Description

A complete set of 6 maps of the lunar surface was made in Prague in 1972, in the time of the lunar explorations during the co called Space Race. It showcases the latest discoveries and landing sites. In 1972, when these maps were made, the first US-Soviet joined project called the Apollo–Soyuz Test Project was launched.

Antonín Rükl (1932 –2016) was a Czech astronomer, cartographer and author. Among other titles, he was a head of the Prague Planetarium and the chairman of the Planetary Section of the Czechoslovak Astronomical Society. In 1991 he published his most famous work Atlas of the Moon (Atlas Měsíce).

Worldcat only lists one institutional example (National Library of the Czech Republic)

References: OCLC 42167280.