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  1. Title: The American Union Telegraph Company : lessee of the Dominion Telegraph Company of Canada, connecting with the French Atlantic cable : [map of the United States and eastern Canada showing completed and projected lines]

    • Not specified
    • 1874
    Contributors:

    Summary: Text includes reference to Act of Congress July 2nd, 1874.; Includes directory to offices of the American Union Telegraph Co. and text. 40 x 79 centimeters

  2. Title: The Electric and International Telegraph Company's map of the telegraph lines of Europe, 1856

    • Image data
    • 1856
    Contributors:

    Summary: Cover title: The Electric Telegraph Company's map of Europe. "Messages can be transmitted between all stations named in the margin." Includes insets of southern Scandinavia and northeastern Russia.

  3. Title: American Express : international banking, shipping, travel and trade

    • Not specified
    • 1920
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    Summary: Covers Europe, nothern African coast, and north Egypt; shows railways, steamer lines, and American Express offices.; "E. 1059 July 21."; Includes chart of services and directory to offices in Europe and Egypt. 48 x 60 centimeters, on sheet 56 x 68 centimeters

  4. Title: Sectional map of townships 41 and 42, ranges 5 and 6, west, Sawyer County, Wisconsin : showing colored lands owned and for sale by American Immigration Company

    • Not specified
    • 1920
    Contributors:

    Summary: Copperplate.; Published after the author's death by his brother Joseph-Nicolas.; A copy identical to 1763 edition, with altered date Anno M. DCCLXXXII.; In: Bonne, Rigobert, Recueil des cartes sur la géographie ancienne. Paris, Lattré, 1783. Listed in index as plates 19 and 20, but labeled A35 and B35.; This map was probably included in Atlas moderne ou collection de cartes ... par plusieurs auteurs, Paris, Lattré, [1762-83], as plates A 35 and B 35. 41 x 41 centimeters, folded to 24 x 9 centimeters

  5. Title: Map of Price County, Wisconsin : farm lands owned and for sale by American Immigration Company

    • Not specified
    • 1915
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    Summary: Relief shown by contours.; Shows vacant land overlays in red.; Text on verso. 54 x 40, folded to 22 x 11 centimeters

  6. Title: Map of London

    • Image data
    • 1902
    Contributors:

    Summary: Includes "Offices and banks in London cashing American Express travelers cheques."

  7. Title: Steamship routes of the world

    • Image data
    • 1900
    Contributors:

    Summary: World map showing steamship routes, with distances between ports. Publisher's advertisements on verso, including one for Paris Exposition of 1900.

  8. Title: Sauer's map of the city of Detroit and environs Michigan :a general map of Detroit and suburbs including the entire metropolitan area

    • Not specified
    • 1919
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    Summary: 1 map : col. ; 69 x 101 cm. Printed on face of map: "Compliments of American loan and trust company." Shows steam and electric railways. Includes index to public buildings and lists latest street changes.

  9. Title: Map of Central America, Cuba, Porto Rico, and the islands of the Caribbean Sea

    • Not specified
    • 1913
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    Summary: Also shows distances between major cities.; Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by contours and gradient tints.; "Copyright ... by American Bank Note Company, New York."; Includes inset of Canal Zone and relief profile of Panama Canal, and note, in red, about the Pan American Union's distribution responsibilities in the lower right margin. 31 x 48 centimeters

  10. Title: The National Geographic magazine map of Central America, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the islands of the Caribbean Sea

    • Not specified
    • 1913
    Contributors:

    Summary: Shows railroads, steamship routes, and submarine telegraph lines.; Depths shown by gradient tints, isolines, and spot heights.; "Copyright, 1913, by American Bank Note Company, New York."; Supplement to the February, 1913, issue of the National Geographic magazine.; Includes inset and cross-section of Panama Canal Zone. 31 x 48 centimeters

  11. Title: Chart of the world showing distances saved by the interoceanic canal of Nicaragua and Costa Rica

    • Not specified
    • 1894
    Contributors:

    Summary: Includes "Table showing distances in miles between commercial ports of the world and distances saved by the Nicaragua Canal." Contents: Shows "present routes" in black and "new routes via Nicaragua canal" in red. 54 x 85 centimeters

  12. Title: Chart of the world showing distances saved by the interoceanic canal of Nicaragua and Costa Rica

    • World maps
    • 1894
    Contributors:

    Summary: Includes "Table showing distances in miles between commercial ports of the world and distances saved by the Nicaragua Canal." 1 map: col.; 54 x 85 cm.

  13. Title: Map of New York City and vicinity : showing offices of American Express Co.

    • Image data
    • 1887
    Contributors:

    Summary: Includes "Way-bill directory for New York City."

  14. Title: American Central Railway.

    • Not specified
    • 1866
    Contributors:

    Summary: Relief shown using hachures.;1 map, colored;40 x 115 cm.;ca. 1:1,200,000

  15. Title: Pacific Ocean, 1899 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2009
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Pacific Ocean : compiled from Admiralty surveys & other official sources by the India-Rubber, Gutta-Percha & Telegraph Works Co. It was published by J.D. Potter in [1899]. Scale [ca. 1:15,000,000]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to a non-standard 'Mercator' projection with the central meridian at 170 degrees west. 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. Note: The central meridian of this map is not the same as the Prime Meridian and may wrap the International Date Line or overlap itself when displayed in GIS software. This map shows features such as drainage, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Shows routes of Admiralty surveys. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from the Harvard Map Collection and the Harvard University Library as part of the Open Collections Program at Harvard University project: Organizing Our World: Sponsored Exploration and Scientific Discovery in the Modern Age. Maps selected for the project correspond to various expeditions and represent a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and purposes.

  16. Title: United States, ca. 1881 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2013
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Rambles through our country : an instructive geographical game for the young. It was published by American Publishing Co. ca. 1881. Not drawn to scale. 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 population stereotypes, flora and fauna, drainage, cities and other human settlements, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Pictorial map to be used as a game board. 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.

  17. Title: Road Map, Long Island, NY, 1925 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2013
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Official AAA road map of Long Island. It was published by the American Automobile Association in 1925. Scale [ca. 1:125,000]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the New York Long Island State Plane NAD 1983 coordinate system (in Feet) (Fipszone 3104) 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, ferry lines, drainage, cities and other human settlements, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Includes also indexes to aviation fields, cemeteries, golf and country clubs, parks, race tracks, and yacht clubs. 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.

  18. Title: Global GIS : international river basins of the world

    • Polygon data
    • 2003
    Contributors:

    Summary: This datalayer is a polygon coverage representing the Transboundary Freshwater Dispute Database dataset: international river basins of the world. This version of the datalayer was published as part of the USGS Global GIS : global coverage database (2003). Does not cover Antarctica. The USGS Global GIS database contains a wealth of USGS and other public domain data, including global coverages of elevation, landcover, seismicity, and resources of minerals and energy at a nominal scale of 1:1 million. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and The American Geological Institute (AGI) announced a cooperative agreement that will focus on making the USGS Global Geographic Information System (GIS) database readily available to educators and the general public in the form of a DVD based world atlas.

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