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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日月写真図
Nichigetsu shashinzu
True pictures of the Sun and Moon
Moon — map
This image was posted on Tumbl. Accoding to the post, it was a copper plate print made by 松田緑山 in the 1860s. The figure is based on Divini's map of the Moon in the 1660s.
Confirmation is needed.
“月輪大陰之真形 圖スル所ノ大陰ノ真形ハ和蘭書中ニ載ル所ノ者ヲ以テ模冩ス 西洋ノ器「テレスコービユン」ト云望遠鏡ヲ以テ觀ニ月中ノ紋 其全形 地球ノ圖ノ如シ 暗黒ナルハ山嶽ニシテ銀色ノ處ハ海河ナリ 實ニ疑ヒナキ大世界ナリ”
“日輪大陽之眞形 圖スル所ノ大陽ノ真形ハ和蘭書ニ載ル所ノ者ヲ以テ模刻ス 西洋ノ人 圖スル所ノ形ノ如ハ甚ダ精製ナル望遠鏡ニ非ザレハ真形ヲ得ズ 日輪吾カ天ノ中心ニアリテ傾キノ樞軸アリ 自旋ヲナスコト二十五日六時ニシテ一旋轉スルナリ 日輪中ニ紋アル依テ是ヲ測量スト”
“True form of the great Yin: the lunar disk”
The true form of the Moon shown here is copied from what is printed in Dutch books. When the markings on the Moon are observed with a Western instrument, a telescope called terescōbiyun [telescope], their whole form appears like a map of the Earth. The dark parts are mountains, and the silvery parts are seas and rivers. It is truly, without doubt, a great world.