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  1. Title: Gulf of Mexico sheet I: coast of Yucatan and the Campeche Bank

    • Image data
    • 1848
    Contributors:

    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights; depths by soundings and depth curves. Historic Maps copy has ms. annotations. Historic Maps copy has label on verso: West Indies. Cape Catoche to Sisal, including the Campeche Shoals. Sheet 1. 1205.

  2. Title: Obispo shoals ; Eastern and southern triangles

    • Image data
    • 1847
    Contributors:

    Summary: Depths shown by soundings. At head of title: West Indies, Yucatan Bank. "Soundings in fathoms." "1830." Historic Maps copy has label on verso: Gulf of Mexico. Eastern and Southern Triangles, (Yucatan.) 1830.

  3. Title: Gulf of Mexico : Cay Arenas and adjacent reefs

    • Image data
    • 1839
    Contributors:

    Summary: Depths shown by soundings and isolines. Historic Maps copy has label on verso: West Indies. Cay Arenas, and adjacent reefs. 1209.

  4. Title: Havana, Cuba, 1902 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2015
    Contributors:

    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.

  5. Title: Barnett's rural district map of Gravesend, Northfleet, Meophan, Rochester, Chatham.

    • Image data
    • 1953
    Contributors:

    Summary: "Copyright G. I. Barnett" Verso: "Plan of Grovesand town showing through roads, etc."; Barnett's map of Kent & Sussex" (1:506,880); Eynsford area [Roman villa is located] . "Based upon the Ordnance Survey map with the Sanction of the Controller H.M. Stationary". G. I. Barnett & Son.

  6. Title: Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, 1856 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2013
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper nautical chart entitled: Preliminary chart of Charleston harbor and its approaches. A trigonometrical survey under the direction of A.D. Bache, superintendent of the Survey of the Coast of the United States ; triangulation by C.O. Boutelle ; topography by S.A. Gilbert ; hydrography by the party under the command of J.N. Maffitt ; engd. by F. Danworth, J. Knight, E. Yeager & G. Mc Coy. It was published by U.S. Coast Survey Office in 1856. Scale 1:30,000. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the South Carolina State Plane NAD 1983 coordinate system (Fipszone 3900). 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, built-up areas and selected buildings, docks, wharves, shoreline features (rocks, shoals, anchorage points, ports, inlets, etc.), and more. Relief shown by hachures; depths shown by contours and soundings. Includes 2 views, notes, sailing directions, tides' table, table of currents, list of buoys and of beacons. Images includes manuscript additions and newspaper clippings.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.

  7. Title: Worcester Center, Massachusetts, 1829 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2006
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Map of the village of Worcester, by Ed. E. Phelps, M.D., civ. eng'r. It was published by Clarendon Harris in the Worcester village directory, July 1829. Scale [1:3,960]. Covers the central area of the City of Worcester, Massachusetts, Main Street to Summer Street, Belmont Street to Franklin Street. 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, residences, businesses, cemeteries, and more. Buildings are shown with keyed numbers that correspond to entries in the Worcester village directory. The map includes illustrations of: New Unitarian Church -- Court House -- Town Hall -- South Meeting House -- Antiquarian Hall. 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.

  8. Title: Soil map, Washington County, Indiana

    • Thematic maps
    • 1932
    Contributors:

    Summary: Shows soil types classification by colors and symbols. "Field Operations, Bureau of Chemistry and Soils." "Litho Eastern Offset Inc., Balto." Imprint: [Washington, D.C.?] : The Bureau of Soils, [1932] Scale: 1:63,360; Dimensions: 63 x 64 cm Coordinates: W0861900 W0855100 N0384700 N0382500

  9. Title: Soil map Dubois County Indiana

    • Thematic maps
    • 1930
    Contributors:

    Summary: Shows soil types classification by colors and symbols. "Field operations Bureau of Chemistry and Soils 1930. "Williams & Heintz Co. Wash. D.C." Imprint: [Washington, D.C.] : Bureau of Soils, 1930? Scale: 1:63,360; Dimensions: 57 x 54 cm Coordinates: W0870400 W0864100 N0383200 N0381200

  10. Title: New map of the city of Norwich

    • Not specified
    • 1883
    Contributors:

    Summary: Scale [ca. 1:9,000]; 1 map; 41 x 69 cm Norwich (Conn.)--Maps

  11. Title: Map of the country embracing the route of the expedition of 1823 commanded by Major S.H. Long

    • Not specified
    • 1825
    Contributors:

    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.

  12. Title: Newport, Rhode Island, ca. 1892 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2007
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Map of Newport, R.I., surveyed by N.W. Eayrs, c.e. ; under the direction of J.P. Cotton, c.e. ; J. Bergner, del. It was published ca. 1892 by Simon Hart. Scale [ca. 1:13,000]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Rhode Island State Plane Coordinate System (Feet) (FIPS 3800). 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, railroads, drainage, city ward boundaries, selected property boundaries, buildings, and names of property owners, and more. Includes inset: Road map of island of Rhode Island and Conanicut Island, surveyed by C.E. Hammett, Jr. Scale [ca. 1:85,000]. Also includes index to points of interest (churches, schools, hotels, libraries, mills, etc.), tables of elevation and distances, and shows radial distances. 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.

