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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Target: Mars
2293 maps
| # | Title | Map No. | Lead Author | Artist | Target | Quad. | Scale | Year | Publisher | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #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 | ||||
| #168 |
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Mappemonde Géographique de la Planete Mars Geographic world map of the planet Mars 1881 Source: Astronomie Populaire. Language: French Contribution by Ton Lindemann. 1880-84 (reproductions) Cartograp… | Flammarion, Camille | Mars | 1881 | |||||
| #164 |
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Map 164 Cartographer: Charles Edward Burton Source: RDS Library & Archives - Dublin Courtesy Ton Lindemann. | Burton, Charles E. | Mars | 1880 | |||||
| #158 | A Mars térképe | Proctor, Richard A. | Mars | 1879 | ||||||
| #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 | |||||
| #153 | Map of the Planet Mars (after Maedler) | Mars | 1878 | Chatto & Windus | ||||||
| #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 | ||||||
| #147 | Map 147 | Flammarion, Camille | Mars | 1876 | ||||||
| #148 |
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Map 148 1876 Publication Date: 1876 Source: map 4 in: Percival Lowell: Areography. The Popular Science Monthly, Septe… | Flammarion, Camille | Mars | 1876 | |||||
| #140 | Map 140 | Herschel, William | Mars | 1873 | ||||||
| #134 |
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Chart of Mars from 27 drawings by M. Dawes / Chart of Mars laid down on the Stereographic Projection Cartographer: R. A. Proctor Projection: Stereographic 1864 Chart of Mars R. A. Proctor; using drawings by W. R. Dawes… | Proctor, Richard A. | Mars | 1870 | |||||
| #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 | |||||
| #132 | Map 132 | Proctor, Richard A. | Mars | 1869 | ||||||
| #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 | ||||
| #126 | Chart of Mars from 27 drawings by Mr Daves | Proctor, Richard A. | Mars | 1864 | ||||||
| #129 | Map 129 | Kaiser, Frederic | Mars | 1864 | ||||||
| #106 |
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Map 106 Publication Date: 1841 Cartographers: W. Beer and J. H. Mädler Type: albedo map Publication: Beer W and Mädler JH (1841)… | Beer, Wilhelm Wolff | Mars | 1841 | |||||
| #75 |
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Map 75 Herschel W 1784 On the Remarkable appearances at the polar regions of the planet Mars, the inclination of its a… | Herschel, William | Mars | 1784 | |||||
| #5781 |
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(Valles Marineris) A 2M map MC-18 quadrangle. Source Wahlisch et al. 2002 Based on: HRSC data Editors: Alberz J, Jaumann R, … | Mars | 2M | ||||||
| #5784 | 4 to 10 km diameter crater density map of Mars between 65 deg north and south latitude | Mars | ||||||||
| #5785 | A portion of Tithonium Chasma | Mars | 500k | |||||||
| #5787 | Aeolis | Zimbelman, James R. | Mars | 2M | (2007) | |||||
| #5788 | Aeolis Dorsa | Burr, Devon M. | Mars | 500k | (2014) |