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Schiaparelli’s Map of Mars, 1881–82
Dark regions and narrow connecting markings cross a rectangular grid of longitude and latitude. The caption identifies Schiaparelli’s map of Mars in 1881–82. Reproduced in The Story of the Heavens, the plate records a historical interpretation of telescopic observations. Its mapped lines belong to that observational and cartographic history rather than a modern spacecraft survey of the planet.
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Giovanni Schiaparelli (map). "Schiaparelli’s Map of Mars, 1881–82" [editorial title]. In The Story of the Heavens, Sir Robert Stawell Ball. New and revised 1905 edition, 1905, Cassell and Company, Limited. Source scan leaf 283. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0138-0283
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Descriptive title supplied for the visually reviewed historical illustration. The surrounding book presents the original author's interpretation.
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Giovanni Schiaparelli (map). Schiaparelli’s Map of Mars, 1881–82. The Story of the Heavens. Scan leaf 283. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0138-0283