Item Description
Rare Vintage 1979 USGS / NASA Planetary Mapping Set
Up for sale is an authentic, original 1979 U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Preliminary Pictorial Map of Io (Jupiter's Moon), designated as Map I-1240 in the Miscellaneous Investigations Series. This historic document was prepared in close cooperation with NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) using groundbreaking data and imagery captured during the historic Voyager 1 and 2 flybys.
This listing includes both the original large-format map and its rare, matching official USGS manila distribution envelope.
Item Details
• Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with NASA, JPL, and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).
• Publication Date: 1979
• Map Title: Preliminary Pictorial Map of Io
• Series Number: Map I-1240
• Scale: 1:25,000,000
• Features: Detailed black-and-white terrain shaded relief map (Mercator projection) along with polar stereographic projections on a single sheet.
• Envelope Features: Heavyweight manila paper sleeve featuring the prominent USGS Centennial Logo (1879–1979) and the standard U.S. Department of the Interior seal.
It is in good use condition
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