Newly Added Antique Map Inventory

Selection of Rare and Antique Maps recently added to the Celestial and Lunar category of Geographicus Antique Map Gallery.

1823 Manuscript Celestial Map of the Constellations or Night Sky

One of the most spectacular and whimsical manuscript celestial maps we have ever seen, this is a c. 1823 map of the constellations or northern night sky. Centered the star Polaris, or Northern Star, this map includes countless finely rendered constellations, some common and well known, including those associated with the Zodiac, but many that are quite obscure. Each constellation is drawn in a whimsical style that is at once a delicate and fluid. This rare hand colored map of the night sky was engraved W. G. Evans of New York for Burritt's 1835 edition of the Atlas to Illustrate the Geography of the Heavens . Centered on the Ecliptic Line, this map identifying the various zones associated with each major constellation. The Milky Way is shaded in. A scale exhibiting the sun's place in the Ecliptic at various times of the year appears at the base map. This rare hand colored map set depicting the stars of the northern and southern hemispheres was engraved W. G. Evans of New York for Burritt's 1835 edition of the Atlas to Illustrate the Geography of the Heavens . The pair of maps illustrates the night sky and constellations of both hemispheres. Constellations are drawn in detail and include depictions of the zodiacal figures the stars are said to represent. A stunning full color geologic map of the Copernicus Quadrangle of the Moon from 1967, by the U.S. Geological Survey. Includes two sectional views (from the side) of the area, detailed text on the formation of the area's geology, extremely detailed �metadata� explaining the mapmaking methodologies and symbols employed, and an index map showing the location of this quadrangle on the Moon. This is the U.S. Geological Survey�s stunning full color geological map of the Moon's Julius Caesar Crater and surrounding area. The crater is lava-flooded with a heavily worn wall and uneven floor heights. The area has many escarpments with tapered ends, symbolized by double-ended arrows, giving the map the appearances of armies or snakes moving in every direction. It is believed that most of the moon�s craters were formed approximately 3. This is the U.S. Geological Survey�s stunning full color geologic map of the Moon�s fascinating and mysterious Aristarchus region. Deep in the dark expanse of the Ocean of Storms ('Oceanus Procellarum'), sits Aristarchus Plateau, pocked by Aristarchus Crater, the brightest large formation on the moon, visible to the naked eye on the northwest (or upper left) of the Moon's near side. This mysterious region is the site of more �transient lunar phenomena� than any other on the Moon. This is the U.S. Geological Survey�s stunning full color 1962 Geologic Map of the Kepler Region of the Moon. The crater Kepler is located between the Ocean of Storms ('Oceanus Procellarum') to the west, and the Sea of Islands ('Mare Insularam') to the east, and is notable for the prominent rays it spewed out, that now cover the surrounding mare. Rays are ejecta thrown out by a hypervelocity impact object from outer space. A stunning full color 1963 Geologic Map of the Letronne Region of the Moon by the U.S. Geological Survey. Letronne is a lava-flooded remnant of a lunar crater which forms a bay along the southwestern shore of the Oceanus Procellarum, or Ocean of Storms, as the northern part of its rim is completely missing. The map shows the large crater Gassendi, the flooded crater Billy, and the smaller crater Flamsteed. A full color Geologic Map of the Riphaeus Mountains Region of the Moon by the U.S. Geological Survey, as fascinating for its sectional view as for its map. The Riphaeus Mountains, aka Montes Riphaeus, lie along the Mare Cognitum, or 'sea that is known,' (so named for the number of space probes that had landed there -- Luna 5, Ranger 7, Surveyor 3, Apollo 12). This Mare lies on the Oceanus Procellarum, or 'Ocean of Storms. A stunning full color geologic map of the Hevelius Region of the Moon by the U.S. Geological Survey, one of the most pleasingly �lunar-looking� of the series, due to its varied topography and craters. Hevelius is a low-rimmed lunar crater on the edge of the Ocean of Storms. Only a low, eroded rim of Hevelius rises above the surface, the western wall having received several small impacts. The crater floor has been flooded by lava, and is crisscrossed by small clefts, the 'Rimae Hevelius. A stunning full color geologic map of the Mare Humorum Region of the Moon by the U.S. Geological Survey. The Mare Humorum, or 'Sea of Moisture,' is a small circular lunar mare about 275 miles across, connecting to the Ocean of Storms, or Oceanus Procellarum. The mountains around the mare mark the edge of an old impact basin, since flooded with lava. Adjacent to Mare Humorum is the large crater Gassendi, which was considered as a possible landing site for Apollo 17. A stunning full color geologic map of the Timorcharis Region of the Moon by the U.S. Geological Survey. Timocharis is a prominent lunar impact crater located on the Mare Imbrium. The lack of prominent rays, or ejecta, from the original hypervelocity impact, puts the age of this crater at about a billion years or more. The crater was named after Timocharis of Alexandria (ca. A stunning full color geologic map of the Moon�s Mare Serenitatis, or �Sea of Serenity� - better known to us as the �right eye� of the Man in the Moon. The map's ghostly purple, punctuated by small, regular impact craters lends the map an eerily alien, worldly silence. Published by J. B. Homann, this is a very nice example of Doppelmayer�s map of the constellations. Focuses on the Zodiac constellations of Leo and Virgo, though Bootes, Ursa Major, Chara, Hydra, Libra, and others and also visible. Each constellation is stunningly illustrated in 18th century German baroque style. Text toe the left and right of the map proper offers coordinates for the individual stars in each constellations which are identified via an alpha-numeric code. Issued as plate no. A 1961 landmark study of the Moon made by the U.S. Geological Survey in preparation for the Apollo 11 Lunar Landing Mission. Represents the near side of the Moon on a scale of 1:3,800,000. This spectacular monumentally proportioned map details the physical geography of the moon, noting craters, seas, mountains, and other formations. The work done in compiling this map led Hackman to develop the basis for all future planetary mapping and laid the foundations for photogeology. Author C. A 1961 landmark study of the Moon made by the U.S. Geological Survey in preparation for the Apollo 11 Lunar Landing Mission. Represents the near side of the Moon on a scale of 1:3,800,000. This spectacular monumentally proportioned map details the physical geography of the moon, noting craters, seas, mountains, and other formations. The work done in compiling this map led Hackman to develop the basis for all future planetary mapping. Author C.

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Newly Added Antique Map Inventory

1823 Manuscript Celestial Map of the Constellations or Night Sky