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  1. Title: Lower Manhattan, New York, N.Y., 1730 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: A plan of the city of New York from an actual survey, made by James Lyne. It was reproduced by Henry Dunreath Tyler ca. 1890. Scale [ca. 1:3,200]. Covers lower Manhattan below Worth St. Facsimile of an original map made in 1728 appearing in various eds. of Valentine's Manual of New York. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) Zone 18N NAD83 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 roads, drainage, selected public buildings (churches, markets, etc.), city wards, wharves, and more. Relief is shown by hachures. Includes index to points of interest. 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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  2. Title: Havana, Cuba, 1762 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: A plan of the Havana and its environs : with several posts and attacks made by the British forces under the command of the Earl of Albemarle and Sr. Geo. Pocock which was taken 13 Aug. 1762, Ths. Kitchin sculpt. engraver to H.R.H. the Duke of York. It was published by J. Boydell engraver in Cheapside & R. Willcock bookseller in Cornhill, Novr. 1st 1762. Scale [ca. 1:24,000]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the 'NAD 1927 Cuba Norte' 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 associated with the British Siege of Havana, 1762, such as roads, drainage, built-up areas and selected buildings, fortifications, lines of fire, troop placement, ship locations, ground cover, and more. Relief is shown by hachures; Depths are shown by soundings. Includes indexes for: References to the Moro -- Attack on the Moro -- References to the Town and Harbour -- Attack on the Town and Defences of that Side.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: United States of America by Bradford Scott 1816 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced image of a map of the United States in 1816. The original map appears in "North America; United States of America By Bradford Scott. 1816; South America, By Bradford Scott. 1816." 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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  4. Title: The place of Paradise, the habitation of Adam and Seth, and the Land of Nod

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    Summary: Maps shows parts of Turkey, Iran, Armenia and the Caucasus; relief shown pictorially. From: Stackhouse, Thomas. A new history of the Holy Bible, London, 1752, Vol.I, p.24.

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  5. Title: Carte du nord est & du nord west du Pole

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. From: Recueil de voyages au nord. Amsterdam : Chez J.F. Bernard, 1731-1738.

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  6. Title: Rhode Island, 1855 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Map of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations : from surveys, under the direction of Henry F. Walling, civil engineer. It was published in 1855 by L.H. Bradford & Co.'s Lith. Scale 1:63,360. 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, railroads, drainage, public buildings, schools, churches, cemeteries, industry locations (e.g. mills, factories, mines, etc.), private buildings with names of property owners, town and county boundaries and more. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Includes insets: Woonsocket -- Pawtucket -- Warren -- Bristol -- Westerly Village -- Block Island -- Greenwich -- City of Newport -- City of Providence. Also includes tables of statistics and note. 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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  7. Title: Le royaume de Siam, auec les royaumes qui luy sont tributaires, et les isles de Sumatra, Andemaon, etc., et les isles voisine : avec les observations des six Peres Jesuites envojez par le Roy en qualité de ses mathematiciens dans les Indes, et ä la Chine ou est aussi tracée la route qu'ils ont tenúe par le Destroit de la Sonde jusqu'ä Siam

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    Summary: Appears in:Atlas maior cum generales omnium totius orbis regnorum rerumpubl. atque insularum, tum particulares praecipuarum in iis Provinciarum, Ducatuum, Comitatuum ceterarumque minorum regionum ac divisionum tabulas geographicas continens / Collectus et ... dispositus ab Reinero Ottens. Amstelaedami : apud Viduam ac filios Ioachimi Ottens, 1719-1725. (7 v.).; Two sheets glued together, with "162" handwritten in upper left corner. sheets 58 x 69 centimeters

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  8. Title: Asia : concinnata secundum observationes Academiae Regalis Scientiarum et nonnullas alias, et juxta annotationes recentissimas

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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale approximately 1:22,000,000 Date from previously assigned call number on verso. Relief shown pictorially. 44 x 57 centimeters

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  9. Title: Michigan

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    Summary: Extent: 1 map Notes: Prime meridian: Washington. Shows county names in effect from 1840 to 1843. Inset: Northwest part of Michigan. At upper right: "25.".