  13. Title: Map of Alaska

    • Not specified
    • 1904
    Contributors:

    Summary: Shows Alaska with areas of coal bearing rocks in red and coal seams in green.; Includes legend.; Relief shown by contours and spot heights.; Inset: [Western Aleutian Islands].; Ancillary map of Alaska shows areas mapped by U.S. Geological Survey.; S Doc 194 59.2.; Andrew B. Graham Co., Photo-Lithographers, Washington, D.C. 41 x 59 Centimeters

  14. Title: Geological map of the lower Carboniferous area of Southern Indiana (Corydon sheet)

    • Geological maps
    • 1903
    Contributors:

    Summary: From the 27th Annual report of the Department of Geology and Natural Resources of Indiana, 1902. Includes three East-West cross-sections: through New Amsterdam, through Corydon, and along line of Southern railway. Vertical scale 1:9,600. Detached from: The geology of the lower Carboniferous area of Southern Indiana / by George Hall Ashley , assisted by Edward M. Kindle. In Indiana Department of Geology and Natural Resources twenty-seventh annual report ... 1902. Indianapolis : Wm. B. Burford, 1903. Page 70. Imprint: [Indianapolis] : [Wm. B. Burford], [1903]; Imprint: [Indianapolis] : [Indiana Department of Geology and Natural Resources], [1902] Scale: Approximately 1:126,720. 2 miles = 1 in. Vertical scale approximately 1:9,600. 800 feet = 1 in.; Dimensions: 51 x 76 cm, on sheet 56 x 80 cm Coordinates: W0864835 W0854540 N0382520 N0375015

  15. Title: Arnold's chart of Paul's journeyings

    • Not specified
    • 1897
    Contributors:

    Summary: Has map for each journey with outline of chronology and relevant Scripture passages. Relief shown by shading and spot heights. 48x30 centimeters

  16. Title: Minneapolis, Saint Paul and vicinity

    • Not specified
    • 1897
    Contributors:

    Summary: 68 x 87 centimeters

  17. Title: Geological map of the whetstone and sandstone area of western Indiana (Paoli sheet) : to accompany the 20th annual report of the Department of Geology and Natural Resources of Indiana, 1895

    • Geological maps
    • 1896
    Contributors:

    Summary: Shows the locations of coal, sandstone, and limestone areas as well as the locations of quarries, coal mines, and churches. Detached from: The carboniferous sandstones of western Indiana / T.C. Hopkins. In Indiana Dept. of Geology and Natural Resources twentieth annual report. Indianapolis: Wm. B. Burford, 1896. Page 328. Imprint: Indianapolis, Ind. : Wm. B. Burford, Lith., 1896 Dimensions: 33 x 27 cm

  18. Title: Map of Vigo County, Indiana

    • Geological maps
    • 1876
    Contributors:

    Summary: Compiled for the seventh annual report of E.T. Cox, State Geologist , geology by Prof. E.T. Cox, 1875. Shows cities and towns, railroads, coal seams and outcrops, churches, and schools. Detached from: Seventh annual report of the Geological Survey of Indiana, made in the year 1875. Indianapolis : Sentinel Company, 1876. Imprint: [Indianapolis] : [Sentinel Company, printers], [1876]; Imprint: [Indianapolis] : [Geological Survey of Indiana], [1876] Dimensions: on sheet 39 x 45 cm

  19. Title: Map of Jackson County, Indiana

    • Geological maps
    • 1875
    Contributors:

    Summary: Prepared for the sixth annual report of E[.]T. Cox, State Geologist, 1874. Relief shown by hachures. Shows cities and towns, railroads, geology of the region, and saw and flour mills. Detached from: Sixth annual report of the Geological Survey of Indiana, made in the year 1874. Indianapolis : Sentinel Company, 1875. Imprint: [Indianapolis] : [Geological Survey of Indiana], [1875]; Imprint: [Indianapolis] : [Sentinel Co., printers], [1875] Dimensions: on sheet 40 x 47 cm

  20. Title: Map of Dearborn and Switzerland Counties, Indiana

    • Geological maps ; Mine maps
    • 1872
    Contributors:

    Summary: Shows cities and towns, railroads, geological features, mines and mineral resources. Originally included with three other maps in folder: Maps for Geographical Survey of Indiana, 1872, E. T. Cox. Imprint: Indianapolis : Braden and Burford, 1872. Scale: 1:130,000; Dimensions: 69 x 47 cm Coordinates: W0851218 W0844909 N0391826 N0384059

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