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  1. Title: Tiverton, Rhode Island, 1854 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Map of the town of Tiverton, Newport County, R.I., by Wm. G. Borden, civil engineer. It was published in 1854 by Friend & Aub. Scale [ca. 1:21,200]. Covers Tiverton, Rhode Island and a portion of Fall River, Massachusetts. 'Note: this map is partly from note furnished by H.F. Walling, civil engineer, and partly from original surveys.' The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Rhode Island State Plane Coordinate System (Feet) (FIPS 3800). 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, selected private buildings labeled with owners' names, public buildings, churches, schools, industry locations (e.g. mills, factories, mines, etc.), cemeteries, town and school district boundaries, and more. Relief shown by hachures. Includes table and view of Oliver Chace's Thread Mill. 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: Railroad System, United States, 1861

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    Summary: This line shapefile represents the railroad network of the United States in 1861. This layer is part of the Railroads and the Making of Modern America project. This project seeks to document and represent the rapid and far-reaching social effects of railroads and to explore the transformation of the United States to modern ideas, institutions, and practices in the nineteenth century. University of Nebraska. Lincoln. (2006). Railroad System, United States, 1861. University of Nebraska Lincoln. Available at: https://purl.stanford.edu/nh989wx0112. This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.

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  3. Title: Railroad System, United States, 1840

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    Summary: This line shapefile represents the railroad network of the United States in 1840. This layer is part of the Railroads and the Making of Modern America project. This project seeks to document and represent the rapid and far-reaching social effects of railroads and to explore the transformation of the United States to modern ideas, institutions, and practices in the nineteenth century. University of Nebraska. Lincoln. (2006). Railroad System, United States, 1840. University of Nebraska Lincoln. Available at: https://purl.stanford.edu/st852jv1039. This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.

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  4. Title: Railroad System, United States, 1855

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    Summary: This line shapefile represents the railroad network of the United States in 1855. This layer is part of the Railroads and the Making of Modern America project. This project seeks to document and represent the rapid and far-reaching social effects of railroads and to explore the transformation of the United States to modern ideas, institutions, and practices in the nineteenth century. University of Nebraska. Lincoln. (2006). Railroad System, United States, 1855. University of Nebraska Lincoln. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/sg805fy3196. This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.

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  5. Title: Railroad System, United States, 1870

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    Summary: This line shapefile represents the railroad system of the United States in 1870. This layer is part of the Railroads and the Making of Modern America project. This project seeks to document and represent the rapid and far-reaching social effects of railroads and to explore the transformation of the United States to modern ideas, institutions, and practices in the nineteenth century. University of Nebraska. Lincoln. (2006). Railroad System, United States, 1870. University of Nebraska Lincoln. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/tb303xn7959. This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.

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  6. Title: Railroad System, United States, 1845

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    Summary: This line shapefile represents the railroad network of the United States in 1845. This layer is part of the Railroads and the Making of Modern America project. This project seeks to document and represent the rapid and far-reaching social effects of railroads and to explore the transformation of the United States to modern ideas, institutions, and practices in the nineteenth century. University of Nebraska. Lincoln. (2006). Railroad System, United States, 1845. University of Nebraska Lincoln. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/rb309fs8300. This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.

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  7. Title: Railroad System, United States, 1850

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    Summary: This line shapefile represents the railroad network of the United States in 1850. This layer is part of the Railroads and the Making of Modern America project. This project seeks to document and represent the rapid and far-reaching social effects of railroads and to explore the transformation of the United States to modern ideas, institutions, and practices in the nineteenth century. University of Nebraska. Lincoln. (2006). Railroad System, United States, 1850. University of Nebraska. Lincoln. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/yb081jb9131. This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.

