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  1. Title: Map of the state of Colorado

    • Not specified
    • 1902
    Contributors:

    Summary: Extent: 1 map Abstract: Map of Colorado showing land grants, forest reserves, railroads, land offices, etc. Notes: Relief shown by shading. Map detached from a United States Senate document in the United States congressional serial set (Serial Set 4220 S.doc.34): Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and accompanying draft of a bill providing for an appropriation to compensate the Confederated Bands of Ute Indians for the lands of their reservation in Colorado.

  2. Title: Provincetown Harbor, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 1799 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2006
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: This chart of Cape Cod and Harbour is dedicated to the Boston Marine Society by their friend & brother, John Foster Williams. It was published in 1799. Scale [ca. 1:6,450]. Covers Cape Cod from Truro to Provincetown including Provincetown Harbor, Massachusetts. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Massachusetts State Plane Coordinate System, Mainland Zone (in Feet) (Fipszone 2001). 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 is a nautical chart showing coastal features such as anchor points, currents, points, inlets, coves, and more. Shows also land features: windmills, lighthouse, and buildings pictorially. Harbor depths are shown by soundings. Includes text 'Directions for sailing by Cape-Cod Light-House and into Cape-Harbour.' This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps of Massachusetts 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 (1755-1922), scales, and purposes. The digitized selection includes maps of: the state, Massachusetts counties, town surveys, coastal features, real property, parks, cemeteries, railroads, roads, public works projects, etc.

  3. Title: Bath, England, 1787 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2013
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: An improved map of the villages, roads, farm houses, &c. five miles round the city of Bath : from an actual survey, made by Tho. Thorpe & others ; Ashby sculpt., Russell Court Covent Garden, London. It was published for Pratt & Marshall, Booksellers in Milsom Street. Scale [ca. 1:42,200]. 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 roads, drainage, selected public buildings, churches, farms, industry locations (e.g. mills, factories, mines, etc.), landcover, and more. Paper backing (verso) also shows several floor plans and facade views of houses in Ketten Strasse. 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.

  4. Title: Guide to the geology along Interstate 75 between Toledo and Cincinnati

    • Thematic maps
    • 1993
    Contributors:

    Summary: Includes descriptive index to roadside geological features. Scale approximately 1:750,000. "Publication date: 5/93." by Dennis N. Hull. Panel title. Text, Ohio geology map, Ohio glacial deposits map, 3 maps of drainage changes, 2 block diagrams, cross-section, and color illustrations on verso.

  5. Title: Generalized column of bedrock units in Ohio

    • Geological maps
    • 1991
    Contributors:

    Summary: Dennis N. Hull, chief compiler.

  6. Title: Surficial materials of Portage County, Ohio

    • Topographic maps
    • 1987
    Contributors:

    Summary: Relief shown by contour lines and spot heights. Includes text, bibliography, index and location map. by Dennis N. Hull. Scale approximately 1:63,360 "Contour interval is 10 feet."

  7. Title: Sand and gravel resources of Trumbull County, Ohio

    • Thematic maps
    • 1984
    Contributors:

    Summary: Includes bibliography. Includes tables, water well logs and location map. by Dennis N. Hull ; cartographic drafting by David E. Richardson.

  8. Title: A map of Canada compiled from the latest authorities

    • Not specified
    • 1848
    Contributors:

    Summary: Inset maps: Island of Montreal -- Quebec and its environs with the operations of the siege of 1759 under Wolfe -- Vicinity of the falls of Niagara -- Kingston and its environs -- Toronto and its environs.; Detailed map of both provinces of Canada with insets showing principal citiies.; Engraved by: W. & A.K. Johnston, geographers & engravers to the queen, Edinr.; Sectioned and pasted on linen and folded into untitled, black publisher's boards. 50 x 95.3 centimeters

  9. Title: Map of the state of Alabama : compiled from the official records of the General Land Office and other sources

    • Not specified
    • 1895
    Contributors:

    Summary: Covers also part of Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, and Mississippi.; Relief shown by shading.; Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington, D.C. 80 x 52 centimeters

  10. Title: Topographic map of the State of Arizona

    • Not specified
    • 1923
    Contributors:

