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  1. Title: Archaeologic chart of the region from Prairie Island to Lake Pepin along both banks of the Mississippi River

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures.; Shows locations of "ancient village sites," mounds, "differentiated earthworks," lodge circles, stone cairns, and natural features on either side of the Mississippi River and surrounding area.; From J.V. Brower's Minnesota : discovery of its area, 1540-1665, published in 1903.; "Hydrography and topography only approximately sketched in as incidental features of this chart."; "Modern industrial and economic modifications are principally omitted." 27 x 36 centimeters Scale approximately 1:60,200 General Map Collection

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  2. Title: Detailed hydrographic and topographic chart of the Itasca State Park: at the source of the Mississippi River, state of Minnesota

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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale [1:21,120]. Three in. to each statute mile. Relief shown by hachures. Includes descriptive text of the land's physical characteristics, table of geographic position with distances to significant locations, list of "original discoveries" pertaining to features of the region, list of altitudes of selected natural features, and surveyed measurements of the mapped area. 38 x 24 centimeters 1:21,120 General Minnesota Maps

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  3. Title: Detailed hydrographic and topographic chart of the Itasca State Park : at the source of the Mississippi River, state of Minnesota, U.S.A. : prepared under authority of an act of the legislature, approved April 20th, 1891

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. 75 x 40 centimeters Scale 1:21,120 Three inch to each statute mile General Map Collection

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  4. Title: Carte orographique et géognostique de l'île de Crète (Hē Krētē)

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Depths shown by soundings. Includes 2 ancillary maps: Carrières souterraines dites Labyrinthe de Gortyne / plan levé en Novembre 1818 par F.W. Sieber -- Baie de Soudha / plan levé en 1843 par Capitaine Th. Graves. Includes 2 coastal profiles. Historic Maps copy has ms. annotations. Historic Maps copy accompanied by tracing of map; in lower margin: Feuille 46 (DVII), Carte géologique nationale de l'Europe. 1:1500 000. Feuille 47 (EVII). Auteurs: Blanckenhorn, Cayleux; includes annotations in Greek.

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  5. Title: Map illustrating the operations of the army under command of General W.T. Sherman, in Georgia: from May the 5th to September the 4th 1864; compiled and drawn under the direction of Bvt. Brig. Gen'l. O.M. Poe, Corps of Engineers, Col. & A.D.C., late Chief Engineer, Military Division of the Mississippi.

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    Summary: Compiled and drawn by J. v. Glümer. "Julius Bien & Co., lith. N.Y." Relief shown by hachures. Shows location of works erected by Union and Confederate forces. Broken lines represent the area covered by each of "the five maps of the Atlanta campaign." 1 map: col., mounted on cloth; 77 x 66 cm

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  6. Title: Friesland

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Originally issued folded in cover 21 x 11 cm. Historic Maps copy has ms. annotations in English, showing route taken by water from Leeuwarden to the Zuider Zee.

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  7. Title: Mount Desert Island, Maine 1875 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Mt. Desert Island, Maine, topography surveyed by J.W. Donn, assistant, between 1871-1874. It was published in Oct. 1875 by the United States Coast Survey. Scale 1:80,000. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to Universal Transverse Mercator projection (UTM Zone 19N, meters, NAD 83). 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, villages, selected buildings and structures, landforms, and more. Relief shown by hachures. Includes a table of heights of mountains and hills above mean high water and a table of summer level of lakes and ponds above mean high water. 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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  8. Title: Hong Kong Landuse, 2005

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    Summary: Hong Kong Landuse is a raster theme representing landuse classifications throughout Hong Kong at a resolution of 30 arc seconds. This layer is a component of the Global Map a 1:1,000,000 scale framework dataset of the world. It consists of vector and raster layers of transport, administrative boundaries, drainage, elevation, vegetation, land use and land cover data. The data were prepared from information provided by national mapping and other organisations worldwide.

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  9. Title: Atlantic [ocean saltness]

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    Summary: Meridional section of Atlantic Ocean at ca. 25°-30° W longitude. Specific gravity of ocean waters shown by isolines. Depth shown in fathoms [vertical scale ca. 1:42,700]. Dates of voyage along meridian are shown. Includes diagram "representing the distribution of surface-saltness along the same meridian." From: The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 47, (1877), pp. 72-86; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J687 v.47 1877

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  10. Title: Chart showing the distribution of saltness in the ocean

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    Summary: Specific gravity of ocean waters shown by isolines. From: The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 47, (1877), pp. 72-86; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J687 v.47 1877

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  11. Title: Central Pacific [ocean saltness]

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    Summary: Meridional section of Pacific Ocean at ca. 150°-160° W longitude. Specific gravity of ocean waters shown by isolines. Depth shown in fathoms [vertical scale ca. 1:40,200]. Dates of voyage along meridian are shown. From: The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 47, (1877), pp. 72-86; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J687 v.47 1877

