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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Représentation de l'éclipse partielle de la Lune qui arrivera la nuit du 8 au 9 d'août, 1748, dressée suivant les lois de la vraie projection et accompagnée d'un imprimé qui lui servira d'éclaircissement / par T. Maier.
Representation of the partial eclipse of the Moon that will occur on the night of 8 to 9 August 1748, drawn according to the laws of true projection and accompanied by a printed text serving as an explanation
Moon — map
Date : 1748
Title: Lunar eclipse map / Représentation de l'eclipse partiale de la Lune qui arrivera la nuit du 8 au 9 d'août, 1748 dressée suivant les lois de la vraie projection et accompagné d'un imprimé qui lui servira d'éclaircissement / par T. Maier.
Publisher: Homann.
Cartographer: Mayer JT
Source: ark:/12148/btv1b7710369w
Nomenclature: Riccioli
Language: German, French, Latin
Coordinates: this is the first map showing lat/lon coordinate system (north up)
Note: some details of the original image, that are not part of this Lunar map, have been edited out
1748
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