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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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
Moon — map
Cartographer: Anton Maria Schyrle of Rhaetia
Date: 1645
Nomenlcature: None
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.
1645.
Auctor caelo deduxit et delineavit.
Arnoldus Lommens sculpsit Antverpiae.
To the very illustrious lord Georg von Ettenhart,
Knight of the Holy Roman Empire,
and also Treasurer General of His Catholic Majesty
and of the Crusade in Spain,
Brother Anton Maria de Rheita, Capuchin,
gave and dedicated this
as a token of respect and affection.
1645.
The author brought it down from the heavens and drew it.
Arnold Lommens engraved it at Antwerp.