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  1. Title: Candia, olim Creta

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    • 1575
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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. In upper margin: De l'isle de Crete ou Candie. 294-295. On verso: De l'Isle de Crete à present Candie, Antiquité & noms d'icelle, & comme elle est tombee soubs la Seigneurie des Venitiens. Chaptire XXXIII. From: La cosmographie vniuerselle de tout le monde ... Autour en partie Munster, mais beaucoup plus augmentée, ornée & enrichie, par Francois de Belle-Forest ... Paris : Chez M. Sonnius, 1575.

  2. Title: La ville de Londres : Londinum feracissimi Angliae regni metropolis

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    • 1575
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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. From: La cosmographie vniverselle de tout le monde ... Autour en partie Munster, mais beaucoup plus augmentée, ornée & enrichie, par Francois de Belle-Forest ... Paris : Chez M. Sonnius, 1575. In upper left: Ceste ville se doit mettre apres le feuillet 102. Map mounted on board.

  3. Title: Plan de la partie des îles, ou archipel de Corée vue au mois de Mai 1787 par les frégates françaises la Boussole et l'Astrolabe

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    • 1798
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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures; depths shown by soundings. In upper margin: No. 44. From: A voyage round the world, performed in the years 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788 ... London : G.G. and J. Robinson ... , 1798-99.

  4. Title: Vues de la côte du nord-ouest de l'Amérique : reconnue par les frégates Françaises la Boussole et l'Astrolabe en 1786

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    • 1797
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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially.; Topographical views of the Alaskan coast, including: Mount St. Elias, Monti Bay, Bering River, Mount Crillon, Mount Fairweather (Beautems), and Lituya Bay (Port des Françaises).; In: La Pérouse. Voyage de La Pérouse autour du monde ... Paris, 1797. Atlas, no. 18. 31 x 47 Centimeters

  5. Title: Vues de la côte du nord-ouest de l'Amérique : reconnue par les frégates Françaises la Boussole et l'Astrolabe en 1786

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    • 1797
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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially.; Topographical views of the Pacific Coast of British Columbia, including Cap Hector and Mount la Touche.; In: La Pérouse. Voyage de La Pérouse autour du monde ... . Paris, 1797. Atlas, no. 32. 46.8 x 32 Centimeters

  6. Title: Effigies antiquae Romae ex vestigiis aedificiorum ruinis : testimonio veterum auctorum fide : numismatum monumentis, aeneis, plumbaeis, saxeis, tiglinisque

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    • 1820
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    Summary: Bird's-eye view of ancient city of Rome as it might have looked at time of Emperor Augustus; relief shown pictorially. "Per xiiii [sic] regiones in quas urbem divisit Imp. Caesar Aug. : Pioque IIII [sic] Pont. Max. dicata excuderunt Romae Michael et Franciscus Tramezini, 1561." Reprint of the 1561 original, sold by Scudellari in 1820-1830.

  7. Title: Antiquæ urbis Romæ imago accuratiss. ex vetustis monumentis, ex vestigiis videlicet ædificior., Moeniûm ruinis, fide numismatum, monumentis æneis, plumbeis, saxeis tiglinisq. collecta, veter. deniq

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    • 1721
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    Summary: Bird's-eye-view map showing buildings and streets of ancient Rome with 269 points of interest. Title cartouche above; cartouche around legend below with a human figure to the left and right. Original edition by Pirro Ligorio, approximately 1552.

  8. Title: Antiquæ vrbis Romæ imago accuratiss. ex vetustis monumentis, ex vestigiis videlicet ædificior., moeniûm ruinis, fide numismatum, monumentis æneis, plumbeis, saxeis tiglinisq[ue] collecta, veter. deniq[ue]

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    • 1588
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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. Bird's-eye-view map showing buildings and streets of ancient Rome with 269 points of interest. Title at top of sheet 1; index at bottom of sheet 2. Latin text on verso with caption title: Lectori; p. 54-55. From: Civitates orbis terrarum ... [Cologne : Braun & Hogenberg, 1572-1618]

  9. Title: Regni Neapolitani verissima secundum antiquorum et recentiorum traditionem descriptio

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    • 1580
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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. Oriented with north toward upper left. Text in German on verso with caption title: Das Königreich Neapolis; p. 68. From: Theatrum, oder, Schawbuch des Erdtkreys ... In Antorff [Antwerp] : Bey Christoffel Plantin, in Verlegung Abraham Örtell, 1580.

  10. Title: Descriptio totius Galliae Belgicae

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    • 1558
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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. Added title in Italian: La noua & uera descrittion della Gallia Beglica [sic]. "Non sine summi Pont. et Veneti Senatus privilegio ad decen[n]ium."

