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Title: Nuevo mapa geographico de la America septentrional, perteneciente al Virreynato de Mexico dedicado à los sabios miembros de la Academia Real de las Ciencias de Paris
Contributors:- Image data
- 1772
Summary: Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian used is that of Ferro; scale is expressed in an "Escala de 105 leugas [sic] Castillanas de 17 1/2 en grado" beneath the key. Note at lower left: "Publié sous le privilége de l'Académie R.le des Sciences de Paris." Above this is a note "Depuis l'envoy de cette Carte [in 1768?], le voyage de Mr. [Jean] Chappe [d'Auteroche] à la Californie a procuré des corrections dans la position de différens endroits qu'il est intéressant d'indiquer ici;" there follow coordinates for the correct positions of Nueva Vera Cruz, Mexico City and San José Baja California. These data, especially for the last-named, were taken in the course of observing the 1769 Transit of Venus. A key within the title cartouche gives the letters of 6 dioceses of New Spain and explains conventional symbols. At center left is the note "Esta costa se hà dispuerto por el unico reconocimiento que se hà hecho de ella en el Año de 1602, por Sebastian Viscayno."
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Title: Geographic Map, Mexico, 1772 (Raster Image)
Contributors:- Raster data
- 2013
Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Nuevo mapa geographico de la America septentrional, perteneciente al Virreynato de Mexico : dedicado à los sabios miembros de la Academia Real de las Ciencias de Paris, por su muy rendido servidor, y capellan, Don Joseph Antonio de Alzate, y Ramirez, Año de 1769. It was published by Ph. Buache in 1772. Scale ca. 1:1,500,000. Map in Spanish. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the North American Lambert Conformal Conic coordinate system. All map collar and inset information is also available as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, index maps, legends, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows features such as drainage, cities and other human settlements, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown pictorially. Includes also names of indigenous nations, notes on missions and coastal features, key within the title cartouche that gives the letters of 6 dioceses of New Spain and explains conventional symbols. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from the Harvard Map Collection. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features. The selection represents a range of originators, ground condition dates, scales, and map purposes.
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Title: Nova planta de Curitiba : suplemento do "Curitiba no Bolso"
Contributors:- Image data
- 1969
Summary: Touris map showing roads, public and military buildings, hospitals and churches Includes street and public spaces index. Accompanied by: Curitiba no Bolso. [150] p. Lewis Library Map Collection does not have this booklet.
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Title: Nova planta de Curitiba
Contributors:- Image data
- 1956
Summary: Includes indexes of public sites and points of interest.
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Title: Descripçion del destricto del audiençia de Nueva Espana
Contributors:- Image data
- 1622
Summary: Relief shown pictorially. "4." Probably issued in: Nieuwe werelt, anders ghenaempt West-Indien. t'Amsterdam : By Michiel Colijn, Anno 1622; this collection of works was also published by Colijn the same year in French and Latin; in Latin as "Novvs orbis, sive Descriptio Indiae Occidentalis," and in French under title, "Description des Indes Occidentales."
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Title: Descripción de las Yndias del Norte
Contributors:- Image data
- 1601
Summary: Map of Central America, the West Indies, and Florida, and vague outline of North American coast. "2." Plate 2 from: Descripción de las Indias Occidentales / de Antonio de Herrera. En Madrid : Por Iuan Flamenco, 1601.
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Title: Descripcion de las Indias del Poniente
Contributors:- Image data
- 1601
Summary: Map of the coast of China and parts of the Philippines, Northern Mariana Islands and Solomon Islands. "14." Plate 14 from: Descripción de las Indias Occidentales / de Antonio de Herrera. The maps were also used in the Amsterdam, 1622 and Madrid, 1725, and 1727 eds. of the Descripción. cf. Tooley's dictionary of mapmakers. Watermark and countermark in Princeton copy is: Buñol, followed by a fleur-de-lys; Gaspar. Solernou. Gaspar Solernou established a papermill in this region of Valencia ca. 1751. The maps were also used in the Amsterdam, 1622 and Madrid, 1725 eds. of the Descripción. cf. Tooley's dictionary of mapmakers. Plate 14 from: Descripción de las Indias Occidentales / de Antonio de Herrera. En Madrid : Por Iuan Flamenco, 1601.
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Title: Mappa topographico do Valle do Rio Madeira entre as Cachoeiras do Guajarä-Merim e S. Antonio
Contributors:- Not specified
- 1869
Summary: Shows proposed route of the Madeira-Mamoré Railway.; Relief shown by hachures.; Prime meridian: Rio de Janeiro.; "Fco. Keller ingr. ... 2 de Outubro 1869"--Lower right margin.; Includes table of coordinates and cumulative elevation gains for various locations along the river.; Differs from a similar 1869 edition on a larger sheet that does not show the proposed route of the railway. 45 x 23 centimeters
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Title: Carta chorographica de Portugal : Contendo a divisäo administrativa por concelhos e o estado da rede ferro viaria e das estradas ordinarias no fim do anno de 1901
Contributors:- Not specified
- 1901
Summary: Relief shown by shading.; Indexed.; "Exemplar no. 1591." 119 x 72 centimeters
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Title: Havana, Cuba, 1902 (Raster Image)
Contributors:- Raster data
- 2015
- Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library
- Pichardo y Tapia, Esteban, 1799-1879.
- United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Engineer Office.
- Barden, W. J. (William Jones), b. 1870.
