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  1. Title: White Mountains, New Hampshire, 1858 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Map of the White Mountains, New Hampshire : from original surveys, by Harvey Boardman. It was published in 1858 by J.H. Bufford. Scale [ca. 1:105,000]. 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, railroads, selected buildings (dwellings, hotels, churches, schools, and mills), drainage, town boundaries and more. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Mt. Adams and Mt. Jefferson shown transposed. Includes illustrations and table of distances. 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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  2. Title: Railway map of routes to the White Mountains, New Hampshire 1859 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Railway map of routes to the White Mountains, by Harvey Boardman. It was published in 1859 by J.H. Bufford's Lith. Scale not given. Covers New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and portions of Maine, 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 USA Contiguous Albers Equal Area Conic projection (Meters). 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, railroads, railroad stations, drainage, selected cities, towns, villages, and points of interest (hotels, houses, etc.), state boundaries, and more. Relief shown by hachures. Includes text on routes in margins. 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 purposes.

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  3. Title: Map of the White Mountains, New Hampshire : from original surveys

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights.; Shows roads, buildings, and township boundaries.; Mt. Adams and Mt. Jefferson shown transposed.; "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1858, by Harvey Boardman, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts."--Lower margin.; Includes 9 ills. of hotels and Crawford Notch; also 2 tables of distances. 49 x 56 centimeters, folded to 14 x 9 centimeters, in cover 15 x 10 centimeters Scale approximately 1:102,000 General Map Collection

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  4. Title: Soil map : Minnesota, Goodhue County sheet

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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale [1:63,360]. 1 in. = 1 mile (W 93°03'--W 92°15'/N 44°45'--N 44°10'). In lower right margin: Field operations, Bureau of Soils, 1913. 90 x 97 centimeters Scale [1:63,360]. 1 inch = 1 mile Minnesota County Maps, Plat Books, and Atlases

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  5. 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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  6. Title: Map of the mineral regions of the counties of Gogebic and Ontonagon, Michigan, 1887; published by Edw. P. Allis & H.B. Merrell; compiled by Mess. J.M. Longyear and J.M. Case, Marquette, Mich.

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    Summary: Shows lands of Allis & Merrell in green, and of Case & Longyear in red. Also shows mines and mineral explorations, iron ranges, existing and projected railroads, wagon roads, and supply roads. Relief shown by hachures. "Supplement to the Mining, real estate & manufacturing reporter, Milwaukee, Wis., June 4th, 1887" --Upper margin. "Copyright applied for by Edw. P. Allis, Milwaukee, Wis." 1 map: color; 50 x 62 cm

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