474 results returned
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Title: Carte routière des environs de Paris avec les départements, préfectures, sous-préfectures, cantons ou justices de paix, comprenant en outre les relais et leurs distances comptées en postes
Contributors:- Image data
- 1815
Summary: Historic Maps copy has label on verso of map with title: Environs de Paris.
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Title: To his Excellency George Clinton Esqr., Captain General and Governur in Chief of the State of New-York and the territories depending thereon, Chancellor and Vice Admiral of the same, This plan of the city of New-York and its environs is most humbly dedicated by his Excellency's most obedt. humble servant, John Hills
Contributors:- Image data
- 1857
Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Facsimile. "Copy of the original map presented by John Lozier, Esqr. to the Corporation of New York." "Lith. for D.T. Valentine's Manual, 1857, by G. Hayward ..." Oriented with north to the upper right. Includes "Reference" key.
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Title: A plan of the city of Philadelphia and environs
Contributors:- Image data
- 1809
Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Shows names of landowners. "The distance between the circles is one mile." "Published May 1st 1808, as the act directs and sold by the author, and principal booksellers in Philadelphia." Circular map with ill. Includes dedication, and note by J.B. Varnum, dated Feb. 1st, 1809.
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Title: Gibraltar, 1781 (Raster Image)
Contributors:- Raster data
- 2009
Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan geometral de la ville et de la montagne de Gibraltar : nouvellement corrige d'apres les originaux anglais, par L. Denis, geographe et auteur du Conducteur Francais, 1781. It was published by ches Basset in [1781]. Scale [ca. 1:1,111]. Covers Gibraltar. Map in French. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the European Datum 1950, UTM Zone 30N 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, ship routes of attack, built-up areas and selected buildings, fortification and defenses, ship lines of fire, and other places of military interest for the Siege of Gibraltar, 1779-1783, ground cover, and more. Relief is shown by hachures; depths shown by soundings. 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.
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Title: A plan of Pondicherry and its environs taken from a French manuscript.
Contributors:- Not specified
- 1779
Summary: Relief around fort shown pictorially; relief of Red Hill shown with hachures. Indexed. North oriented to right. Map removed from unknown larger volume. 44 x 58 centimeters
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Title: Royaume de Suède : troisieme carte, Suède moderne.
Contributors:- Not specified
- 1807
Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale [1:5,000,000] ; (E 4⁰--E 40⁰/N 72⁰--N 55⁰). Relief shown pictorially. In upper right corner: "No. 14." 1 map : color ; 33 x 41 centimeters
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Title: Halifax and Halifax Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada, 1750 (Raster Image)
Contributors:- Raster data
- 2008
Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: A plan of the harbour of Chebucto and town of Halifax, by Moses Harris. It was published in Gentleman's Magazine, 1750. Scale [ca. 1:80,500]. Covers Halifax, Halifax Harbour, and Bedford Basin, Nova Scotia, Canada. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the UTM Zone 20N NAD83 (meters) 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, fortifications, and more. Depths shown by soundings. Includes illustrations. 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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Title: Map of the Gulf of Mexico, the islands and countries adjacent; c for the Rev. Dr. Robertson's History of America by Thos. Kitchin Senr., hydrographer to his Majesty.
Contributors:- Not specified
- 1777
- Cadell, T. (Thomas), 1742-1802
- Kitchin, Thomas, 1718-1784
- Robertson, William, 1721-1793
- Strahan, William, 1715-1785
Summary: Relief shown pictorially. Appears in William Robertson's The history of America, 6th ed., London, W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1792. Prime meridian: Ferro. "Vol. I." outside upper right margin. 1 map; 30 x 47 cm.
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Title: A map of the passage of the moons shadow over England, &c. in ye annular eclipse of the sun, which will happen April 1st., 1764
Contributors:- Image data
- 1764
Summary: An unsigned, reduced version of a map by George Witchell published separately in 1764. cf. Tooley's dictionary of mapmakers, v. 3, p. 402. Includes "Phases of the eclipses at some of the principal places mentioned in the above map." From The London magazine, 1764.