- Valdepares, Jose.
- Guggenheimer, Weil & Co.
Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plano de la Habana, por D. Esteban T. Pichardo, agrimensor y maestro de obras; editor D. Jose Valdepares. It was published by Office of Chief Engineer, City of Havana Department of Streets in 1902. Covers Havana, Cuba. Map in Spanish and English.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the 'NAD 1927 Cuba Norte' coordinate system. All map collar and inset information is also available as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, index maps, legends, or other information associated with the principal map.This map shows features such as roads, railroads, drainage, selected buildings, fortification, city districts, and more. Shows street work disposition by color. Relief is shown by hachures and contours; Depths shown by bathymetric isolines. Includes index.This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from The Harvard Map Collection as part of the Imaging the Urban Environment project. Maps selected for this project represent major urban areas and cities of the world, at various time periods. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features at a large scale. The selection represents a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and purposes.
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Title: Plano de la Habana : con los números de las casas y la division civil, judicial, eclesiástica y de instruccion pública y los planos particulares del puerto, Regla, Guanabacoa, Marianao y cercanías de la Habana
Contributors:- Image data
- 1867
Summary: Depths shown by soundings. Insets: Cercanias de la Habana -- La Asuncion de Guanabacoa -- Plano de los pueblos Marianao y Quemados -- Plano del puerto de la Habana. Originally issued folded in covers (21 x 14 cm.)
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Title: Mapa topografica pintoresco de la isla de Cuba
Contributors:- Image data
- 1865
Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian: Greenwich. Longitude incorrectly marked 78°-69°. Includes an aerial view illustration: La Habana, a cross section profile of the island, and a comparative chart of the rivers. Inserts: Mapa fisico; Mapa mineralogico; Mapa agricola; Cuba antigua.
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Title: Plano topográfico de la ciudad de Mérida
Contributors:- Image data
- 1945
Summary: "Reproducción: Ing. Enrique A. Cervantes." Includes index and notes.
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Title: Carte économique du Brésil
Contributors:- Image data
- 1911
Summary: Includes charts: Commerce international en 1908 et 1909 -- Superficie et population.
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Title: Diocese de Nismes, 1698 (Raster Image)
Contributors:- Raster data
- 2019
Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Diocese de Nismes. It was published by: Chez I.B. Nollin in 1698. Scale [ca. 1:103,000].. Map in French. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the WGS 1984 UTM Zone 31N (EPSG: 32631) coordinate system. All map features and collar and inset information are shown as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, index maps, legends, or other information associated with the principal map. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from the Harvard Map Collection. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features. The selection represents a range of geographies, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and map purposes.
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Title: A corrected chart of part of the Persian Gulph
Contributors:- Nautical charts
- 1788
Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale not given (E 53°05'00"--E 57°09'00"/N 27°19'00"--N 25°04'00"). Nautical chart of the Strait of Hormuz showing depth soundings. Includes inset map of Muscat coastline. 28 x 46 centimeters
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Title: PLAN of MUSCAT COVE and MUTRAH HARBOUR : Surveyed in 1785
Contributors:- Nautical charts
- 1786
Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale approximately 1:21 000 (E 58°33'13"--E 58°38'42"/N 23°39'03"--N 23°36'06"). Oriented with west at the top. Nautical chart of Muscat Cove and Mutrah Harbour, showing depth soundings; bearings from fixed points listed below title. Includes inset 'View of MUTRAH from 20 fathoms on the Plan B'. 30 x 39 centimeters
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Title: A chart of the Northern part of the bay of Bengal
Contributors:- Not specified
- 1772
Summary: Nautical map of northern part of Bengal Bay showing locations and depth by soundings.; Includes notes on tides, high water levels and soundings.; East longitude from Greenwich.; "Published according to Act of Parliament the 15th September by Alexander Dalrymple, 1772." 47 x 61 centimeters
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Title: A mar [sic] of part of Borneo and the Sooloo Archipelago : laid down chiefly from observations made in 1761, 2, 3, and 4
Contributors:- Image data
- 1769
Summary: Relief shown by hachures. "In testimony of respect, gratitude and affection, to the right Honourable George Lord Pigot ... this map engraved at his expence, is inscribed by ... Alexander Dalrymple." In upper right margin: 54.
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Title: Map of the country embracing the route of the expedition of 1823 commanded by Major S.H. Long
Contributors:- Not specified
- 1825
- Penny, R. (Engraver)
- Long, Stephen H. (Stephen Harriman)
- 1784-1864
- Whittaker, George Byrom
- 1793-1847
- Keating, William Hypolitus
- 1799-1840
Summary: Extent: 1 map Abstract: Map of the Great Lakes and Rainy River regions and the valleys of the Minnesota River and Red River of the North, showing the route of the 1823 expedition of Stephen Harriman Long. Includes descriptive notes, and indicates the dates and locations where the expedition stopped. Indicates settlements, forts, and Native American tribal regions. The route of the expedition is shown in red. Notes: Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians: Washington and Greenwich. From: Narrative of an expedition to the source of St. Peter's River : Lake Winnepeek, Lake of the Woods, &c., performed in the year 1823, by order of the Hon. J.C. Calhoun, Secretary of War, under the command of Stephen H. Long, U.S.T.E. : compiled from the notes of Major Long, Messrs. Say, Keating, & Colhoun by William H. Keating. London : G.B. Whittaker, 1825.