philippica. [By… | Van Langren, Michael | Moon | 1645 | |||||
| #8 |
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Phasium Lunae icones, quos Anno Salutis 1634 et 1635, pungendo ac sculp. aquis fortis Claud. Mellan Gall. praesentibus ac flagitantib. illustrib. viris, jussendo et perexscitio. Images of the phases of the Moon, engraved and etched in 1634 and 1635 by Claude Mellan Photorealistic engravings of the Moon (1635-37) 23.7 x 17.9 cm engraving by Claude Mellan. This work was commissioned by… | Gassendi, Pierre | Mellan, Claude | Moon | 16.6M | 1637 |