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  8. Title: Soil survey of Pennington County, Minnesota

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    Summary: At head of title: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Soils.; "Issued July 15, 1916." 24 centimeters Scale 1:63,360; 1 inch = 1 mile Minnesota County Maps, Plat Books, and Atlases

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  9. 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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  10. Title: Railroads and the making of modern America

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    Summary: "[This site] explores the dynamic social change that came between 1850 and 1900 with the growth of railroads, telegraphs, steam ships and other technologies. It concentrates on the railroad network, and explores how the railroad's expansion and development brought profound economic, social, and political changes." Title from home page (viewed June 3, 2009). This collection includes shapefile data representing railroad networks in the United States from 1840 to 1870. Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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  11. Title: South & Southeast Asia, 1846 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: India and countries adjacent : to accompany Symond's Introduction to the geography of India, G.W. Mahon 1846 ; J. Sinclair, del. It was published by R. Twigg in 1847. Scale [ca. 1:8,750,000]. Covers portions of South and Southeast Asia and China. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the World Miller Cylindrical 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, territorial and administrative boundaries, shoreline features, the Great Wall of China, and more. Relief shown by hachures.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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  12. Title: China Socioeconomic and Physiographic Macroregions, 2007

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    Summary: China Socioeconomic and Physiographic Macroregions, 2007 is a polygon theme representing late 20th century socioeconomic macroregions in China. Attribute information identifies noting the physiographic macroregion the socioeconomic region is in. The socioeconomic and physiographic macroregions are as defined by G. William Skinner (1977, 2000).

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  13. Title: Sketch map of central and southern Africa : showing the main lines of migration followed by the various races now inhabiting the southern portion of the continent

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    Summary: Relief shown by shading. From: The native races of South Africa ... / By George W. Stow ... London : Swan Sonnenschein & Co., Limited ... , 1905.

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  14. Title: Survey for a ship canal to connect the Lakes Erie & Ontario, Lockport route; Surveyed under the direction of Capt. W.G. Williams, U.S. Top. Engs., by Lieuts. T.F. Drayton & J.G. Reed; drawn by Lieut. J.G. Reed.; Survey for a ship canal to connect Lakes Erie and Ontario Lockport route

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. "Map no. 3." Shows canal survey from Kempville (Olcott)on Lake Ontario through Lockport to Tonawanda on the Niagara R. Map drawn in 3 segments. Direction arrows pointing south. 1 map on 2 sheets; sheets 67 x 85 cm

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  15. Title: World (Ore deposits, 2003)

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    • 2003
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    Summary: Ore deposits.MRDS contains variable-length records of metallic andnonmetallic mineral resources of the world. A recordcontains descriptive information about mineral deposits andmineral commodities. The types of information in the database include deposit name, location, commodity, depositdescription, geologic characteristics, production,reserves, potential resources, and references. The MineralResource Data System master database is not accessible viathe WWW. The large number of multi-valued fields make itdifficult to import all the fields into a data format thatcan be utilized by the ArcView Internet Map ServerSoftware. This dataset contains all MRDS locations, butonly 44 of the possible 226 fields. A data structure wascreated in Access 97. Data was imported into the filestructure and then processed into Arc View, where it wastransformed into shape files that are used by the IMSsoftware to serve the MRDS data and permit access via the www.

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  16. Title: Map of Indiana showing points of interest and state highways

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    Summary: Map furnished by Indiana State Highway Commission.' 'Information on hotels, trains and accommodations in state parks compiled by Chas. Sauers'--Map panel. Includes text and index to points of interest on verso. Scale approximately 1:963,000 R.F. Pickens.

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  17. Title: Map of Ramsey and Manomin Counties : and Hennepin east

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    Summary: Shows land ownership in Ramsey County, present day Manomin Township in Anoka County, and a portion of Hennepin County, Minnesota. Includes 17 views and 3 vignettes.; Inset view: St. Paul, Minn., 1867.; Blueprint.; Facsimile, location of original and date of reproduction unknown. 66 x 83 centimeters and smaller Scale approximately 1:32,000 Minnesota County Maps, Plat Books, and Atlases

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  18. Title: Map of Cambria Co., Pennsylvania : from actual surveys and official records

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    Summary: Scale approximately 1:79,200. 1 1/4 in. to the mile; 1 map: hand colored; 175 x 117 cm Real property--Pennsylvania--Cambria County--Maps

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  19. Title: Plan des redoutes et des lignes que les ennemis avoient auprès de Brookland, de ceux de Redhook, et l"isle de Gouveurner ...

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    Summary: Facsimile of manuscript map. Relief shown by hachures. Includes references to the Battle of Long Island.

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  20. Title: Siena, Italy, ca. 1840 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Pianta della cittá di Siena, G. Tarducci, dis. ; G. Pozzi, inc. It was published ca. 1840. Scale ca. 1:3,593. 500 braccia = 8,35 cm. Map in Italian. 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 32N 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, building structures, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Includes also index. 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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