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  1. Title: France comparative en provinces et en départemens : suivant les dernier traités de paix

    • Image data
    • 1802
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    Summary: In upper margin: Atl. p. 12 et 13, Atl. un. 14 et 15, Abrégé 5 et 6. Inset: I. de Corse. Probably issued in: Atlas universel pour la géographie de Guthrie. Paris : Langlois, 1802.

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  2. Title: Amérique Méridionale

    • Image data
    • 1802
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    Summary: In upper margin: Atl. p. 27, Atl. un. 36, Abregé No. 10. Probably issued in: Atlas universel pour la géographie de Guthrie. Paris : Langlois, 1802.

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  3. Title: Afrique

    • Image data
    • 1802
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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. At top of map: Atl. p. 23. Atl. Un. 32. Abŕegée No. 8. Probably issued in: Atlas universel pour la géographie de Guthrie. Paris : Langlois, 1802.

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  4. Title: San Francisco Bay Area, California, Nautical Chart, 1877 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2008
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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Entrance to San Francisco Bay, California, from a trigonometrical survey under the direction of A.D. Bache, Superintendent of the Survey of the Coast of the United States ; triangulation by R.D. Cutts, asst. & A.F. Rodgers, sub-asst. ; topography by R.D. Cutts, asst., A.M. Harrison & A.F. Rodgers, sub-assts. ; hydrography by the party under the command of Lieut. Comdg. James Alden, U.S.N. assist. It was published by The Survey in 1877. Scale 1:50,000. Covers the San Francisco Bay Area. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the California Zone III State Plane Coordinate System NAD83 (in Feet) (Fipszone 0403). 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 coastal features such as lighthouses, buoys, beacons, rocks, channels, points, coves, islands, bottom soil types, wharves, and more. Includes also selected land features such as roads, railroads, drainage, land cover, selected buildings, towns, and more. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights; depths by sounding, shading, and contours. Includes inset map: Sub-sketch of entrance to San Francisco Bay (Scale 1:400,000), and inset views: View of the entrance to San Francisco Bay, Alcatraz N.E. by E. 1/2 (by compass 10 miles) -- View of the entrance to San Francisco Bay from Yerba Buena Id. -- View of the entrance to San Pablo Bay from near Angel Id. Also includes text and tables. 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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  5. Title: Plan de Paris

    • Image data
    • 1889
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    Summary: Relief not shown. Includes "Tableau des arrondissements et quartiers de Paris." Originally issued folded in cover with accompanying text.

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  6. Title: Nouvelle carte du Mexique : du Texas et d'une partie des états limitrophies ; dédiée ä l/Academie Impl. des Sciences de l'Institute de France

    • Not specified
    • 1862
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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures.; Includes text on map face.; "Imp. Louis Antoine, r. des Noyers 70. Paris."; Outline color.; Insets: Détails des environs de Mexico et de la Vera Cruz.-- Complément de la carte : donnant le Yucatan et une partie des provinces unies de l'Amérique Centrale.; In lower right margin: "30D" in manuscript. 89 x 63 centimeters

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  7. Title: Mappemonde élémentaire a l'usage des écoles primaires; dressée par A. Vuillemin.

    • World maps
    • 1860
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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Map shows mountains, rivers and major cities. 1 map; 59 x 117 cm.

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  8. Title: Nouveau plan illustré de la ville de Paris avec le système complet de ses fortifications et forts détachés et les nouvelles divisions en 20 arrondissements

    • Image data
    • 1860
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    Summary: In upper margin: Paris en 1860, indiquant tous les changements et projets. Includes indexes, illustrations of buildings, bridges and forts and distance table. Originally issued folded in covers, 22 x 14 cm.

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  9. Title: Paris nouveau, 1855

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    • 1855
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    Summary: Shows: city wall, street names, principal buildings, woods, parks. From: Paris nouveau 1855. Paris : Furne éd., 1855.

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  10. Title: Planisphère illustré présentant la description géographique des parties connues de la terres, indiquant l'époque des grandes découvertes et le nom des navigateurs, les colonies des diverses nations : ainsi que le parcours des bateaux à vapeur, l'époque des départs, la durée du trajet, &ca.

