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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Map of the visible side of the Moon, map of the other side of the Moon
Scale 1: 20 000 000
Moon — atlas
Fine drawing of the near and far side hemispheres of the Moon, simplified to the phase when the Luna 3 images' features are shown at similar detail to near side features.
Publication: Pergamon World Atlas. Pergamon Press. P.W.N. - Poland. Polish-Scientific Publishers. Warszawa. 1968. The English, civilian version of the Polish world atlas.
Cartographer: Wojskowe Zaklady Kartograficzne / Polish Army Topography Service
Page size: 40x32
Copies: 205,000 in Polish and 37,000 in English
The Lunar map shows the far side of the Moon based on the interpretation of the first Soviet photographs and includes the infamous "Soviet Range" that was misinterpreted as a mountain.
