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  1. Title: Africa (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced image of an historic continental map of Africa created around 1836. This map contains an accurate outline of the continent. 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 was georeferenced by the Stanford University Geospatial Center using an Azimuthal Equidistant Auxiliary Sphere projection. This map is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps of Africa held at Stanford University Libraries. This historic paper map provides an historical perspective of the cultural and physical landscape during this time period. The wide range of information provided on these maps make them useful in the study of historic geography. As this map has been georeferenced, it also can be used as a background layer in conjunction with other GIS data. The horizontal positional accuracy of a raster image is approximately the same as the accuracy of the published source map. The lack of a greater accuracy is largely the result of the inaccuracies with the original measurements and possible distortions in the original paper map document. There may also be errors introduced during the digitizing and georeferencing process. In most cases, however, errors in the raster image are small compared with sources of error in the original map graphic. The RMS error for this map is 2585.16 meters. This value describes how consistent the transformation is between the different control points (links). The RMS error is only an assessment of the accuracy of the transformation. Virtue, George, Becker, F.P. and Stanford Geospatial Center. (2013). Africa (Raster Image). Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/ts198sr7769. For more information about Stanford's Maps of Africa Collection, see here: https://exhibits.stanford.edu/maps-of-africa. This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.

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  2. Title: Map of the routes in India : with tables of distances between the pricipal military towns & military stations, showing also the

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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale approximately 1:5,000,000 ; (E 62°00'00"--E 98°00'00"/N 40°00'00"--N 5°00'00"). Relief shown by hachures. Shows railways and telegraph cables."Engraved by the Omnigraph, F. P. Becker & Co." Includes distance tables: Distances in the Madras Presidency -- Distances in the Bombay Presidency -- Distances in Bengal & Agra. 65 x 77 centimeters Scale approximately 1:5,000,000 Ames Library of South Asia Maps

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  3. Title: Map of the routes in India: with tables of distances between the principal military towns & military stations

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    Summary: Scale approximately 1:5,000,000 ; Relief shown by hachures. Shows railways and telegraph cables. "Engraved by the Omnigraph, F. P. Becker & Co." Includes distance tables: Distances in the Madras Presidency -- Distances in the Bombay Presidency -- Distances in Bengal & Agra. 65 x 77 cm

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  4. Title: Plat of the northern boundary line of the state of Indiana : surveyed in conformity to the Act of Congress

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    Summary: A true copy of the original plat in this Office. Surveyor General's Office - Chillicothe, 24th November 1827. Edwa. Tiffin, Sur. Gen.; "To authorize the President of the United States to ascertain and designate the northern boundary of the state of Indiana: passed March 2nd 1827."; Possibly from: Northern Boundary of Indiana: message from the president of the United States, 1828. 158 x 25 centimeters Scale indeterminable General Map Collection

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  5. Title: Map of Labrador Peninsula compiled by D.I.V. Eaton; drawn for photo-lithography by C.O. Senécal.

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    Summary: Geological Survey of Canada, Report by A. P. Low, Part L, Vol. viii, (New Series) p. 585-588. 1 map on 4 sheets: col.; 95 x 111 cm, sheets 61 x 72 cm

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  6. Title: Carte de la Finlande, 1808 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Carte de la Finlande. It was published by: no publisher in 1808. Scale approximately 1:2,450,000. 12 myriamètres [= 4.9 cm]. Map in French. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the EUREF FIN TM35FIN (EPSG: 3067) 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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  7. Title: Carte comparative de la Grèce ancienne & moderne = Alt und neu Griechenland

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    Summary: Map of Greece with ancient and modern place names. Relief shown by hachures.

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  8. Title: Pianta di Roma

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    Summary: Covers Rome and environs. Relief shown by hachures. Dedication: "A Sua Maestà Vittoria Regina del Regno Unito della Gran Brettagna, e dell' Irlanda &. &. &." Inset: Contorni di Roma. Includes indexes at left & right margins. Engravings at lower right and left corners.