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Title: Boston, Massachusetts, 1813 (Raster Image)
Contributors:- Raster data
- 2006
Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan of Boston, published by Edward Cotton for the Boston directory, 1813. Scale [ca. 1:9,320]. Covers Boston proper (Shawmut Peninsula and Boston Neck) and a small portion of South Boston. 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, wharves, drainage, churches, selected public buildings, and more. 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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Title: Burmah, Siam, Anam & c
Contributors:- Not specified
- 1858
Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale approximately 1:6,750,000. Map of Burma, Thailand and Malaysia, with relief shown by hachures. At head of title: The Dispatch Atlas, in a cartouche. 44.2 x 29 centimeters
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Title: Hindoostan
Contributors:- Not specified
- 1811
Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale approximately 1:15,000,000 (E 68°09'00"--E 92°41'00"/N 32°53'00"--N 6°45'00")."Published April 3, 1812 by Wm Darton...58 Holborn Hill." Prime meridian: Greenwich. 23 x 27 centimeters
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Title: London and Westminster in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, anno Dom., 1563
Contributors:- Image data
- 1810
Summary: Relief shown pictorially. Bird's-eye-view. William Darton was located at 58 Holborn Hill after 1810; cf. Tooley's dictionary of mapmakers. Includes text, index to points of interest, and illus. of notable buildings.
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Title: A map of the United States of America agreeable to the peace of 1783
Contributors:- Image data
- 1783
Summary: Relief shown pictorially. "Engraved for Guthries new system of geography." Shows provincial boundaries, Indian villages and tribal territory, rivers and lakes, a few forts and place-names.
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Title: Chennai, India, ca. 1764 (Raster Image)
Contributors:- Raster data
- 2019
Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan der Stadt und Festung Madrass in Ost-Indien. It was published by: in den Raspischen Handlung ca. 1764. Scale not given. Map in German. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the WGS 1984 World Mercator (EPSG: 3395) coordinate system. All map features and collar and inset information are shown 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 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 geographies, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and map purposes.
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Title: Grundriss des nördlichen Theils der Neujorks Insel : nebst den am 16. Novbr. 1776. eroberten Fort Washington nun das Fort Knÿphausen genannt und dem Fort Lee
Contributors:- Image data
- 1777
Summary: Relief shown by hachures. From: Geschichte der Kriege in und ausser Europe ... Nürnberg : G. N. Raspe, 1776-1784.
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Title: The Theatre of war in the Kingdom of Bohemia.
Contributors:- Military maps ; Early maps
- 1756
Summary: Bohemia (Czech Republic)--History--1618-1848--Maps
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Title: Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, and vicinity, 1862 (Raster Image)
Contributors:- Raster data
- 2007
Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the untitled historic paper manuscript map: [Map of the country between Harpers Ferry and Leesburg, 1862]. It was sketched by Union General John White Geary, Oct. 21st, 1862. Scale not given. Covers Harpers Ferry region, West Virginia, including portions of Loudoun County, Virginia, Frederick and Washington Counties, Maryland, and Jefferson County, West 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, towns and villages, drainage, and more. Relief shown by form lines. 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.
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Title: Carte d'Espagne
Contributors:- Image data
- 1787
Summary: "Gravé par Vallet". Includes a descriptive key of the symbols on the map. Pictorial relief. From: Atlas universel, pour l'étude de la géographie et de l'histoire ancienne et moderne / par Mr Philippe, et autres auteurs. Paris : Nyon aîné, 1787.
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Title: Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, 1856 (Raster Image)
Contributors:- Raster data
- 2013
- Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library
- United States Coast Survey, cartographer, publisher.
- Mc Coy, G., engraver.
- Yeager, E. (Edward), engraver.
- Knight, J., engraver.
- Danforth, F., engraver.
- Maffitt, John Newland, 1819-1886, surveyor.
- Gilbert, S. A., surveyor.
- Boutelle, C. O. (Charles Otis), surveyor.
- Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867, surveyor.
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.