    Summary: Relief shown by contours and spot heights. 130 x 108 centimeters

  11. Title: Railroad commissioners' map of Minnesota : corrected to May 1, 1914

    • Not specified
    • 1914
    Contributors:

    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale approximately 1:633,600. Also shows congressional districts. "Ira B. Mills, Chas. E. Elmquist, O.P.B. Jacobson, Railroad and Warehouse Commissioners; A.C. Clausen, Secretary; Thos. Yapp, Ass't. Sec'y." Insets: Vicinity of Duluth & Superior, Wis. Scale [1:506,880] -- Vicinity of Saint Paul & Minneapolis. Scale [1:316,800] -- Mesaba Range. Scale [1:506,880] -- Cook County. Scale [1:663,600]. Index on verso. 120 x 74 centimeters

  12. Title: Railroad commissioners' map of Minnesota : corrected to May 1, 1910

    • Not specified
    • 1910
    Contributors:

    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale approximately 1:633,600. Also shows congressional districts. "Ira B. Mills, Chas. F. Staples, Chas. E. Elmquist, Railroad and Warehouse Commissioners; A.C. Clausen, Secretary; Thos. Yapp, Ass't. Sec'y." Insets: Vicinity of Duluth & Superior, Wis. Scale [1:506,880] -- Vicinity of Saint Paul & Minneapolis. Scale [1:316,800] -- Mesaba Range. Scale [1:506,880] -- Cook County. Scale [1:663,600]. Index on verso. 120 x 74 centimeters

  13. Title: Battlefield of Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia and vicinity, 1864 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2007
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map: Map of the battle field of Spottsylvania C.H. : showing the field of operations of the Army of the Potomac commanded by Maj. Gen. George G. Meade U.S.A., from May 8th to 21st, 1865 [i.e. 1864], surveyed under the orders of Bvt. Col. J.C. Duane, Major of Engineers, Chief Engineer, Army of the Potomac, by Bvt. Maj. C.W. Howell, 1st Lieut. of Engineers ; assisted by Messrs. L.C. Oswell, L. Bell, and R.B. Talfor ; J. Bien, lithographer, New York. It was published ca. 1865. Scale [1:15,840]. Covers area surrounding Spotsylvania and Spotsylvania Battlefield, Virginia. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Virginia State Plane North Coordinate System (in Meters) (Fipszone 4501). 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 roads, drainage, dwellings with names of inhabitants, vegetation, Union and Confederate troop lines and defenses, and more. Relief shown by hachures. Includes note. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps of the Civil War from the Harvard Map Collection. Many items from this selection are from a collection of maps deposited by the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States Commandery of the State of Massachusetts (MOLLUS) in the Harvard Map Collection in 1938. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features, in particular showing places of military importance. The selection represents a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and purposes.

  14. Title: Plan af Helsingfors

    • Not specified
    • 1977
    Contributors:

    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale approximately 1:8,500. Facsimile. Relief shown by hachures. Cadastral map. Includes indexes and inset of Helsinki region. 1 map : color ; 39 x 53 centimeters

  15. Title: Map of Syria in the IV-V-VI centuries

    • Not specified
    • 1920
    Contributors:

    Summary: From The Geographical Review, volume IX, no. 2, 1920, PL. I. 44 x 31 Centimeters

  16. Title: Map of British Columbia reduced from the original map

    • Image data
    • 1868
    Contributors:

    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Forest and soil resources shown by text and shading. Wagon roads, trails and explored routes shown in British Columbia. Sketch map shows a proposed land & water communication, proposed & completed railways, fertile belt and arid country. From: The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 38, (1868), pp. 118-28; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J687 v.38 1868 At lower right corner of map of Canada: Edwd. Weller.

  17. Title: Map of the proposed northern route for a railroad to the Pacific

    • Not specified
    • 1854
    Contributors:

    Summary: Negative photostat from unknown source.; Engraved by: E.C. Kellogg & Co., Hartford, Conn.; Shows a variety of proposed routes for a railroad to the Pacific.; Copyright by Johnson in 1853. 51 x 80 centimeters, on sheet 58 x 91 centimeters

  18. Title: Map of India from the most recent authorities

    • Not specified
    • 1845
    Contributors:

    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale 1:4,138,313. 98 x 85 centimeters

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