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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #206 | Chart of the Moon, quadrant | Plate 23-26 | Elger, Thomas Gwyn | Moon | 1892 | George Philip & Son | ||||
| #214 | Mondkarte in 25 sektionen von Wilhelm Gotthelf Lohrmann, mit einer beschreubung der einzelnen Karten von Dr J F Julius Schmidt Moon map in 25 sections by Wilhelm Gotthelf Lohrmann, with a description of the individual maps by Dr J F Julius Schmidt | Lohrmann, Wilhelm Gothelf | Moon | 1892 | Johann Ambrosius Barth Verlag | |||||
| #192 | Index map of the Moon | Young, Charles A. | Moon | 1890 | ||||||
| #186 |
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Astronomy with an opera-glass -- Map of the Moon This Moon Map for binoculars ("opera glass") was published in Popular Science August 1887 issue. | Moon | 1887 | ||||||
| #187 |
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Carte générale de la Lune. General map of the Moon Carte générale de la Lune. Editor: Camille Flammarion Based on: the map of C.M. Gaudibert Graphic artist: Léon … | Flammarion, Camille | Fenet, L. | Moon | 1887 | ||||
| #188 | Flammarion - Popular Astronomy | Gaudibert, Casimir M. | Moon | 5.5M | 1887 | |||||
| #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 | ||||
| #179 | Die Mondkarte The Moon map | Tab XII | Moon | 1883 | ||||||
| #180 | Legenda zu Rutherford's Mondphotographie | Tab XV | Moon | 1883 | ||||||
| #165 |
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Carte Géographique de la Lune Geographic map of the Moon Carte Géographique de la Lune Date: 1881 Publication: Astronomie Populaire Contribution by Ton Lindemann 1898; Won… | Flammarion, Camille | Moon | 1881 | |||||
| #166 |
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Karte des Mondes Map of the Moon In: Karl Wilhelm Valentiner, 1881, Astronomische Bilder, Leipzig Author unknown. | Valentiner, Karl Wilhelm | Moon | 1881 | |||||
| #171 | Map 171 | Flammarion, Camille | Moon | 1881 | ||||||
| #169 | Mondansicht | Fig. 81 | Drechsler, A. | Moon | 1881 | J. J. Weber | ||||
| #5697 |
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Mondkarte Map of the Moon Map of the Moon Publisher/Cartographer: Richard Andree Andrees Allgemeiner Handatlas, Leipzig (Germany) Publisher: Bie… | Andree, Richard | Andree, Richard | Moon | 1881 | Velhagen & Klasing | |||
| #162 | Die sichtbare Seite der Mond-Oberfläche bei voller Beleuchtung : nach Beer u. Mädler's Karte The visible side of the lunar surface at full illumination: after Beer and Madler's map | Ausfeld, Johann Carl | Moon | 1880 | Justus Perthes | |||||
| #163 |
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Mondoberfläche Lunar surface Stieler's Hand-Atlas. 1880. High resolution scan. | Beer, Wilhelm Wolff | Moon | 1880 | |||||
| #160 |
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Map of the Moon Dr. Alfred Sommer Source: The New Dominion Monthly January, 1879, 58-79 (56 & 65) The first Canadian moon map… | Sommer, Alfred | Moon | 1879 | |||||
| #151 | Charte der Gebirge des Mondes Chart of the mountains of the Moon Title: Charte des Gebirge des Mondes (Chart of the Mountains of the Moon) Date 1878 Hachure-relief shading Cartograph… | Schmidt, Johann F. Julius | Moon | 1878 | Dietrich Reimer | |||||
| #152 |
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Full Moon as seen through a powerful glass In: J. Rambosson (ed) 1878 Astronomy. Translated from French by CB Pitman. Chatto and Windus Piccadilly, Londo… | Guynemer | Moon | 1878 | Chatto & Windus, Piccadilly | ||||
| #156 |
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Map 156 Littrow JJ, 1878 Die Wunder des Himmels. Berlin, Verlan von Gustav Hempel. Sechste auflage | Tafel III | Littrow, Joseph Johann | Moon | 1878 | Verlag von Gustav Hempel | |||
| #157 |
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Map 157 [gallery ids="https://planetarymapping.elte.hu/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/dsc_1651.jpg|,https://planetarymapping.elte.hu… | Neison, Edmund | Moon | 1878 | |||||
| #155 | Mondcharte 25 sectionen un 2 erlautersungstafeln Moon map in 25 sections and 2 explanatory plates Cartographer: Wilhelm G Lohrman Sheets: 25 The map series was produced and started by Lohrman but publication was fini… | Lohrmann, Wilhelm Gothelf | Moon | 1.8M | 1878 | Verlag von Joahnn Ambrosius Barth | ||||
| #150 |
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Mondoberfläche Lunar surface Plate no. 5 from: Stieler's Hand-Atlas. Gotha : J. Perthes, [1877?] | Beer, Wilhelm Wolff | Moon | 1877 | J. Perthes | ||||
| #143 | (overview map) | Neison, Edmund | Moon | 1876 | ||||||
| #144 | Detail maps of craters Gassendi, Maginus, Theophilus | Neison, Edmund | Moon | 5.8M | 1876 |