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: Moon
3069 maps
| # | Title | Map No. | Lead Author | Artist | Target | Quad. | Scale | Year | Publisher | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #29 |
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Icon Lunaris Lunar image Courtesy of EA Whitaker ICON LUNARIS Ex Duodecim ipsius Phasib. a prima scilicet post ☌ usq. ad ☍ subsequentem mense O… | Montanari, Germiniano | Moon | 1662 | |||||
| #28 |
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Map 28 Kircheri, A. 1660; Iter Extaticum Coeleste; Norimberga Image courtesy Ton Lindemann | Kircher, A. | Moon | 1660 | |||||
| #27 | Map 27 | Strauch, Aegidius I. | Moon | 1659 | ||||||
| #26 | Map 26 | Borel | Moon | 1656 | ||||||
| #24 |
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Map 24 Original "copy from negative supplied by Cadiz" (E. Whitaker) Also known as Hieronymus Sirturus. Hieronymus Sirtalis… | Sirsalis, Hieronymus | Moon | 10.2M | 1651 | ||||
| #25 |
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Map 25 Date of drawing: c. 1600-1603 Publication : 1651 William Gilbert, De Mundo Nostro Sublunari Philosophia Nova, Amste… | Gilbert, William | Moon | 1651 | |||||
| #21 |
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Tabula Selenographica: Figura pro nomenclaturae et libratione lunari Publication : 1651 Almagestum novum. Bologna: Victorii Benatii. Cartographer: F. M. Grimaldi Nomenclature: G. B. Ricci… | Riccioli, G. B. | Grimaldi, Francesco M. | Moon | 12.4M | 1651 | Victorii Benatii | ||
| #22 |
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Tabula Selenographica: Selenographia P Fransisci Mariae Grimaldi Soc Iesu Selenography by Father Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Society of Jesus Publication : 1651 Almagestum novum. Bologna: Victorii Benatii. Cartographer: F. M. Grimaldi Nomenclature: G. B. Ri… | Riccioli, G. B. | Grimaldi, Francesco M. | Moon | 12.4M | 1651 | Victorii Benatii | ||
| #20 |
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Pleni Lunium, Luna Crescens Transcription (Latin): SERENISSIMO ETRVRIAE MAGNO DVCI FERDINANDO SECVNDO VIT. ET FELICIT. Ad suas metas Astra perveni… | Divini, Eustachio | Moon | 12.1M | 1649 | ||||
| #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 | |||
| #16 |
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Map 16 | Fontana, Francesco | Moon | 14.5M | 1646 | ||||
| #9 | Counterfeit copy of "Plenilunii lumina Austriaca Philippica" | Van Langren, Michael | Moon | 10.3M | 1645 | |||||
| #10 |
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Luna nel Lumina Austriaca Phillippica The Moon in Lumina Austriaca Philippica 37,5x35 cm, copy of drawing, colored: terra=yellow, mare=light blue, craters=dark blue, background=light blue. Algemee R… | Van Langren, Michael | Moon | 1645 | |||||
| #11 | Luna nel Lumina Austriaca Phillppica The Moon in Lumina Austriaca Philippica | Van Langren, Michael | Moon | 10.3M | 1645 | |||||
| #12 |
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Perillustri Domino Georgio ab Ettenhart, Equiti S.R.I., necnon Catholicae Maiestatis et in Hispania Cruciatae Thesaurario generali, Frater Anton Maria de Rheita, Capucinus, observantiae et amoris ergo dedit dedicavit. Dedicated by Brother Anton Maria de Rheita, Capuchin, to the illustrious Georg von Ettenhart, Knight of the Holy Roman Empire and general treasurer of the Catholic Majesty and of the Crusade in Spain Cartographer: Anton Maria Schyrle of Rhaetia Date: 1645 Nomenlcature: None Perillustri Domino Georgio ab Ettenhart, … | Schyrle of Rhaetia, Anton Maria | Moon | 1645 | |||||
| #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 | |||||
| #14 |
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Plenilunii lumina Austriaca Philippica (Strassbourg copy) Austrian-Philippic light of the full Moon The Strassbourg copy. Courtesy EA Whitaker. It is a "counterfeit map" copied from the original with some names mis-spell… | Van Langren, Michael | Moon | 1645 | |||||
| #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 | ||||
| #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 | |||
| #7 | Map 7 | Borri, Christopher | Moon | 1627 | ||||||
| #6 | Map 6 | Biancani, Giuseppe | Moon | 1620 | ||||||
| #5 | Map 5 | Malapert, Charles | Moon | 70.9M | 1619 | |||||
| #4 |
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Lunae Varietas Variety of the Moon Drawing by Christoph Scheiner, 1614, Disquisitiones Mathematicae Features are lettered. Courtesy of E A Whitaker Belo… | Scheiner, Christopher | Moon | 1614 |