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  1. Title: Sweden and Finland, 1747 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Svea ock Gota riken med Finland ock Norland afritade i Stockholm, ?r 1747, G. Biurman sculp. It was published in 1747. Scale [ca. 1:2,500,000]. Covers portions of Sweden and Finland, and surrounding countries in outline. Map in Swedish.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Europe Lambert Conformal Conic 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, territorial and administrative boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown pictorially. Includes inset map of Norrland.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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  2. Title: Charta öfwer Stockholms stads belägenhet, 1750 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Charta öfwer Stockholms stads belägenhet. It was published in 1750. Scale ca. 1:2,500. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the WGS 1984 UTM Zone 34N (EPSG: 32634) 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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  3. Title: A Map of Coromandel, shewing the Seat of War on that Coast

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    Summary: Scale 1:1,077,120 Ames Library of South Asia Maps

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  4. Title: Hindoostan

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    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 Scale approximately 1:15,000,000 Ames Library of South Asia Maps

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  5. Title: London and Westminster in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, anno Dom., 1563

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    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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  6. Title: A map of the United States of America agreeable to the peace of 1783

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    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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  7. Title: Weltkarte

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    Summary: Map shows Germany colonies and protectorates, and international boundaries. Railways, submarine cables, and principal shipping routes are indicated. Includes a list of used abbreviations.

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  8. Title: Plan der Stadt Helmstedt ; Karte der Umgebung von Helmstedt

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    Summary: Maps of Helmstedt and environs in the German state of Lower Saxony. Relief shown by shading. Indexed for points of interest.

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  9. Title: America Septentrionalis,: concinnata juxta observationes Dñn Academiæ Regalis Scientiarum et nonnullorum aliorum, et juxta annotationes recentissimas,; per G. de L'Isle, geographum. G.F. Lotter, sculps.

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    Summary: Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Includes "Annotatio." 1 map: col.; 46 x 58 cm.

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  10. Title: America Septentrionalis, concinnata juxta observationes Dñn Academiæ Regalis Scientiarum et nonnullorum aliorum, et juxta annotationes recentissimas

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. Includes "Annotatio." Historic Maps copy 2 imperfect: upper and lower margins trimmed away.

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  11. Title: Fossa Caroli M. ab Almone in Radantiam pro conjunctione Rheni et Danubii

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    Summary: Map of the Fossa Carolina or Karlsgraben, a navigable channel begun in 793, which connected the Swabian Rezat and Altmühl rivers in Bavaria. Relief shown pictorially. In lower margin: Pars III. 11. From: Kurze und gründliche Anleitung zu der alten und mittlern Geographie. Nürnberg : Tyroff, 1765.

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  12. Title: Aria Attol

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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale [1:70,000] (E 96°45'--E 96°59'/S 11°47'--S 12°15'). Relief shown by soundings. Possibly from: De Nieuwe Groote Lichtende Zee-Fakkel / by een gebragt en opgestelt door Jan de Marre ... in 't Licht gebragt door Joannes van Keulen. Amsterdam : by Joannes van Keulen, Boek-en Kaartverkoper aan de Nieuwe Brug in de gekroonde Lootsman, 1753. 38 x 62 centimeters Scale [1:70,000] Ames Library of South Asia Maps

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  13. Title: [British Indian Ocean Territory]

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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale not given (E 71°--E 73°/S 5°--S 7°). Relief shown by soundings. Title supplied by cataloger. Both maps include costal profiles. Possibly from: De Nieuwe Groote Lichtende Zee-Fakkel / by een gebragt en opgestelt door Jan de Marre ... in 't Licht gebragt door Joannes van Keulen. Amsterdam : by Joannes van Keulen, Boek-en Kaartverkoper aan de Nieuwe Brug in de gekroonde Lootsman, 1753. 23 x 26 centimeters Scale not given. Ames Library of South Asia Maps

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  14. Title: Het Eyland Diego Rais

