The scroll in the upper left of both versions suggests they were drawn in 1645, although Selenographia was reportedly published in 1647.ġ649 Divini : (or "De Divinis") 19 in map on exhibit in Florenceġ651 Sersale (also known as " Sirsalis") : 34 cm map ( Whitaker, p. BMP version on the website of Robert Harry van Gent. A slightly different version apparently printed as a loose sheet.Scan of Hevelius' nomenclature map (Fig.1611 Harriot : sketches and map with numbers and letters (unpublished) on exhibit in Florence LPOD discussionġ612 Lagalla : published a book containing reprints of Galileo's engravingsġ614 Scheiner : 9 cm map of First Quarter Moon with letters in his Disquisitiones mathematicaeġ620 Biancani : 5 cm map of First Quarter with lettersġ627 Borri : 10 cm map of First Quarter with lettersġ629-30 Fontana : 10 cm maps, published in by Kircher in 1646ġ635-7 Mellan : 21 cm maps of First, Last Quarters and Full Moon prepared under direction of Gassendi and Peiresc on exhibit in Florenceġ644 Argoli : published a book with lunar drawings by Fontanaġ645 Langrenus : First major chart with nomenclature (see also crude 1910 reproduction, and copy of original on exhibit in Florence).ġ645 De Rheita : 18.4 cm map on exhibit in Florenceġ646 Fontana : 9.4 in maps showing Moon at many phasesġ647 Hevelius : Selenographia, Colored map 1600 Gilbert : Naked eye map of Moon with feature names found with manuscript copy of New Philosophy Concerning our Sublunar Word by William Gilbert (unpublished)ġ610 Galileo : First published images of the Moon by Galileo Galilei in his Sidereus Nuncius, and unpublished drawings thought to be related to itĬa. Entries flagged with a " (G)" were found in the draft Lunar Atlases and Maps section of the Bibliography to a yet-unpublished Moon book by Robert Garfinkle, and are added here by permission.ġ505-1508 Da Vinci : Three sketches (unpublished)Ĭa.See the Bibliography at the end of this page. Some of these are special maps that were not widely circulated and are not part of any of the NASA-generated series listed below. The Astrogeology Science Center of the USGS in Flagstaff, maintains an extensive catalog of lunar maps in its possession.The International Planetary Cartography Database which gives links to a number of maps not yet integrated into the present list.Scans of a small number of maps are hosted on the present site in the Map Collection. Many of the listings below give links to pages on which the maps can be viewed.There is some overlap with the list of major maps and atlases on the Bibliography page, but here we are interested in all maps, not just the nomenclaturally important ones. This page brings together links and images from LPOD and other websites to make as much lunar cartography as possible accessible from one place. Some - such as Cassini's and Mellan's charts - are beautiful, while others are merely reminders of how hard it was to map the Moon before photography. Lunar maps, atlases and globes are a utilitarian art form.
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