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1. Title: Cambridge, England, 1574 (Raster Image)

   • Raster data
   • 2009
   • Not owned by MIT (Owned by Harvard)

   Contributors:

   • Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library
   • Braun, Georg, 1540 or 1-1622.
   • Hogenberg, Franz, d. 1590?

   Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper view entitled: Cantebrigia : opulentissimi Angliae Regni urbs celeberrimi nominis ab Academiae conditore Cantabro cognominata a granta fluuio vicino cairgrant saxonib Grauntecestre et Grantebrige iam olim nuncupata. It was published by George Braun & Franz Hogenberg in 1584. Scale [ca. 1:3,600]. Covers Cambridge, England. Map in Latin and English. 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, built-up areas and selected buildings pictorially, ground cover, and more. Relief 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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2. Title: Sevilla

   • Image data
   • 1588
   • Not owned by MIT (Owned by Princeton)

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   Summary: Pictorial view of Seville with people in traditional period attire in foreground; relief shown pictorially. Indexed for points of interest Latin text on verso with caption title: Hispalis; p. 2. From book 4 of : Civitates orbis terrarum ... [Cologne : Braun & Hogenberg, 1572-1618]

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3. Title: Brightstowe

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   • 1581
   • Not owned by MIT (Owned by Princeton)

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   Summary: Bird's-eye view of Bristol, England. Relief shown pictorially. Includes descriptive text in cartouche: Brightstowe, vulgo; quondam venta, flore[n]tissimum Angliae emporium. Includes index of churches. German text on verso with caption title: Bristowe; p. 2. From: Beschreibung und Contrafactur der Vornembster Stät der Welt / Georgius Braun und Franciscus Hohenberg. Zu Cölln : [T. Graminaeus ... et al.], 1572-1618.

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4. Title: Nordovicum, Angliae civitas

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   • 1581
   • Not owned by MIT (Owned by Princeton)

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   Summary: Bird's-eye view of Norwich, England. Relief shown pictorially. Includes index to points of interest. German text on verso with caption title: Norwich; p. 1. From: Beschreibung und Contrafactur der Vornembster Stät der Welt / Georgius Braun und Franciscus Hohenberg. Zu Cölln : [T. Graminaeus ... et al.], 1572-1618.

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5. Title: Santander

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   • 1575
   • Not owned by MIT (Owned by Princeton)

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   Summary: Pictorial view of Santander, Spain; relief shown pictorially. German text on verso with caption title: Santander; p. 9. a From: Beschreibung und Contrafactur der Vornembster Stät der Welt / Georgius Braun und Franciscus Hohenberg. Zu Cölln : [T. Graminaeus ... et al.], 1572-1618.

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6. Title: Alexandria

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   • 1575
   • Not owned by MIT (Owned by Princeton)

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   Summary: Bird's-eye view of Alexandria, Egypt. Relief shown pictorially. Includes descriptive text: Alexandria, vetustissimum Ægypti emporium, amplissima ciuitas. Detached from Braun, G. and F. Hogenberg. Civitates orbis terrarum, liber 2, 56. On verso: one page of German text titled Alexandria.

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7. Title: English Channel [sheet 2]

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   • 1575
   • Not owned by MIT (Owned by Princeton)

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   Summary: Bird's-eye view of Cambridge, England. Relief shown pictorially. Includes index to buildings. Latin text on verso with caption title: Cantabrigia. From: Civitates orbis terrarum. Cologne, 1575.

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8. Title: Damascus, urbs nobilissima ad Libanum montem, totius Sÿriæ metropolis

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   • 1575
   • Not owned by MIT (Owned by Princeton)

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   Summary: Bird's-eye view of Damascus, Syria; relief shown pictorially. German text on verso with caption title: Damascus; p. 55. From: Beschreibung und Contrafactur der Vornembster Stät der Welt / Georgius Braun und Franciscus Hohenberg. Zu Cölln : [T. Graminaeus ... et al.], 1572-1618. Includes textual notes.

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9. Title: Candia ; La cita de Corphu

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   • 1575
   • Not owned by MIT (Owned by Princeton)

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   Summary: Pictorial views of cities on islands of Crete and Corfu; relief shown pictorially. Latin text on verso: Candia. Corfu. 53. From book 2 of: Civitates orbis terrarum ... [Cologne : Braun & Hogenberg, 1572-1618]

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10. Title: Cantebrigia, opulentissimi Angli[a]e Regni, urbs celeberrimi nominis, ab Academi[a]e conditore Cantabro, cognomita : a Granta, fluuio vicino, Cairgrant, saxonib. Grauntecestre, et Grantebrige, iam olim nuncupata

    • Image data
    • 1575
    • Not owned by MIT (Owned by Princeton)

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    Summary: Bird's-eye view of Cambridge, England. Relief shown pictorially. Includes index to buildings. Latin text on verso with caption title: Cantabrigia. From: Civitates orbis terrarum. Cologne, 1575.