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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale not given (E 71°--E 73°/S 5°--S 7°). Relief shown by soundings. Second map depicts The Dangerous Shoals of S. BrandaÃÉo and lists the location; could not match this to any known geography, though a Vingboons map on page 376 of Grote atlas van de Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie volume 5 (from 1665-1670) shows"S. BrandaÃÉo" to the NE of Rodrigues Island. Possibly from: De Nieuwe Groote Lichtende Zee-Fakkel / by een gebragt en opgestelt door Jan de Marre ... in 't Licht gebragt door Joannes van Keulen. Amsterdam : by Joannes van Keulen, Boek-en Kaartverkoper aan de Nieuwe Brug in de gekroonde Lootsman, 1753. 38 x 62 centimeters Scale not given. Ames Library of South Asia Maps

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  15. Title: Pas caart van de Cocos-Eylanden

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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale [1:220,000] (E 96°45'--E 96°59'/S 11°47'--S 12°15'). Relief shown by soundings. Possibly from: De Nieuwe Groote Lichtende Zee-Fakkel / by een gebragt en opgestelt door Jan de Marre ... in 't Licht gebragt door Joannes van Keulen. Amsterdam : by Joannes van Keulen, Boek-en Kaartverkoper aan de Nieuwe Brug in de gekroonde Lootsman, 1753. Contents: Coastal profiles: Aldus vertoont het Noordelijkste van de Cocos Eijlanden ... -- Aldus Vertoonenzig drie van de Zuijdelijke Cocos Eijlanden. 23 x 26 centimeters Scale [1:220,000] Ames Library of South Asia Maps

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  16. Title: Baltic States, ca. 1708 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: La Pologne : dressée sur ce qu'en ont donée Starovolsk, Beauplan, Hartnoch, et autres auteurs, rectifiee par les observations d'Hevelius, etc. It was published by: Chez l'auteur, sur le Quai de l'Horloge a l'Aigle d'Or ca. 1708. Scale ca. 1:2,550,000. Map in French. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Europe Lambert Conformal Conic (EPSG: 102014) 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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  17. Title: Ganges River Delta, India and Bangladesh, 1726 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Partie du Gange où sont les etablissements du commerce des nations de l'Europe dans les Indes orientales : cette carte est dressée sur les memoires et observations du Sieur Jacque André Cobbé, envoié aux Indes orientales par MesSieurs de la Compagnie etablie a Anvers. It was published by: Eugene Henrij Friex in 1726. Not drawn to scale. Map in French. 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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  18. Title: Oxford, England, 1675 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Nova & accuratissima celeberrimae Universitatis civitatisque Oxoniensis scenographia, Dav. Loggan Delin. et Sculp. It was published by Theatrum Sheldonianum in 1675. Scale [ca. 1:3,387]. Covers Oxford, England including Oxford University. Map in Latin.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, buildings, fortification, drainage, ground cover, and more. Relief shown pictorially and with hachures. Includes index and inset view: Oxoniae prospectus ab oriente.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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  19. Title: Middle Atlantic States, 1749 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: A map of Pensilvania, New-Jersey, New-York, and the three Delaware counties; L. Hebert, sculpt. It was published March 25, 1749. Scale [ca. 1:960,000]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the North American Lambert Conformal Conic 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, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, portages, selected roads, and more. Relief shown pictorially ; soundings shown in fathoms. Includes also descriptive notes, distance chart, and explanation of symbols.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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  20. Title: South America, 1739 (Image 1 of 2) (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Carte du Perou, pour servir a l'histoire des Incas et a celle de l'etat present de cette province, dressee par Philippe Buache, sur les observations astronomiq[es] faites aux environs de l'equateur et communiquees a l'Academie depuis l'an 1736 jusqu'en 1739 par M.M. Godin, Bouguer et de la Condaminede l'Acad. R[le] des Sciences Assujetie por les autres parties aux observations du P. Feuillee et de M. Frezier aux routes et remarques geographiques de divers voyageurs. It is part of a two sheet map set: [Carte du Peru]. It was published sur le Quay de la Megisserie avec privilege du Roy in 1739. Scale [ca. 1:195,000]. Covers the territory of the former Inca Empire, South America. This layer is image 1 of 2 total images of the two sheet source map representing the northern portion of the map. Map in French and Spanish. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to a non-standard 'World Sinusoidal' projection with the central meridian at 75 degrees west. 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, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown pictorially. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from the Harvard Map Collection and the Harvard University Library as part of the Open Collections Program at Harvard University project: Organizing Our World: Sponsored Exploration and Scientific Discovery in the Modern Age. Maps selected for the project correspond to various expeditions and represent a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and purposes.

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