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    • 1854
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    Summary: Map of the world showing steampship routes, vignettes and notes on various places and features. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Insets: Costumes des différentes races qui peuplent la terre (2); Longueurs, sources et embouchures des principaux fleuves du monde; Tableau explicatif; Hauteur des principales montagnes du monde.

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  11. Title: Mapa de la Isla de Cuba : indicando la geografía física y política y tambien las grandes lineas de communicacion

    • Image data
    • 1851
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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Includes Inset maps: Plano de La Habana -- Mapa indicando el curso de los buques de vapor -- Isla de Puertorico. Includes inset views: Habana, vista tomada desde casa blanca -- Montes ... (cross-section of mountains). "Ojeada sobre la Isla de Cuba" gives date of latest census as 1851.

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  12. Title: Beijing, China, 1843 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2013
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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Chinese plan of the city of Peking, T.B. Jervis; the chinese characters and explanations rendered into English were furnished by Mr. Samuel Birch, from a comparison of the above documents and the notes appended to the original by the students in the Missionary College at Naples. It was published by lithographed and printed under the direction of T.B. Jervis Scale [ca. 1:50,000]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM Zone 50N, meters, WGS 1984) 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, drainage, built-up areas and selected buildings, parks, cemeteries, ground cover, city districts, fortification, missions, temples, and more. Relief shown pictorially. Includes also dedication: 'To Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. This fac-simile of a Chinese plan of the Tartar, or inner city, Nuyching, and the Imperial Palace Kingtoo of Peking or Chun Thein Foo. The northern residence of the court, or capital of the Chinese Empire is most respectfully inscribed, with Her Majesty's faithful servant T. B. Jervis.'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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  13. Title: Western Sahara, Mauritania, & Senegal, 1861 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2012
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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Carte du voyage execute dans le Sahara occidental, d'apres les instructions du colonel ... Faidherbe..., par le capitaine ... Vincent, dressee par Vuillemin ; gravee chez Erhard. It was published by Societe de Geographie in 1861. Scale [ca. 1:4,000,000]. Covers portions of Western Sahara, Mauritania, Senegal, and Guinea. Map in French.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Africa Lambert Conformal Conic 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, roads, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Includes notes.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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  14. Title: World Map Showing Routes of Exploration and Discovery, 1853 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2009
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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Planisphere : elementaire et illustre indiquant la description geographique des parties connues de la terre, l'epoque des grandes decouvertes des navigateurs les colonies Europeennes, les principaux parcours des paquebots, l'epoque des departs, la duree du trajet, &c[a]., dresee par Vuillemin, geographie ; grave par Langevin. It was published by Fatout in 1853. Scale [ca. 1:50,000,000]. Map in French. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the the 'World Mercator' projection. 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. Shows voyage routes of exploration and discovery. Relief shown pictorially and by spot heights. Includes historical notes, explanations, and ill. of sea vessels and scenes of exploration. Includes insets at lower margin: Costumes des differentes races qui peuplent la terre -- [Chart of Mt. heights in Europe] -- Hauteur des principales montagnes du monde -- [Chart of Mt. heights in Asia] -- Tableau faisant voir que le Planisphere n'est que le developpement figure du globe sur une surface plane -- Longueurs sources et embouchures des principaux fleuves du monde -- Costumes des differentes races qui peuplent la terre. 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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  15. Title: Paris, France, 1889 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2015
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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan de Paris, dresse A. Vuillemin. It was published by Hachette & Cie. in [1889]. Scale 1:16,000. Map in French.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, railroads and stations, street cars, drainage, selected buildings, fortifications, parks, cemeteries, and more. Includes index of Arrondissements and Quartiers.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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  16. Title: Territoire de Michigan; gravé par B. de Beaupré.

    • Not specified
    • 1825
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    Summary: Fonderie et imprimerie de J. Carez. Historical and statistical text printed on each side of map. Some relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians: Washington and Paris. Title in upper margin: Carte géographique, statistique et historique de Michigan. From: Atlas géographique statistique, historique et chronologique des deux Ameriques ... / J.A. Buchon. 1825. 1 map: hand col.; 36 x 26 cm. on 2 sheets joined 54 x 70 cm.

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