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  1. Title: Africa, 1834 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Carte detaillee (en deux feuilles), de l'Afrique et des iles qui en dependent (partie septentrionale), par A. Broue, Geographe du Roi, d'apres les observations astronomiques, les decouvertes et les hypotheses les plus recentes. Revue en 1834. It was published by Chez l'Auteur in 1828, i.e. 1834. Scale [ca. 1:16,250,000]. Covers Africa and a small portion of Europe and the Middle East. Map in French.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Africa Sinusoidal 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 boundaries, roads, mines, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown by hachures. Includes notes and insets: Extremite Sud de l'Afrique, ou Colonie du Cap, Pays des Hottentots et Betjouanas; Archipel du Nord-Est de Madagascar; Abyssinie et Pays des Gallas, etc.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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  2. Title: Nile River & Red Sea Region, 1822 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Carte generale de l'Egypte et de l'Arabie Petree, par A. H. Brue, Geographe de S.A.R. Monsieur. It was published by Chez l'auteur, Rue des Macons Sorbonne, No. 9 in Mai 1822. Scale [ca. 1:2,350,000]. Covers the Nile River and Red Sea regions. Map in French.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Egypt Red Belt 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 boundaries, shoreline features, historic sites and ruins, 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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  3. Title: Carte Physique et Politique de L'Afrique (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of an historic continental map of Africa originally created by Adrien Brue in 1822. 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 was georeferenced by the Stanford University Geospatial Center using a Sinusoidal projection. This map is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps of Africa held at Stanford University Libraries. 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 2741.65 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. Brué, Adrien Hubert and Stanford Geospatial Center. (2013) Carte Physique et Politique de L'Afrique (Raster Image). Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/yz255xy4422. For more information about Stanford's Maps of Africa Collection, see here: https://exhibits.stanford.edu/maps-of-africa. 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: Nouvelle carte de l'Amérique méridionale : et des îles qui en dépendent

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Insets: Archipel des îles Gallapagos -- Ile Pierre 1er. -- Alexandre 1er. -- Terres antarctiques du sud-est de l'Amérique -- Archipel des îles Shetland et des Orcades méridionales -- Penedo de S. Pedro où S. Paul -- Ile de la Trinité.

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  5. Title: Carte physique et politique de l'Afrique

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures.; Shows locations of indigenous people of Africa.; Prime meridian: Paris.; Outline color. 55 x 85 centimeters Scale approximately 1:15,000,000 General Map Collection

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  6. Title: Carte générale de la Turquie d'Europe : de la Grèce et des îles Ioniennes

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures; political borders outlined in watercolor. In lower right margin: Atlas, en 65 feuilles, no. 40; en 36 feuilles, no. 24. From: Atlas universel de géographie physique, politique, ancienne et moderne ... Paris : chez Ch. Picquet, 1838.

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  7. Title: Carte geáneárale des Indes en-deça at au-dela du Gange, juin 1821

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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale approximately 1:10,500,000. Relief shown by hachures. In upper right margin: Atlas en 65/36 feuilles number 45/27. From His Atlas universel de geáographie physique, politique, ancienne & moderne, 1830-1834. 35 x 50 centimeters Scale approximately 1:10,500,000 Ames Library of South Asia Maps

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  8. Title: Carta fisica e politica dell' Europa

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures.

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  9. Title: Carte de la Sénégambie, du Soudan et de la Guinée Septentrionale

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Includes text and inset: Pays de Oualo. "Atlas, en 65 feuilles, No. 56."

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  10. Title: Carte physique et politique de l'Afrique

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    Summary: "1822, revue et augmentée en 1826." In upper margin: 32. Relief shown by hachures. Regional outlines and some rivers hand colored. Prime meridian: Paris.

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  11. Title: Carte générale des États-Unis Mexicains et des Provinces-Unies de l'Amérique Centrale

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    Summary: Insets: Guatemala ou Provinces-Unies de l'Amérique Centrale -- Iles Revillagigedo. Hand-colored boundaries. Relief shown by hachures. In margin: Atlas, en 65 feuilles No. 59. Probably issued in: Atlas universel de géographie physique, politique, ancienne et moderne contenant les cartes générales et particulieres de toutes les parties du monde ... Paris : l'auteur, 1828.

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  12. Title: Carte génerale des Iles Britanniques

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Paris meridian. In lower right margin: "Atlas Universel Pl. 15." Includes inset map of Shetland Islands.

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  13. Title: Congo Belge : Carte du district du Katanga

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    Summary: Katanga (Congo)--Maps

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  14. Title: A new map of Michigan with its canals, roads & distances

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    Summary: Extent: 1 map Notes: Relief shown by hachures. From Tanner, H.S. A new universal atlas. Philadelphia : Carey & Hart, 1842. No. 29. Prime meridian: Washington. Includes table of steamboat routes. Scale approximately 1:2,050,000

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  15. Title: Map of the surveyed part of the territory of Michigan

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    Summary: Extent: 1 map Abstract: Map of eastern Michigan showing township and range lines for surveyed areas. Covers area north and west to Saginaw County, and south and east to border. Notes: Prime meridian: Washington. Scale 1:253,440. 4 miles to an inch

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  16. Title: Etats-Unis de l'Amérique Septentrionale avec les isles Royale, de Terre Neuve, de St. Jean, l'Acadie & c 1785

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    Summary: Extent: 1 map Notes: Printed from same plate as Delamarche imprint but with change of publisher and addition below title of: Supplément à l'atlas de M. Robert de Vaugondy. Prime meridians: Isle de Fer and Paris. Includes table at lower right giving populations of individual states. Scale 1:7,500,000

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  17. Title: Charta öfver Finska viken med däromkring belägne provincier, 1788 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Charta öfver Finska viken med däromkring belägne provincier : efter de bästa chartor och astronomiska observationer. It was published by: Landtmäteri contoiret in 1788. Scale approximately 1:1 100 000 ; 10 svenska mil = 9.7 cm. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the WGS 1984 UTM Zone 35N (EPSG: 32635) 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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  18. Title: Charta öfver Åland, 1789 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Charta öfver Åland : med en del af Svenska och Finska Skären samt post-vägen imellan Sverige och Finland : efter geometr. och trigon. mätningar samt astron. observationer under kammar-rådet och öfv. direct E. af Wetterstedts inseende. It was published by: Landtmäteri Contoiret in 1789. Scale 1:300,000. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the EUREF FIN TM35FIN (EPSG: 3067) 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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  19. Title: Lower Manhattan, New York, N.Y., 1792 (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 New York, Tiebout, sculpt. It was published by T. & J. Swords for the New-York directory, and register, for the year 1792. Scale [ca. 1:12,500]. Covers lower Manhattan and portions of Brooklyn. 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, city wards, selected public buildings, selected private buildings with names of property owners, ferry lines, 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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  20. Title: Connecticut, 1795 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Connecticut : from the best authorities, delineated & engraved by Amos Doolittle. It was published in 1795 by Mathew Carey in Carey's American edition of Guthrie's Geography improved. Scale [ca. 1:460,000]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Connecticut State Plane Coordinate System (Feet) (FIPS 0600). 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 public buildings, courthouses, churches, county and town boundaries and more. Relief is shown pictorially. 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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