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  1. Title: A map of the German Empire divided into its circles to which is added the Kingdom of Prussia, 1760-1769 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: A map of the German Empire divided into its circles to which is added the Kingdom of Prussia : the whole laid down from the most accurate surveys and chiefly from the map of marschal de Schmettau, lately publish'd at Berlin by the Royal Academy of Sciences. It was published by: printed for T. Bowles in St. Paul's Church Yard and I. Bowles & son at the Black Horse, Cornhill between 1760 and 1769. Scale ca. 1:1,250,000. Map in English. 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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  2. Title: A new map of Denmark and Sweden, ca. 1730 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: A new map of Denmark and Sweden : according to ye newest and most exact observations. It was published by: Printed for H. Moll over against Devereux Court without Temple Bar in the Strand, Iohn Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill, Thomas Bowles Print & Mapseller next to the Chapter house in St. Pauls Church yard and by Philip Overton Map & Printseller near S. Dunstans Church Fleetstreet ca. 1730. Scale [ca. 1:2,700,000].. Map in English. 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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  3. Title: A new and exact map of the dominions of the King of Great Britain on ye continent of North America containing Newfoundland, New Scotland, New England, New York, New Jersey, Pensilvania, Maryland, Virginia and Carolina; by Herman Moll.

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: London. Imprint date from Henry Stevens and Roland Tree's Comparative cartography, item 55c. Includes descriptive text. Insets: A view of ye industry of ye beavers of Canada ... the cataract of Niagara ... -- A draught of ye town and harbour of Charles-town -- A map of the principal part of North America -- A map of the improved part of Carolina with the settlements &c -- South part of Carolina and the east part of Florida ... 1 map: hand col.; 100 x 60 cm

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  4. Title: A new map of Denmark and Sweden : according to ye newest and most exact observations.

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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale approximately 1:2,700,000 (W 0°04ʹ00ʺ--E 35°07ʹ00ʺ/N 71°21ʹ00ʺ--N 53°41ʹ00ʺ). Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridians: London and Ferro Island. Dedication: To His Excellency John Lord Bishop of Bristol Ld. Privy Seal and Her Majesty's first Plenipotentiary at the Treaty of Utrecht. This map is Humbly Dedicated by your Excellency's most humble Servant. H: Moll Geographer. Inset (upper left): The north part of Norway, Lapland and Greenland ... This Draught taken from J. Peterson ... Five b&w vignettes pertaining to Laplanders on right side, with caption below: The Laplanders being the most remarkable people in Europe; it will not be amiss to give a scheach of their manner of living ... Note (to upper left of title cartouche): The double line from Upsal to Torne shews ye rout King Charles ye XI, and his mathematicians took Anno 1694 in making their observations, which are carefully inserted here with many other remarks left to ye curious to observe. 1 map : color ; 60 x 100 centimeter on sheet 63 x 107 centimeter Scale approximately 1:2,700,000 General Map Collection

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  5. Title: Gibraltar, 1739 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: A new and exact plan of Gibraltar : with all its fortifications as they are at present. Showing the great strength and use of it &c., humbly inscribed to ye. Rt. Honble. the Earl of Portmore by H. Moll G. It was published by Thomas Salmon in 1739. Scale [ca. 1:7,700]. Covers Gibraltar. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the European Datum 1950, UTM Zone 30N 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, fortification, ground cover, and more. Relief is shown by hachures and pictorially. Includes explanation, notes, and index. 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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  6. Title: Bowles's new four-sheet map of the world on Mercator's projection

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    Summary: 1 map : hand col., dissected and mounted on canvas ; 101 x 117 cm., folded in slipcase 21 x 14 cm. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: London. Includes latitudinary and longitudinary scale. Shows routes and years of 10 voyages. Engraved by B. Baker. Decorative title cartouche depicting voyaging supplies, a ship, and two explorers holding a map and a sextant. Includes notes on finding the distance betwixt two places. Top border shows hours, east from London.