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  12. Title: Charleston, South Carolina, 1790 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan of the city of Charleston, South Carolina, from a survey taken by E. Petrie, 1788 ; Abernethie scu.t. It was published by J. Milligan in 1790. Scale not given. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the South Carolina State Plane NAD 1983 coordinate system (Fipszone 3900). 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 cadastral divisions, drainage, cities and other human settlements, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. 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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  13. Title: North America, 1853 (Image 3 of 4) (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: New map of that portion of North America, exhibiting the United States and territories, the Canadas, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Mexico, also Central America, and the West India Islands : compiled from the most recent surveys and authentic sources. It was published by Jacob Monk in 1853. Scale [ca. 1:3,168,000]. This layer is image 3 of 4 total images, representing the northeast portion of the four sheet source map.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the North America Lambert Conformal Conic 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 drainage, cities and other human settlements, stage roads, railroads, canals, territorial and administrative boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Includes list of U.S. counties and county towns, table of distances, explanation legend, and inset map: New map of the World on Mercator[s] projection.This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps of North America 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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  14. Title: North America, 1853 (Image 1 of 4) (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: New map of that portion of North America, exhibiting the United States and territories, the Canadas, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Mexico, also Central America, and the West India Islands : compiled from the most recent surveys and authentic sources. It was published by Jacob Monk in 1853. Scale [ca. 1:3,168,000]. This layer is image 1 of 4 total images, representing the southwest portion of the four sheet source map.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the North America Lambert Conformal Conic 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 drainage, cities and other human settlements, stage roads, railroads, canals, territorial and administrative boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Includes list of U.S. counties and county towns, table of distances, explanation legend, and inset map: New map of the World on Mercator[s] projection.This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps of North America 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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  15. Title: North America, 1853 (Image 4 of 4) (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: New map of that portion of North America, exhibiting the United States and territories, the Canadas, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Mexico, also Central America, and the West India Islands : compiled from the most recent surveys and authentic sources. It was published by Jacob Monk in 1853. Scale [ca. 1:3,168,000]. This layer is image 4 of 4 total images, representing the southeast portion of the four sheet source map.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the North America Lambert Conformal Conic 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 drainage, cities and other human settlements, stage roads, railroads, canals, territorial and administrative boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Includes list of U.S. counties and county towns, table of distances, explanation legend, and inset map: New map of the World on Mercator[s] projection.This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps of North America 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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  16. Title: North America, 1853 (Image 2 of 4) (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: New map of that portion of North America, exhibiting the United States and territories, the Canadas, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Mexico, also Central America, and the West India Islands : compiled from the most recent surveys and authentic sources. It was published by Jacob Monk in 1853. Scale [ca. 1:3,168,000]. This layer is image 2 of 4 total images, representing the northwest portion of the four sheet source map.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the North America Lambert Conformal Conic 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 drainage, cities and other human settlements, stage roads, railroads, canals, territorial and administrative boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Includes list of U.S. counties and county towns, table of distances, explanation legend, and inset map: New map of the World on Mercator[s] projection.This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps of North America 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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  17. Title: Lancaster (including Clinton), Massachusetts, 1831 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: A map of Lancaster : reduced from the plan made by Jacob Fisher, Esq., from actual survey A.D. 1830, by James G. Carter. It was published by Pendleton's Lithography in 1831. Scale [ca. 1:29,700]. Covers the towns of Lancaster and Clinton, Massachusetts. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Massachusetts State Plane Coordinate System, Mainland Zone (in Feet) (Fipszone 2001). 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, public buildings, schools, churches, cemeteries, industry locations (e.g. mills, factories, mines, etc.), private buildings with names of property owners, town boundaries and more. Relief is shown by hachures. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps of Massachusetts 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 (1755-1922), scales, and purposes. The digitized selection includes maps of: the state, Massachusetts counties, town surveys, coastal features, real property, parks, cemeteries, railroads, roads, public works projects, etc.

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  18. Title: De heylige en wytvermaerde stadt Jerusalem, eerst genaemt Salem : Genesis 14 vers 18

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    Summary: Imaginary plan of ancient Jerusalem; relief shown pictorially. Dutch text on verso with caption title: Beschrijvinge van Jerusalem. Drawn after Visscher's original published in 1643. Indexed for points of interest. Probably from an unidentified Dutch Bible. "Dese Kaerte wert gestelt voor het 3 Cap. Nehemia."

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  19. Title: Princeton University : a map showing the campus and its buildings : with the dates of their construction and certain other more or less important information

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    Summary: "This map designed by J. Riegel, Jr., class of 1912." Insets: Palmer Stadium -- The Graduate College.

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  20. Title: New map of that portion of North America, exhibiting the United States and territories, the Canadas, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Mexico, also Central America, and the West India Islands : compiled from the most recent surveys and authentic sources

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington, D.C. Includes world map inset, notes, list of U.S. counties and county towns, table of distances, and ill.

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