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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Projection: Mercator
157 maps
| # | Title | Map No. | Lead Author | Artist | Target | Quad. | Scale | Year | Publisher | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #257 | Mars | Douglass, Andrew Ellicott | Mars | 1900 | ||||||
| #243 | Chart of Mars | Antoniadi, Eugene Michael | Mars | 1898 | ||||||
| #247 |
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Map 247 1898 reproduction Reproduction in Flammarion, C. 1898(?); De wonderen des hemels; Zutphen | Schiaparelli, Giovanni V. | Mars | 1898 | |||||
| #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 | ||||
| #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 | ||||
| #222 |
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Map 222 | Lowell, Percival | Mars | 1894 | Lowell Observatory | ||||
| #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 | ||||
| #200 |
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Carte de Mars faite en 1877 a l'Observatoire de Washington Map of Mars made in 1877 at the Washington Observatory [gallery ids="|" type="rectangular"] 1877 Published in: Flammarion, C (1892) La planete Mars et ses condtions d'habilit… | Fig 173 | Flammarion, Camille | Mars | 1892 | Gauthier-Villars et fils | |||
| #202 | Carte géographique de Mars, specialement port l'hémisphere boréal, construite par M. Knobel, d'apres ses observations de 1873 et 1884 Geographical map of Mars, especially for the northern hemisphere, constructed by M. Knobel from his observations of 1873 and 1884 | Fig 202 | Knobel, Edward Ball | Mars | 1892 | Gauthier-Villars et fils | ||||
| #203 | Carte géographique provisoire de la planete Mars, par M Flammarion, en 1876 Provisional geographical map of the planet Mars, by M. Flammarion, in 1876 | Fig 152 | Flammarion, Camille | Mars | 1892 | Gauthier-Villars et fils | ||||
| #209 | Karte des planeten Mars Map of the planet Mars | Fig 180 | Lohse, Oswald | 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 | ||||
| #195 |
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Karte des Planeten Mars Map of the planet Mars Karte des Planeten Mars 1883-84, Oswald Lohse Publikazionen des Astrophysikalischen Observatorium Potsdam. N 28, 1891. f… | Lohse, Oswald | Mars | 1891 | |||||
| #190 |
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Map 190 A rare map where north is up. Based on Schiaparelli. | Mars | 186M | 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 | ||||||
| #176 | Map 176 | 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 | ||||
| #161 |
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Map 161 Chart of Mars Mercator Projection in true color 1877 N.E. Green in: Memoirs of the Royal Astronomical Society v. 44. p. … | Green, Nathaniel E. | Mars | 1879 | |||||
| #159 | Map of Mars | Niesten, Louis | Mars | 1879 | Observatoire Royal de Bruxelles | |||||
| #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 | ||||
| #149 | Green's map | Green, Nathaniel E. | Mars | 1877 |