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  1. Title: Map Of Chicago. Rufus Blanchard, 52 La Salle Street. 1857 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced image of a map of Chicago originally created by R. Blanchard in 1857. The original map is a rare pre fire map of the city. The historic map layers in the Google Earth Rumsey Map Collection have been selected by David Rumsey from his large collection of historical maps, as well as some from other collections with which he collaborates. All the maps contain rich information about the past and represent a sampling of time periods, scales, and cartographic art, resulting in visual history stories that only old maps can tell. Each map has been georeferenced by Rumsey, thus creating unique digital map images that allow the old maps to appear in their correct places on the modern globe. Some of the maps fit perfectly in their modern spaces, while othersgenerally earlier period mapsreveal interesting geographical misconceptions of their time. Cultural features on the maps can be compared to the modern satellite views using the slider bars to adjust transparency. The result is an exploration of time as well as space, a marriage of historic cartographic masterpieces with innovative contemporary software tools.

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  2. Title: Chicago, Illinois, and vicinity, 1910 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Blanchard's map of Chicago and suburbs. It was published by Rufus Blanchard in 1910. Scale [ca. 1:49,600]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Illinois East State Plane Coordinate System NAD83 (in Feet) (Fipszone 1201). 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, elevated roads, railroads, railroad stations, street car lines, drainage, selected industry locations, parks and boulevards, city limits and ward boundaries, and more. Includes insets: Lake shore north of Chicago -- Cook, Dupage, and Will counties, also parts of Kane County, Ill., and Lake County, Ind.. 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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  3. Title: Blanchard's township map of Illinois : showing all the rail roads, stations, and towns, being a complete shippers guide to the state with parts of Iowa and Missouri. Drawn from plats of each county by official authority.

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    Summary: 1 map, colored;60 x 93 cm. (Folded to 14.5 x 10 cm.);1:760,320 or 12 miles to 1 inch.

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  4. Title: Cabinet map of the western states and territories ...

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    Summary: Wheat, C. I. Mapping Transmississippi West, v. 5, no. 1197.;1 map, colored;72 x 98 cm.;1:3,801,600

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  5. Title: Blanchard's map of the north western states : showing the counties, towns, railroads, stations, steamboat landing etc.

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    Summary: Includes 14 lines of "Explanations" on congressional townships.;1 map, colored;97 x 63 cm.;1:1,267,200 or 20 miles to 1 inch.

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  6. Title: Blanchard's guide map of Chicago. [cartographic material]

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    Summary: fire districts, "fire signals," and "legal hack or cab fares."; Chicago in 1812;Old Fort Dearborn [view]. Includes "street guide," "location of additions and subdivisions," "ward limits," 1-16;1 map, hand colored;91 x 65 cm.;ca. 1:14,700

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  7. Title: Map of the United States

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    Summary: 1 map : col. ; 47 x 69 cm Relief shown by hachures. Includes Cuba, the Bahamas and part of Mexico. Tables show population of the principal cities in U.S. and number of miles of railroad in operation, area, population, wealth, and number of representatives of each state. Travel routes shown in red. Surrounded by ornamental border. "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1854, by Rufus Blanchard, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York." "Electrotyped by Filmer & Co." Longitude West from Washington and Greenwich shown.

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  8. Title: Map of Campus Flower Garden: M. Blanchard.

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    Summary: Map shows layout of campus flower garden. Cataloging agency could not determine exact location of flower garden. 1 map: 55 x 52 cm.

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  9. Title: University of California : Berkeley campus map & Berkeley street map

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    Summary: Properties administered by Berkeley Campus are listed. Includes street index, list of points of interest, color illustration timeline: "Berkeley through the years". "©2002 The Regents of the University. All rights reserved."

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  10. Title: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1859 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Barnes' map of Philadelphia : built portion of the city. It was published by J.L. Smith in 1859. Scale not given. Covers also a portion of Camden, New Jersey. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Pennsylvania South State Plane Coordinate System NAD83 (in Feet) (Fipszone 3702). 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 public buildings, city wards, parks, cemeteries, wharves, and more. 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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  11. Title: Geological Map of the Trap Range of Keweenaw Point Lake Superior

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    Summary: 1 map : color ; 50.2 x 130 cm Shows geological features by color. Section displays geological strata. Sectioned and affixed to linen.

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  12. Title: New Hampshire and Vermont, 1784 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: An accurate map of the State and Province of New-Hampshire in New England : taken from actual surveys of all the inhabited part, and from the best information of what is uninhabited, together with the adjacent countries, which exhibits the theatre of this war in that part of the world, by Col. Blanchard and the Revd. Mr. Langdon ; engraved by Thomas Jefferys ; with many additions by Abel Sawyer. It was published in 1784. Scale [ca. 1:633,600]. Covers New Hampshire, Vermont, and portions of Maine, Massachusetts, New York, and the Province of Quebec, Canada. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the New Hampshire State Plane Coordinate System (Feet) (FIPS 2800). 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, national, state, county and town boundaries, military forts, churches, and more. Relief shown pictorially. Includes inscription to 'John Hancock, Esqr. Gov.,' text, and inset of 'A general map of the River St. Lawrence above Montreal to Lake Ontario, with the adjacent country on the west from Albany & Lake Champlain,' [ca. 1:2,340,000]. 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.

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  13. Title: Alaska (Prince of Wales Island), Copper Mountain and vicinity

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    Summary: Relief shown by contours and spot heights. "Surveyed in 1908." In lower right corner: "Alaska sheet no. 540B." At center of top margin: Topography. "Contour interval 100 feet." 21 x 18 centimeters Scale 1:62,500 General Map Collection

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