by: Rick Johnson 
PO Box 40451
Tucson, Az.
85717
RikJohnson@juno.com
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I am in considerable debt to J. Huckenpohler, one of Barsoom’s great scholars, for the following letter.
Rick --
Here's the list of Barsoom maps that I know of. There's one more, on which
I've written a name, Isaac Yip, and a date, 2004, but I have no idea where in
the World Wide Web I found it.
Huck
MAPS OF BARSOOM
Compiled by J. G. Huckenpöhler
1. Edgar Rice Burroughs, ca. 1942 (Lambert’s projection), in Post, J. B., An Atlas of Fantasy (Baltimore, The Mirage Press, Ltd., 1973), pp. 166-167
2. Robert F. Schlutter, 4 June 1948 (Cylindrical), in The Burroughs Bulletin, old series, No. 14, 1963, p. 18.
3. Henry Hardy Heins, 1949 (Mercator), in Fick, Alvin, ed., The Dream Weaver (Fort Johnson, N. Y., Pinion Private Press, 1962), center.
4. William Hewison, ca. 1956 (Mollweide), in Punch, 11 Apr. 1956, p. ? (can’t find the original article at the moment)
5. Frank J. Brueckel, 1962 (Mercator), in The Burroughs Bulletin, old series, No. 14, 1963, insert.
6. Larry Ivie, 1962 (Mercator), in Van Arnam, David G., ed., The Reader’s Guide to Barsoom and Amtor (New York, Lupoff, 1963), insert.
7. Michael D. Resnick, 1962 (Mercator, with Polar regions in Polar azimuthal), in ERB-dom, Vol. I, no. 6, Apr. 1963, center.
8. J. G. Huckenpöhler, 1967 (Mercator, with Polar regions in Polar azimuthal), in ERB-APA No. 50, Summer 1996; reprinted in The National Capital Panthans Journal No. 6, 6 Apr. 1997, and in The National Capital Panthans Journal Highlights (Baltimore, The National Capital Panthans, 1998).
9. Motoichiro Takebe, ca. 1968 (Cylindrical, with Polar regions in Polar aaimuthal; based on Mike Resnick’s map #7), in John Carter of Mars (Japanese edition, 1969?), pp. 246-249.
10. John F. Roy, 1969 (Lambert’s, with Polar regions in Polar azimuthal), in ERB-dom No. 27, Aug. 1969, pp. 8-9.
11. John F. Roy, 1969 (Lambert’s, a variation of #10), in Roy, John Flint, A Guide to Barsoom (New York, Ballantine Books, 1976; reprinted 1980), pp. 20-21.
12. Greg Bell, 1974 (Orthographic, with Polar regions in Polar azimuthal), in Gygax, Gary, and Blume, Brian, Warriors of Mars (Lake Geneva, Wisc., Tactical Studies Rules, 1974), pp. 28-29.
13. John F. Roy, ca. 1973 (Lambert’s, a more detailed version of #s 10 & 11), published by Ballantine Books as a full-color wall map in 1974; reprinted in black and white in Comixscene No. 6, Sept.-Oct. 1973, and in Bizar, Scott, Barsoomian Battle Manual (Dallas, Heritage Models, Inc., 1978), center.
14. Laurence G. Dunn, South Polar Region, surface features, ca. 1978 (Polar azimuthal), in ERB-APA No. 57, Spring 1998.
15. Laurence G. Dunn, South Polar Region, subsurface features, ca. 1978 (Polar azimuthal), in ERB-APA No. 57, Spring 1998.
16. Artist unknown, ca. 1978-79 (Lambert’s?) from the “John Carter of Mars” Board game, SPI, ca. 1979.
17. Joseph Walter Ferrier, part of Southern Hemisphere, 1989 (Cylindrical), in Tarzine No. 76-77, May-June 1989.
18a. Scott Tracy Griffin, Western Hemisphere, 1995 (Lambert’s), in “A Cartographer of Mars” (ERB-APA No. 46, Summer 1995).
18a. Scott Tracy Griffin, Eastern Hemisphere, 1995 (Lambert’s), in “A Cartographer of Mars” (ERB-APA No. 46, Summer 1995).
19a. Scott Tracy Griffin, Northwest Quadrant, 1995 (Mercator), in “A Cartographer of Mars” (ERB-APA No. 46, Summer 1995).
19b. Scott Tracy Griffin, Southwest Quadrant, 1995 (Mercator), in “A Cartographer of Mars” (ERB-APA No. 46, Summer 1995).
19c. Scott Tracy Griffin, Northeast Quadrant, 1995 (Mercator), in “A Cartographer of Mars” (ERB-APA No. 46, Summer 1995).
19d. Scott Tracy Griffin, Southeast Quadrant, 1995 (Mercator), in “A Cartographer of Mars” (ERB-APA No. 46, Summer 1995).
20. David Bruce Bozarth, 1997 (Lambert’s? -- a direct copy of #1, but without the latitude and longitude grid), at his website, (http://home.att.net/~a.barsoom.glossary/maps.html).
21. Jeff Kazmierski, 1998 (Cylindrical), at his website (http://www.oocities.org/area51/- Dreamworld /6532/barsoom.maps).
22. Jeff Kazmierski, 1998 (Mercator, with Polar regions in Polar azimuthal, a more detailed version of the above), at his website (http://www.oocities.org/area51/Dreamworld/-6532/barsoom.maps).
23. Joseph Walter Ferrier, 1999 (cylindrical), in ERB-APA No. 62, Summer 1999.
24. Jeff Kazmierski, 1999 (Mercator, a revision of #22), at his website (http://www.-oocities.com/area51/Dreamworld/6532/barsoom.maps).
25. Ver Curtiss, ca. 2000 (Orthographic), in “A Princess of Mars” part 2 (Strange Worlds No. 8, Jan. 2001), pp. ii-iv (unnumbered).
26. Leathem Mehaffey, 2002 (Cylindrical), at the Yahoo “Barsoom” Group website.
27. Leathem Mehaffey, 2002 (Cylindrical, superimposed on NASA map), at the Yahoo “Barsoom” Group website.
28. Leathem Mehaffey, 2002 (Cylindrical, superimposed on ERB’s map), at the Yahoo “Barsoom” Group website.
29. Leathem Mehaffey, 2005 (Mercator, superimposed on Percival Lowell’s 1895 map) at Bill Hillman’s ERBzine No. 1438 (http://www.tarzan.org/docs/lowel95.jpg).
30. David Bruce Bozarth, 1995 (Mercator, based on Henry Hardy Heins’ map, #3 above),at http://erblist.com/abg/heins-barsoom-t/jpg).
31. Rick Johnson, Ancient Barsoom, 2006 (Cylindrical), at Bill Hillman’s ERBzine No. 1562 (http://www.erbzine.com/mag15/1562.html).
32. Rick Johnson, 2006 (Mercator, superimposed on Percival Lowell’s 1895 map), at Bill Hillman’s ERBzine No. 1562 (http://www.erbzine.com/mag15/1562.html).
33. Rick Johnson, Modern Barsoom, 2006 (Cylindrical), at Bill Hillman’s ERBzine No. 1562 (http://www.erbzine.com/mag15/1562.html).
34. Rick Johnson, Empires of Barsoom, 2008 (Cylindrical), at http://oocities.com/-Barsoom_Atlas/atlas.html.
Note from the webmaster: I would like to say that I have seen all of these, but frankly, I have not. I possess copies of #s 3, 5, 8, 10, 11, 13, 15, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 31+. Some day though.
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