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  1. Title: Map of lower Egypt and of the adjacent country with part of Palestine (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of an historic regional map showing lower Egypt and part of Palestine originally created by Denis Callahan, of the U.S. Army Chief Office of Engineers, in 1882. 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 Transverse Mercator 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 467.376 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. Callahan, Denis, and Stanford Geospatial Center (2013). Map of lower Egypt and of the adjacent country with part of Palestine (Raster Image). Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/ys908pb1971. 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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  2. Title: Les Isles Britanniques, comprenant les royaumes d'Angleterre, d'Ecosse et d'Irlande : divisés en grandes provinces

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. In upper margin: No. 20. Inset: Suplement des Isles Orcades et Schetland. Probably issued in: Atlas moderne, ou, collection de cartes sur toutes les parties du clobe terrestre / par plusieurs auteurs. Paris : Chez Lattré et Delalain, [1791]

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  3. Title: L'Asie divisée en ses principaux etats : assujettie aux observations astronomiq

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. In upper right margin: P. II. 28. Decorative title cartouche.

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  4. Title: L'Europe divisée en ses principaux etats, suivant les nouvelles observations astronomiques

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    Summary: Map of Europe, with parts of Turkey and North Africa. Relief shown pictorially. "Avec privilege du Roi." Cartouche signed: Chofard fecit.

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  5. Title: Gibraltar, 1781 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan geometral de la ville et de la montagne de Gibraltar : nouvellement corrige d'apres les originaux anglais, par L. Denis, geographe et auteur du Conducteur Francais, 1781. It was published by ches Basset in [1781]. Scale [ca. 1:1,111]. Covers Gibraltar. Map in French. 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, ship routes of attack, built-up areas and selected buildings, fortification and defenses, ship lines of fire, and other places of military interest for the Siege of Gibraltar, 1779-1783, ground cover, and more. Relief is shown by hachures; depths shown by soundings. 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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  6. Title: Carte du theatre de la guerre presente en Amerique

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    Summary: Prime meridian: Ferro and London. Relief shown pictorially. Includes inset of New Jersey to Massachusetts Bay; scale [ca. 1:1,580,000].

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  7. Title: Carte de la Californie: suivant I. la Carte manuscrite de l'Amérique de Mathieu Néron Pecci olen dresses à Florence en 1604, II. Sanson 1656, III. De l'Isle Amérique Sept. 1700, IV. le Pere Kino Jesuite en 1705, V. la Société des Jésuites en 1767.

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. Shows 5 representations on 1 sheet of California, representing its delineation between 1604 and 1767. "La Côte orientale depuis le C. des Vierges jusqu'à l'embouchure du R. Colorado est extraite de la Carte du P. Ferdinand Gonsaque dressée en 1746." "Suppl, 5e Carte" above top right border. [From: Encyclopedie, ou Dictionnaire raisonne: Suite du recueil de planches ... / [par M. Diderot]. 1 map: engraved; 29 x 38 cm., folded to 19 x 17 cm.

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  8. Title: Carte générale de la Grèce et d'une grande partie de ses colonies, tant en Europe qu'en Asie pour le voyage du jeune Anacharsis

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Shows Greece and its colonies, including Turkey, the Balkans and Italy, in the 4th century B.C. In upper margin: No. 1. In lower margin: 4e. édition no. 1. 5e édition pl. 2. From: Voyage du jeune Anacharsis en Grèce ... 5me éd. Paris : Desray, 1817.

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  9. Title: Plan der Akademie und der umliegenden Gegend : zu der Reise der jüngern Anacharsis

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    Summary: Map of Plato's Academy and surrounding region. Relief shown pictorially. In upper right-hand corner: B. II. S. 133. From: Reise des junge Anacharsis durch Griechenland vierhundert Jahre vor der gewöhnlichen Zeitrechnung / aus dem Französischen des Herrn Barthélemy. Neueste Aufl. Wien und Prag : Bey Franz Haas, 1802.

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  10. Title: Plan of the bay and harbour of Rio-Janeiro on the coast of Brazil

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially and by soundings. Insets: Appearance of the land about the entrance of Rio Janeiro / by Jo. Watson, on board the Royal Captain, August 1761 -- Appearance of the land near the entrance of Rio Janeiro, Gavea bearing west, 6 or 7 leagues distant, taken on board the Pitt, in 1763. Shows tracks of the Royal Bishop and the Pitt; text includes "Directions for sailing into Rio-Janeiro, by Io. Watson"; "Directions for Rio-Janeiro from the Pitt's journal in 1763"; Mr. Sampson Hall's observations in 1783."

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  11. Title: Carte de la Coôte de Peágu :

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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale approximately 1:1,050,000 (E 94°00'00"--E 97°56'00"/N 17°20'00"--N 14°20'00"). Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. Numbered as Plate 35, likely from: Le Neptune oriental, dedie au roi / par M. d'Apres de Mannevillette, 1775. Text in French. 33 x 47 centimeters

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  12. Title: Carte des côtes occidentales de France et d'une partie de celles d'Espagne, d'Angleterre, et d'Irlande : avec les sondes qu'on trouve au large de ses côtes

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    Summary: Map of the west coast of France and part of those of Spain, England and Ireland, with depths of the water near these coasts. Relief shown by soundings. Plate [1] from: Le Neptune oriental, dedié au roi / par M. d'Après de Mannevillette. Paris ; Brest [France] : Chez Demonville, Imprimeur-Libraire de l'Academie Francoise ; Chez Malassis, Imprimeur-Libraire de la Marine, 1775.

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  13. Title: Plan of the Bay and Harbour of Trincomalay on the island of Ceylon : surveyed in 1762 by the order of Admiral Cornish

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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale approximately 1:34,000 (E 81°11'02"--E 81°20'51"/N 8°38'07"--N 8°27'09"). Relief shown by landforms. Depths shown by soundings. Includes text, coastal profiles, detailed navigation instructions, and information on tides. 53 x 69 centimeters

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