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  7. Title: Bowles's new pocket plan with the cities of London & Westminster with the borough of Southwark : comprehending the new buildings and other alterations to the year 1783 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This raster layer is a georeferenced image of a map originally created by Carington Bowles in 1783. The scanned map file was georectified for use in the web application, Authorial London. Authorial London is a literary geography, mapping references to places within London found in literary works by writers who lived in London for an extended period. Place references can be searched and browsed by multiple dimensions, including author, genre, literary form, and neighborhood. This historic paper map provides an historical perspective of the cultural and physical landscape during this time period. The wide range of information provided on these maps make them useful in the study of historic geography. As this map has been georeferenced, it also can be used as a background layer in conjunction with other GIS data. The horizontal positional accuracy of a raster image is approximately the same as the accuracy of the published source map. The lack of a greater accuracy is largely the result of the inaccuracies with the original measurements and possible distortions in the original paper map document. There may also be errors introduced during the digitizing and georeferencing process. In most cases, however, errors in the raster image are small compared with sources of error in the original map graphic. The RMS error for this map is 221.645 meters. This value describes how consistent the transformation is between the different control points (links). The RMS error is only an assessment of the accuracy of the transformation. 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: London, England, 1742 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: London surveyed, or, a new map of the cities of London and Westminster and the borough of Southwark : shewing the several streets and lanes with the most of the alleys & thorough fairs with the additional new buildings to this present year 1742. It was printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill in 1742. Scale [ca. 1:5,280]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the British National Grid coordinate system (British National Grid, Airy Spheroid OSGB (1936) Datum). 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, selected buildings (some shown pictorially), built-up areas, docks, city district boundaries, and more. Relief is shown pictorially. Includes illustrations, tables of fares, and views: South prospect of London -- North prospect of St. Paul's Cathedral -- Bank of England -- Front of the Royal Exchange -- Banqueting House -- Treasury. 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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  9. Title: London, England, 1783 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Bowles's new pocket plan of the cities of London & Westminster with the borough of Southwark : comprehending the new buildings and other alterations to the year 1783. It was printed for the proprietor Carrington Bowles, Jan. 6, 1783. Scale [ca. 1:9,800]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the British National Grid coordinate system (British National Grid, Airy Spheroid OSGB (1936) Datum). 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, selected buildings, churches, built-up areas, docks, parks, cemeteries, city district boundaries, and more. Includes a list of references for points of interest and an explanation list. 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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  10. Title: London, England, 1767 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: The London guide, or, a pocket plan of the cities of London & Westminster & borough of Southwark : with the new buildings &c. to the year 1767, by J. Ellis. It was printed for Carington Bowles in 1767. Scale [ca. 1:15,200]. Covers City of London and portions of Westminster, Camden, Islington, Hackney, Tower Hamlets, Southwark, and Lambeth. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the British National Grid coordinate system (British National Grid, Airy Spheroid OSGB (1936) Datum). 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, bridges, drainage, land cover, built-up areas, selected public buildings, and more. Includes 'A Table of References to the Churches and Principal Buildings shewing their Situation in the above Plan.' 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: A chart of the northern part of the Bay of Bengal : between Point Palmiras and the Aracan shore

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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale approximately 1:880,000 (E 85°50'00"--E 93°15'00"/N 23°30'00"--N 19°10'00"). Depth shown by soundings. Inset: Chittigong River. Includes table: Astronomical Observations. Includes 4 coastal profiles. 56 x 87 centimeters Scale approximately 1:880,000 Ames Library of South Asia Maps

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  12. Title: North America upon the globular projection, drawn from the latest and best authorities

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    Summary: Extent: 1 map Notes: Relief shown pictorially. Map was likely extracted from: Volume II of A new and comprehensive system of philology; or, a treatise of the literary arts and sciences, according to their present state / by Benjamin Martin, published in 1764, originally published in monthly installments as: The general magazine of arts and sciences, philosophical, philological, mathematical and mechanical. Prime meridian: London. Shows colonial boundaries. Scale not given

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  13. Title: An improved map of the county of Stafford divided into its hundreds; : collected from the best materials, and ilustrated wth various additional improvements, with historical extracts, relating to its natural produce, trade, manufactures &c.

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    Summary: Dated from the atlas in which the map was issued. Differs from previous states by the change of imprint. Numbered "30." Shows boundaries, roads, woods, parks and settlements. Decorative title cartouche. Dedicated to the Lord Lieutenant. Relief shown pictorially and with hachures. London meridian, with graticule.

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  14. Title: An accurate map of the West Indies, containing the Bahama & Caribbe Islands, the Great & Little Antilles with the Leward and Windward Islands & part of the American continent

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    Summary: Extent: 1 map Notes: Relief shown pictorially. From: The General magazine of arts and sciences. 1763. Scale approximately 1:12,750,000

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  15. Title: South America upon the globular projection

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    Summary: Extent: 1 map Notes: Relief shown pictorially. Map detached from: The General magazine of arts and sciences. 1763. Scale approximately 1:60,000,000

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  16. Title: An accurate map of North Wales : divided into its counties ; viz. Carnarvonshire, Flintshire, Denbeighshire, Merionythshire, Montgomeryshire with the Isle of Anglesey : improved from the best surveys & intelligences and illustrated with historical extracts relative to its air, soil, natural produce, trade, manufactures &c.

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    Summary: Show boundaries, rivers, roads and settlements. Decorative title cartouche. Relief shown by hachures and shading. London meridian. From: The large English atlas: or, A new set of maps of all the counties in England and Wales ... / by Emanuel Bowen, geographer to His Majesty, Thomas Kitchen [sic], and others. London : Printed and sold by Robert Sayer, map and printseller, at no. 53, in Fleet-street, [1760]

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  17. Title: A new and accurate map of Paraguay, Rio de la Plata, Tucumania Guaria &c.

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. In lower left margin: No. 127. Probably issued in: A complete atlas, or distinct view of the known world. London : For W. Innys ... , [1757?]

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  18. Title: An accurate map of the Holy Land divided into the XII Tribes of Israel : accomodated to sacred history & describing the travels of Jesus Christ

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    Summary: Pictorial relief. In lower margin: No. 37. From: A complete atlas, or, Distinct view of the known world / by Emanuel Bowen. London : Printed for William Innys and Joseph Richardson ... [et al.], 1752.

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  19. Title: A new & accurate map of Persia : with the adjacent countries. Drawn from the most approved modern maps &c. The whole being regulated by astronl. observations

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    Summary: Map of Persia with relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: London. Plate 39 from: A complete atlas, or, Distinct view of the known world / by Emanuel Bowen. London : Printed for William Innys and Joseph Richardson ... [et al.], 1752.

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  20. Title: A new & accurate map of Persia : with the adjacent countries. Drawn from the most approved modern maps &c. The whole being regulated by astronl. observations

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    Summary: Numbered "N⁰. 36." Decorative title cartouche with figures. Shows boundaries, rivers, roads, forests and principal settlements. Relief shown pictorially. London meridian.

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