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  1. Title: Map of Au Sable River; traced by E.F Ayde; revised by R.E Andrews.

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    Summary: Shows the Au Sable River, lakes, railroad lines, railroad stops, roads, and camping sites. Traced by E.F. Ayde, revised by R.E. Andrews. Robert E. Andrews, Water Office Detroit, Mich. Negative blueprint copy. 1 map; 57 x 72 cm

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  2. Title: Maine, 1795 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: A map of the district of Maine : drawn from the latest surveys and other best authorities, by Osgood Carleton. It was published in 1795 by Thomas & Andrews in Judge Sullivan's History of the district of Maine. Scale [ca. 1:1,170,000]. Covers also portions of Quebec and New Brunswick, Canada. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to Universal Transverse Mercator projection (UTM Zone 19N, meters, NAD 83). 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, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows features such as cities and towns, drainage, land grant, town, county, state, and national boundaries and more. Relief is shown by hachures. Inset: [Southeastern Maine]. Scale [ca. 1:337,920]. Includes references to land grants. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps of New England from the Harvard Map Collection. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features. The selection represents a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and map purposes.

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  3. Title: [Map of timber land in Western Canada] : to accompany paper on the timber belt of northern Alberta and Saskatchewan and the Northwest Territories west of Hudson Bay

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    Summary: Relief shown by spot heights.; Color coded for types of forest, numbers indicate average diameter of trees, includes grid lines, bodies of water, and railroads. 96 x 196 centimeters, folded to 33 x 23 centimeters Scale 1:2,217,600; 1 inch = 35 miles General Map Collection

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  4. Title: England & Wales, 1788 (Image 2 of 2) (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map: [Map of England and Wales : showing roads and navigable waterways]. It was published by John Andrews at No. 211, facing Air Street, Piccadilly on May 2, 1788. Scale [ca. 1:700,000]. This layer is image 2 of 2 total images of the 2 sheet source map, representing the southern portion of the map.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the 'British National Grid' 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, roads, canals, bridges, administrative boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Includes also distances between individual cities.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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  5. Title: England & Wales, 1788 (Image 1 of 2) (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map: Map of England and Wales:showing roads and navigable waterways. It was published by John Andrews at No. 211, facing Air Street, Piccadilly on May 2, 1788. Scale [ca. 1:700,000]. This layer is image 1 of 2 total images of the 2 sheet source map, representing the northern portion of the map.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the 'British National Grid' 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, roads, canals, bridges, administrative boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Includes also distances between individual cities.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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  6. Title: Map of the rail roads in the United States in operation and progress : to accompany a report from the Treasury Department

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures.; Insets: Map of Florida.--Map of Texas. 100 x 108 centimeters Scale approximately 1:2,180,000 General Map Collection

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  7. Title: A plan of Madras and Fort St George.

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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale [1:12,000] Town plan of Madras and Fort St George with references for a few locations throughout the city. Cartouche title. Plate 33 from: Plans of the principal cities in the world / by John Andrews. London : Published by John Stockdale, Ppiccadilly [i.e. Piccadilly], [1792?]. 16 x 23 centimeters Scale [1:12,000] Ames Library of South Asia Maps

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  8. Title: Andrews's new and accurate travelling map of the kingdom of Ireland divided into provinces & counties with all the cities ... turnpike and principal cross roads, with the distance in Irish miles from town to town

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. Shows distances between individual cities. Title from Bibliothè€que nationale de France.

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  9. Title: Andrew's new travelling map of England and Wales

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. Shows distances between individual cities. "Sold by John Andrews, No. 211, opposite Air Street Piccadilly, & J. Harris, No. 3 Sweetings Alley, Cornhill ... " Title from Worms, L. British map engravers. Historic Maps copy is lower sheet of map issued in 2 sheets; upper sheet wanting.

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  10. Title: A plan of the city of Lisbon

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Town plan of Lisbon with references to the churches, places, markets and other buildings. Plate VI [i.e. plate 5] from: A collection of plans of the capital cities of Europe ... London : John Andrews, 1771.

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  11. Title: Geologic map of Minnesota, St. Paul sheet, bedrock geology

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    Summary: Map showing interpretations of bedrock geology (distribution of rock at the land surface and beneath surface sediments) of the St. Paul quadrangle, scale 1:250,000.

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  12. Title: Cretaceous System in Minnesota, RI-5, Plate 1

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    Summary: Map of Minnesota showing localities of Cretaceous rocks described in the RI-5 report, scale 1 inch = about 35 miles.

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  13. Title: Cretaceous System in Minnesota, RI-5, Plate 2

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    Summary: Contour map (lines of equal elevation) of the present altitude of the Pre-Cretaceous unconformity (erosional surface cut into older rocks) in Minnesota, scale 1 inch = about 32 miles.

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  14. Title: [Detroit City Center plat map]

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    Summary: Scale not given. Includes blocks bounded by Kirby Ave on the north, Brush St. on the east, Warren Ave. on the south and John R. St. on the west. 1 map: blueprint; 40 x 24 cm.

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  15. Title: Map of Ann Arbor.

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    Summary: blue print. 1 map; 84 x 72 cm.

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  16. Title: Railway terminal map of Chicago.; Rand McNally & Co.'s indexed atlas of the world railway terminal map of Chicago;Rand, McNally & Co.'s new business atlas map of Chicago

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    Summary: Includes inset of central city at ca. 1:25,000 scale. At head of title: Rand, McNally & Co.'s indexed atlas of the world. Running title in margin: Rand, McNally & Company's indexed atlas of the world. Verso of map has pages 361, 364 of the Atlas including tables: Miles of Railroads in the United States, 1830-1893; Freight Traffic on the Great Lakes, by Ports, 1889; Social Statistics of 22 of the Largest Cities in the United States, 1890. 1 map: col.; 65 x 47 cm.

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  17. Title: Chicago Tribune's Columbian Souvenir map of ... Chicago and the World's Fair

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    Summary: At head of map "The Chicago Tribune: Columbian Exposition Souvenir." Insets: Chicago Tribune's new indexed miniture guide map of the World's Columbian Expositin at Chicago, 1893./"Copyright, 1893, by Rand, McNally & Co." Chicago Tribune's card map of Chicago./"Copyright, 1892, by Rand, McNally & Co." Includes "Index to Map of World's Columbian Exposition", "Index to streets North of 12th Street", and indexes of railroads, hotels, and theaters, etc. 1 map: col., mounted on cloth; 55 x 41 cm, folded to 23 x 15 cm

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  18. Title: Land utilization map Ann Arbor school district no. 1 for 1890.

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    Summary: Scale 1 inch = 600 feet, which has been crossed out on the map is inaccurate. Shows the location of schools, parks and playgrounds, cemeteries, the University of Michigan, churches, and public buildings. Also shows boundaries, roads, railroads, and street car lines. Dispicts land use categories of rural or unoccupied areas, residential areas, rooming house areas, commerical areas, and industral areas. 1 map; 46 x 42 cm

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  19. Title: New map of New York City.: From the latest surveys showing all the ferries and steamship docks, elevated, subways electric and cross town car lines.; New reference map and guide to New York City

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    Summary: Compliments of the Broadway Central Hotel, New York. Text on verso. col. map.; 49 x 31 cm.

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  20. Title: Plan von Dresden.

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    Summary: Shows major buildings, gardens and railway lines. 1 map: col.; 48 x 46 cm.

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