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  10. Title: Austria and Slovenia, ca. 1730 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Nova et accurata Carinthiae Ducatus tabula geographica : in superiorem et inferiorem divisa, cum insertis partibus, Archiepiscopatui Salisburgensi propriis nec non dynastiis aliquot, quae tempore S. Henrici Imperiatoris circa A. 1007 Episcopatui Bambergensi Donationis titulo accesserunt. It was published by: Homann Erben ca. 1730. Scale ca. 1:352,000. Map in Latin. Map in multiple languages. 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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  11. Title: Eastern Europe, ca. 1716 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Regni Poloniae Magnique Ducatus Lithuaniae nova et exacta tabula ad mentem Starovolcii descripta. It was published by: J.B. Homann ca. 1716. Scale approximately 1:3,000,000. Map in Latin. 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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  12. Title: Silesia, ca. 1715 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Superioris et Inferioris Ducatus Silesiae in suos XVII minores principatus et dominia divisi nova tabula. It was published by: in lucem edita à Joh. Baptista Homan[n]o ca. 1715. Scale approximately 1:750,000. Milli. Germanica com.unia, 8 = [7.95 cm]. Map in Latin. 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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  13. Title: Europa, christiani orbis domina in sua imperia, regna et status exacte divisa, 1706-1715 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Europa, christiani orbis domina in sua imperia, regna et status exacte divisa. It was published by: Ioh. Bapt. Homann between 1706 and 1715. Scale ca. 1:10,750,000. Map in Latin. 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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  14. Title: Bohemia (Czech Rep., Bavaria, Poland), ca. 1710 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Regni Bohemiae, ducatus Silesiae, marchionatus Moraviae et Lusatiae tabula generalis. It was published by: Sumtibus Joh. B. Homanni ca. 1710. Scale approximately 1:975,000. Map in Latin. 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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  15. Title: Rome, Italy, 1715 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Urbis Romae veteris ac modernae accurata delineatio, edita a Ioh. Bapt. Homanno S.C.M. geographo Norimbergae. It was published by Joh. Bapt. Homannus in [1715]. Scale [ca. 1:20,040]. Covers Rome, Italy and Vatican City. Map in Latin and German.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the 'European Datum 1950 UTM Zone 33N' 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 pictorially, walls, gates, fortification, ground cover, and more. Relief is shown by hachures. Includes text, index, and illustrations.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: Gdansk Region, Poland, 1730 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Prospect Grundris und Gegend der Polnischen vesten Reichs und Handels-Stadt Dantzig und ihrem Werder, edirt von Io. Bapt. Homann S.C.M.Geog. in Nurnberg. It was published by Io. Bapt. Homann in 1730. Scale [ca. 1:6,600]. Covers the Gdansk region, Poland. Map in German.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the 'Pulkovo 1942 Adjust 1958 Poland Zone III' 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 villages and towns, roads, drainage, built-up areas and selected buildings, fortification, ground cover, and more. Relief shown by hachures and pictorially. Includes index, ill., and view: Prospect der Stadt Danzig.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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  17. Title: Corfu, Greece, 1735 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan de Corfu, grave par les Heritiers de Feu Monsieur le Docteur Hommann, Geographe. It was published by Heritiers de Feu Monsieur Homann in 1735. Scale [ca 1:5,000]. Map in French.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Europe Lambert Conformal Conic 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, fortifications, ground cover, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown by shading and hachures. Includes also inset view of the fortifications of Kerkyra.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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  18. Title: Stockholm, Sweden, 1720 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Accurater Grundri? und Prospect der Kon. Schwed. Reichs. u. Haupstadt Stockholm : mit aller herumliegenden Gegend und annehmlicher Situation von innen u. aussen, edirt von Ioh. Baptist Homann der Rom. Kays. Maj. Geographo. in Nur[nbu]rg. It was published by Ioh. Baptist Homann in [1720]. Scale [ca. 1:11,876]. Covers Stockholm, Sweden. Map in German.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Rikets Koordinatsystem 1990 (ESRI: 'RT90 25 gonV' ) 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, selected buildings, fortification, parks, ground cover, and more. Relief is shown pictorially. Includes 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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  19. Title: Kiel, Germany, ca. 1736 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Die Herzogl. Holstein-Gottorp. Residenz- See- und Handelstadt Kiel sambt dessen Hafen in einem accuraten Plan u. Prospect entworfen = Sereniss. Ducis Holsato-Gottorpiensis Sedes et celebre Emporium Kilonium una cum ejus Portu ichno- et scenographice accurate delineatum, delineante G. C. Holmer. It was published by Officina Homanniana ca. 1736. Scale [ca. 1:4,000]. Covers Kiel, Germany. Map in German and Latin.Note: Two maps appear on this sheet. The larger scale map of Kiel is the portion of the image that has been georeferenced.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Deutsches Hauptdreiecksnetz (DHDN) 3-degree Gauss-Kruger Zone 3 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, fortifications, ground cover, and more. Includes also indexes and 2 views of Kiel.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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  20. Title: Schlossgarten, Erlangen, Germany, ca. 1721 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Accurater Grundris und Prospect des Hoch-Furstl. Brandenb. Bayreuthisch. Residenz-Schloss und Lustgarten in Christian-Erlang, edirt von Ioh. Baptist Homann, S. C. M. Geographo. It was published by Ioh. Baptist Homann, ca. 1721. Scale [ca. 1:1,300]. Covers Schlossgarten, Erlangen, Germany. Map in German.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Deutsches Hauptdreiecksnetz (DHDN) 3-degree Gauss-Kruger Zone 4 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 garden paths and roads, ground cover, palace buildings, garden monuments, and more. Includes also 8 city views.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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