  11. Title: Totius Lemovici et confinium provinciarum quantum ad dioecesin lemovicensen spectant novissima et fidissima descriptio, 1611 (Raster Image)

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    • 2019
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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Totius Lemovici et confinium provinciarum quantum ad dioecesin lemovicensen spectant novissima et fidissima descriptio. It was published by: sumptibus & typis aeneis Iudoci Hondij in 1611. Scale approximately 1:480,000. Map in Latin. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the WGS 1984 UTM Zone 31N (EPSG: 32631) 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.

  12. Title: Map of the world

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    • 1528
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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. World map on an oval projection. Numbers on map refer to other maps in the Libro di Benedetto Bordone, or Isolario. From: Libro di Benedetto Bordone ... de tutte l'isole del mondo ... [Venice] : Impresse in Vinegia per Nicolo d'Aristotile, detto Zoppino, nel mese di giugno, del M.D.XXVIII. [1528] Title supplied by cataloger.

  13. Title: La France : divisée par provinces et en ses trente deux gouvernemens militaires

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    • 1819
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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Inset: Isle de Corse. Includes "Table des XXXII gouvernemens de France et des Provinces qu'ils renferment, avec leur capitale." Felix Delamarche worked with Charles Dien from 1819-1820. cf. Tooley's dictionary of mapmakers.

  14. Title: Presqu'isle des Indes Orientales, comprenant l'Indostan ou Empire du Mogol, différens royaumes ou états, les vastes possessions des Anglais, et les autres établissemens européens, avec les grandes routes : supplément a l'atlas de M. Robert de Vaugondi

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    • 1786
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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially.; Depths shown by soundings.; Scale: Lieues d'une heure de 20 au Dégré.; Prime meridians: Ile de Fer (El Hierro), Paris.; Inset: Entrée du Gange et son cours en remontant jusqu'a Ugli (approximately 1:1,110,000, 22 x 15 cm).; Title cartouche is bordered with color drawings of flowers, sea grasses, and shells.; Includes a decorative illustration of an elephant, trees, and a building below the title cartouche.; Hand colored.; Includes information about the Ganges River. 45 x 61 Centimeters, on sheet 56 x 75 Centimeters

  15. Title: Milo

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    • 1576
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    Summary: Map of Melos Island set in a page of text; relief shown pictorially. Appears in the author's L'isole piu famose del mondo, descritte da Thomaso Porcacchi da Castiglione Arretino e intagliate da Girolamo Porro Padovano ..., p. 121. The map appears in various editions of the atlas from 1572 to 1620. In later editions of the atlas the printing plate appears to have deteriorated.

  16. Title: Scio

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    • 1576
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    Summary: Appears in the author's L'isole piu famose del mondo, descritte da Thomaso Porcacchi da Castiglione Arretino e intagliate da Girolamo Porro Padovano ..., p. 125. The map appears in various editions of the atlas from 1576 to 1620. In later editions of the atlas the printing plate appears to have deteriorated considerably. Map of Chios Island set in a page of text; relief shown pictorially. Oriented with north towards left. Text in Italian on verso.

  17. Title: Cerigo

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    • 1576
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    Summary: Appears in the author's L'isole piu famose del mondo, descritte da Thomaso Porcacchi da Castiglione Arretino e intagliate da Girolamo Porro Padovano ..., p. 95. The map appears in various editions of the atlas from 1576 to 1620. In later editions of the atlas the printing plate appears to have deteriorated. Map of Kythēra Island set in a page of text; relief shown pictorially. Oriented with north towards left. Text in Italian on verso.

  18. Title: Metellino

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    • 1576
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    Summary: Appears in the author's L'isole piu famose del mondo, descritte da Thomaso Porcacchi da Castiglione Arretino e intagliate da Girolamo Porro Padovano ..., p. 128. The map appears in various editions of the atlas from 1576 to 1620. In later editions of the atlas the printing plate appears to have deteriorated considerably. Map of Lesbos Island set in a page of text; relief shown pictorially.

  19. Title: Corfu

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    • 1576
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    Summary: Appears in the author's L'isole piu famose del mondo, descritte da Thomaso Porcacchi da Castiglione Arretino e intagliate da Girolamo Porro Padovano ..., p. 82. The map appear in various editions of the atlas from 1572 to 1620. In later editions of the atlas the printing plate appears to have deteriorated. Page number varies in later editions. Map of the island of Corfu set in a page of text; relief shown pictorially. Oriented with north towards left. Text in Italian on verso.

  20. Title: Negroponte

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    • 1576
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    Summary: Appears in the author's L'isole piu famose del mondo, descritte da Thomaso Porcacchi da Castiglione Arretino e intagliate da Girolamo Porro Padovano ..., p. 142. The map appear in various editions of the atlas from 1572 to 1620. In later editions of the atlas the printing plate appears to have deteriorated. Page number varies in later editions. Map of Euboea Island set in a page of text; relief shown pictorially. Oriented with north towards left. Text in Italian on verso.

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