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  1. Title: Geologic atlas of Washington County, Minnesota, C-5, Plate 3, Surficial Geology

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    Summary: Map showing interpretations of Quaternary (Pleistocene [glacial] and Holocene [post-glacial]) surficial geology (distribution and type of materials at the land surface), scale 1:100,000, Washington County.

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  2. Title: Devon, United Kingdom, 1799 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: The county of Devon : reduced from the large map / by Benjamin Donn, with additions and corrections ; R. Baker, sculp., Islington. It was published by W. Faden, Geographer to His Majesty... Charing Cross on July 31st, 1799. Scale ca. 1:211,000, 14 statute miles = 10.7 cm. 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, forests, cities and other human settlements, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Includes also distances on the great roads measured from Hyde park Corner. 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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  3. Title: A plan of the city and harbour of Macao a colony of the Portugueze, situated at the southern extremity of the Chinese Empire in lat. 22 °12ʹ44ʺ N., long. 113°35ʹ0ʺ east of Greenwich

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Includes index to points of interest. From: An authentic account of an embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China ... / by Sir George Staunton. London : G. Nicol, 1797.

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  4. Title: Mineral industry map of Ohio, 1956

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    Summary: Base map by U.S. Geological Survey. compiled by Robert W. Smith. Scale 1:500,000 ; Lambert conformal conic projection

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  5. Title: Soil map of Clark and a portion of Floyd counties

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    Summary: Detached from: A soil survey of Clark, Floyd, and Harrison counties / Robert W. Ellis. In 32nd Annual report of the Indiana Department of Geology and Natural Resources. Scale approximately 1:90,000 By R.W. Ellis.

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  6. Title: Soil map of Floyd and Harrison counties

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    Summary: Detached from: A soil survey of Clark, Floyd, and Harrison counties / Robert W. Ellis. In 32nd Annual report of the Indiana Department of Geology and Natural Resources. Scale approximately 1:95,000 By R.W. Ellis.

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  7. Title: Providence, Rhode Island, 1857 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Map of the city of Providence, Rhode Island, from surveys under the direction of H.F. Walling ; engraved, printed, compiled & mounted at H.F. Walling's Map Establishment, no. 90 Fulton St., New York. It was published by F.A. Baker in 1857. Scale [1:4,200]. Covers a portion of East Providence, Rhode Island.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Rhode Island NAD 1983 coordinate system (in Feet) (Fipszone 3800) 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, railroad stations, drainage, public buildings, schools, churches, cemeteries, industry locations (e.g. mills, factories, etc.), docks and wharves, private buildings with selected names of property owners, town district boundaries, and more. Relief shown by hachures. Includes also illustrations of buildings in upper and lower margins: New Custom House, Post Office and U.S. court rooms -- Brown University -- Providence Institution for Savings -- Butler Hospital for the Insane -- First Baptist Meeting House -- Grace Church -- General railroad passenger station -- Central Congregational Church -- Providence Athenaeum -- Central Baptist Church.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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  8. Title: Dorchester and Milton, Massachusetts, 1831 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: A map of the towns of Dorchester and Milton, 1831, made by Edmund J. Baker, surveyr. The digitized historic paper map is an 1889 facsimile (published by Photo-Electrotype Co.) of the original map published by Pendleton's Lithography in 1831. Scale [ca. 1:36,500]. It covers the populated place Dorchester (Boston) and the Town of Milton, 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 shows features such as roads, drainage, public buildings, schools, churches, cemeteries, industry locations (e.g. mills, factories, mines, etc.), private buildings with names of property owners, town boundaries and more. Relief is shown by hachures. 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.

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  9. Title: The enlarged pictorial map of London.

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    Summary: London (England)--Maps

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  10. Title: New York Brooklyn quadrangle, 1900

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    Summary: This is a scanned version of the 1900 paper map entitled: New York Brooklyn quadrangle, published by the United States Geological Survey. The map was scanned at 300 dots per inch and is in the TIFF format.

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  11. Title: Hamburg, Germany, 1803 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Hamburg, B. Baker, sculps ; C.L.B. Mirbeck. It was published by C. L. B. Mirbeck, Aug. 10, 1803. Scale [ca. 1:9,000]. Map in German. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the WGS84 UTM Zone 32N 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, built-up areas and selected buildings, fortification, ground cover, and more. Relief is shown by hachures; depths shown by soundings. 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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  12. Title: A map of the Albert N'yanza and of the routes leading to its discovery in 1864

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Depth by soundings. From: the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 36, (1866), pp. 1-18; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J687 vol.36 1866.

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  13. Title: A map of the peninsula of India : from the 19th degree north latitude to Cape Comorin, MDCCXCII

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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale [1:1,300,000] (E 73°00'--E 82°00'/N 19°15'--N 7°48'). Coverage includes northern Sri Lanka. Relief shown by hachures."Printed for W. Faden, geographer to the King and to the Prince of Wales, Charing Cross, Jan'y 1st, 1799." Second edition. 99 x 79 centimeters Scale [1:1,300,000] Ames Library of South Asia Maps

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  14. Title: Amherst, Massachusetts, 1833 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: A map of Amherst with a view of the college and Mount Pleasant Institution, by Alonzo Gray & Charles B. Adams. It was published by Pendleton's Lithography, 1833. Scale [1:20,000].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 shows features such as roads, drainage, public buildings, schools, churches, industry locations (e.g. mills, factories, mines, etc.), land cover, private buildings with names of property owners, and more. Relief shown by hachures. Includes notes on the history of Amherst and Amherst College; illustrated views of Mount Pleasant Institution and Amherst College; explanation of symbols (legend).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.

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  15. Title: Geography of the world's agriculture.

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    Summary: 149 pages : including maps diagrams folded map ; 27 x 34 cm. Historical Atlases

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  16. Title: St. Louis, Missouri, 1902 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Barney's indexed map of St. Louis, B. W. Frauenthal. It was published by Higgins & Co. in 1902. Scale [ca. 1:28,000]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Missouri East State Plane NAD 1983 coordinate system (in Feet) (Fipszone 2401). 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, street car lines, drainage, selected public buildings, parks, cemeteries, and more. Shows grounds of Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904. Includes also index and advertisements.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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  17. Title: Lake George and vicinity, New York, ca. 1876 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Map of Lake George & vicinity : from recent and careful surveys, by F.W. Beers. It was published by J.B. Beers & Co., ca. 1876. Scale [1:79,200]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) Zone 18N NAD83 projection. 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, post offices, hotels, township boundaries, and more. Relief is shown by hachures. 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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  18. Title: Island Pond, Brighton, Vermont, 1878 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Island Pond, Town of Brighton. It was published in 1878 by F.W. Beers. Scale [1:2,400]. Covers Island Pond, Brighton, Vermont. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Vermont State Plane Coordinate System (Meters) (FIPS 4400). 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 partial cadastral map showing features such as drainage, streets, railroads, cemeteries, parks, churches, schools, mills, property lot numbers, names of landowners, selected building footprints, and more. 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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  19. Title: Map of Indianapolis and center township: showing new ward and precinct boundaries, established: Wednesday, June 27th 1906

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    Summary: Scale 1:15,840. 4 inches to mile.

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  20. Title: Official map of the City of Indianapolis

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    Summary: Blue line print.; Approved: Sep't 19th 1903, Board of Public Works.; Adopted by Common Council, Sept. 19th 1904.; Code: May 1st 1905 ; March 1st 1906. Scale 1:7,200. 600 feet per inch.

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