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11. Title: Anfa, quibusdam Anaffa

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    • 1574
    • Not owned by MIT (Owned by Princeton)

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    Summary: Pictorial view of Casablanca, Morocco. From: Beschreibung und Contrafactur der Vornembster Stät der Welt / Georgius Braun und Franciscus Hohenberg. Zu Cölln : [T. Graminaeus ... et al.], 1572-1618. Historic Maps originally issued on sheet with 3 other views.

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12. Title: Azaamurum

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    • 1574
    • Not owned by MIT (Owned by Princeton)

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    Summary: Pictorial view of Azemmour, Morocco. From: Beschreibung und Contrafactur der Vornembster Stät der Welt / Georgius Braun und Franciscus Hohenberg. Zu Cölln : [T. Graminaeus ... et al.], 1572-1618. Historic Maps originally issued on sheet with 3 other views.

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13. Title: Diu

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    • 1574
    • Not owned by MIT (Owned by Princeton)

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    Summary: "Cum priuilegio." Pictorial view of Diu, India. German text on verso. From: Beschreibung und Contrafactur der Vornembster Stät der Welt / Georgius Braun und Franciscus Hohenberg. Zu Cölln : [T. Graminaeus ... et al.], 1572-1618. Historic Maps originally issued on sheet with 3 other views.

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14. Title: Goa, fortissima Indiæ vrbs in Christianorum potestatem, anno salutis 1509 deuenit

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    • 1574
    • Not owned by MIT (Owned by Princeton)

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    Summary: Pictorial view of Goa, India. German text on verso; p. 58. From: Beschreibung und Contrafactur der Vornembster Stät der Welt / Georgius Braun und Franciscus Hohenberg. Zu Cölln : [T. Graminaeus ... et al.], 1572-1618. Historic Maps originally issued on sheet with 3 other views.

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15. Title: Roma

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    • 1574
    • Not owned by MIT (Owned by Princeton)

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. "Cum privilegio." German text on verso with caption title: Rom; p. 46. Indexed for points of interest. From: Beschreibung und Contrafactur der Vornembster Stät der Welt / Georgius Braun und Franciscus Hohenberg. Zu Cölln : [T. Graminaeus ... et al.], 1572-1618.

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16. Title: Cusco, regni Peru in novo orbe caput

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    • 1573
    • Not owned by MIT (Owned by Princeton)

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    Summary: Bird's-eye view. Text included on verso. From Braun and Hogenberg's Civitates orbis terrarum.

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17. Title: Lvtetia vulgari nomine Paris : vrbs Galliæ maxima Sequanä nauigabili flumine irrigatur nobili gente mercator frequariä vniuersirate excellenti stupendi operis templo B. Mariæ, Palario Regio alijs que præsfantiflimus ædiificijs tribunali úquiflimorum Judicum & pulcherrimis epigraphijs florentiflima

    • Not specified
    • 1572
    • Not owned by MIT (Owned by University of Minnesota)

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    Summary: Note at lower right corner.; Printed on verso: "8." 25 x 49 centimeters, on sheet 42 x 54 centimeters Not drawn to scale City Maps

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18. Title: Londinum feracissimi Angliæ regni metropolis

    • Not specified
    • 1572
    • Not owned by MIT (Owned by University of Minnesota)

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    Summary: From: Braun & Hogenberg's Civitates orbis terrarum, 1572.; Hand colored view of the city of London showing sites along the Thames River including a group of people representing the merchant class.; Verso: Text in Latin describing London. 37 x 50 centimeters Scale not given City Maps

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19. Title: Byzantium, nunc Constantinoplis

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    • 1572
    • Not owned by MIT (Owned by Princeton)

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. From Braun and Hogenberg's Civitates orbis terrarum. Indexed for points of interest. Text on map recto in Italian. German text on verso. Page no. 52.

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20. Title: Toletum ; Vallisoletum

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    • 1572
    • Not owned by MIT (Owned by Princeton)

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    Summary: Pictorial views of Toledo and Vallodolid, Spain; relief shown pictorially. "Cum priuilegio." German text on verso with caption title: Toleet; p. 4. From: Beschreibung und Contrafactur der Vornembster Stät der Welt / Georgius Braun und Franciscus Hohenberg. Zu Cölln : [T. Graminaeus ... et al.], 1572-1618.

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