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  9. Title: Rome, Italy, 1862 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Pianta di Roma, Giovanni Montiroli inv. e dis. le vedute; Augusto Fornari incise; Domenico Feltrini scrisse. It was published by Luigi Piale in nell' anno MDCCCLXII [i.e., 1862]. Scale [ca. 1:8,500,000]. Covers Rome, Italy and Vatican City. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the 'European Datum 1950 UTM Zone 33N' 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, city districts, walls, gates, and fortifications, selected buildings, and more. Relief is shown by hachures. Includes indices and inset: Controni di Roma.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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  10. Title: Coasts, Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea Region, 1814 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Carte reduite de la mer Mediterranee et de la mer Noire : dediee et presentee a S.A.R. M. le duc d'Angouleme..., par P. Lapie, geographe, Directeur du Cabinet topographique du Roi ; grave par P.A.F. Tardieu. It was published by Rey et Gravier, libraires Quai des Augustins, no. 55 in 1814. Scale [ca. 1:35,500]. Covers Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, and coasts of Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East. Map in French. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the World Miller Cylindrical projected 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, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. Includes also inset map of the Sea of Azov.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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  11. Title: Washington, D.C., 1815 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Territory of Columbia, drawn by And'w Ellicott ; engraved by P.A.F. Tardieu, Paris, 1815. It was published in 1815. Scale [ca. 1:63,360]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Maryland State Plane Coordinate System Meters NAD83 (Fipszone 1900). 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, district boundaries, government buildings, parks 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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  12. Title: United States of Nth. America = Carte des Etats-Unis de l'Amérique Septentrionale [map]

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Cartouche incorporates view of Niagara Falls with text describing them. In lower margin: À Paris, Chez Tardieu, graveur et editeur-propriétaire, Place de l'Estrapade, no. 34; Dezauche, ingénieur géoographe, rue des Noyers; Chles. Picquet, géographe-graveur, Quai de la Monnaie no. 17; J. Goujon, marchand de cartes géographiques, rue du Bac no. 6.

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  13. Title: Carte des routes de postes de l'Empire Français, du Royaume d'Italie et de la Confédération du Rhin

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    Summary: No relief shown. Publisher and place of publication from labels pasted on versos. Historic Maps copy has label on verso: J. Goujon, marchand de cartes, Rue du Bac, no. 6, à Paris.

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  14. Title: Carte géométrique des routes de postes de l'Empire français : dressée par ordre du Conseil d'Administration des Postes aux Chevaux pour l'an XIV, et l'année 1806

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    Summary: Map of France and northern Italy. Shows postal routes with number of hours required to cover distances between locations. No relief shown. Inset: Environs de Paris. In lower left-hand corner: Départemens de l'Empire Français.

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  15. Title: Constantinople

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    Summary: Relief shown by shading and hachures. "Superficie 3,975,000 toises." Probably issued in: Atlas nouveau / Edme Mentelle. Paris, 1782.

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  16. Title: Carte des isles de la Jamaïque et de St. Domingue

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. In upper right-hand corner: No. 139. From: Atlas nouveau / Edme Mentelle. Paris, 1782.

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  17. Title: Montgomery, Alabama.

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    Summary: 1 map : color, 68 x 88 cm Corrected to Jan. 1, 1954. Includes streets, street index, population statistics, and ward boundaries.

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  18. Title: The Peninsula of Mount Sinai a sketch from observations on the ground

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. "The whole of the mountain region South & East of Jebel Catharine is original." Shows mountains, plateaus, plains, and wadis. Author's main routes shown in red. From: Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 39 (1869), pp. 342-6; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J687 "A map to illustrate the Rev. Mr. Holland's Memoir on Sinai (by Stanford) ...could not be finished on time for the publication of the present volume of the 'Journal', and will appear in the next". [Footnote from volume 38].

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  19. Title: Afrika entw. u. gez.; von C. G. Reichard.

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    Summary: Insets: Südspitze von Afrika. Scale ca. 1:9,500,000. - Mascarenhas Inseln. Scale ca. 1:1,000,000. From Steiler, Adolf. Hand-Atlas über alle theile der Erde ... Gotha J. Perthes [1816-50] map no. [79] Phillips no. 6039. 1 map: col.; 29 x 35 cm

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  20. Title: Paris, France, 1887 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan de la ville de Paris en 1789, ce plan a ete dresse sous la direction de M.M. Armand Renauld inspecteur en chef des Beaux Arts et des Travaux Historiques, Hochereau conservatoeur du plan de Paris par Lucien Faucou, sous-conservateur de la Bibliotheque et des Collections Historiques de la ville de Paris: collaborateurs M.M. Laporte dessinateur, Bibert, dessinateur, Bizard, geom`etre, Wuhrer graveur, Sulpis graveur : Ce plan a ete execute conformement de la decision pris par le Counsil Municipal. It was published by Conseil Municipal 30 Dec. 1887. Scale [ca. 1:10,000]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the European Datum 1950, Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) Zone 31N projected 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, bridges, drainage, quays, built-up areas and selected buildings, churches, parks, gardens, election district boundaries, and more. Relief is shown by form lines. Includes table of election districts.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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