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  1. Title: Chart of Lake Saint Clair; projected from trigonometrical surveys executed under the direction of Lt. Col. W.F. Raynolds, Corps of Engineers, & Brvt. Brig. Genl. U.S.A. in 1867 & 1868 and Major C.B. Comstock, Corps of Engineers, U.S.A. & Brt. Brig. Genl. U.S.A. in 1870 & 1871; drawn in 1873 and 1874; triangulation by Capt. F.U. Farquhar Corps of Engrs. and First Lieuts. J.F. Gregory and W.R. Livermore Corps of Engrs. and Assistants G.Y. Wisner and A.R. Flint; off shore hydrography by Lieuts. J.F. Gregory and W.R. Livermore; shore line topography & and hydrography by Lieuts. J.F. Gregory, W.R. Livermore and B.D. Green Corps of Engrs. and Assistants O.N. Chaffee, J.R. Mayer, Albert Molitor, A.C. Lamson & F.M. Towar; compilation and drawing for engraving by Assist. Edward Molitor.; Chart of Lake St. Clair

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    Summary: Depths shown by soundings and gradient tints. Also shows lighthouses, composition of lake bottom, and shoreline land use and buildings. Includes: notes, sailing directions, and water table. "Made in obedience to acts of Congress and orders from Headquarters of the Corps of Engineers, War Department." Variant of: Karpinski, L.C. Bib. of the printed maps of Michigan, 964. Without "Sheet No. 4" and "(Plate 5)." 1 map; 94 x 87 cm, on sheet 104 x 92 cm.

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  2. Title: St. Louis, Missouri and vicinity, 1903 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic, topographic paper map entitled: Saint Louis quadrangle, Missouri - Illinois, [by the] Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey; H. M. Wilson, geographer; topography by Chas. E. Cooke, Wm. O. Tufts, Gilbert Young and City of St. Louis; control by U.S.C. and G.S. and Geo. T. Hawkins. Ed. of Apr. 1904, reprinted 1932. Surveyed 1903. It was published by U.S.G.S. Scale 1:62,500. Covers City of Saint Louis, and portions of Saint Louis County, Missouri, and Saint Clair and Madison Counties, Illinois. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Missouri East State Plane Coordinate System NAD27 (in Feet) (Fipszone 2401). 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 is a typical topographic map portraying both natural and manmade features. It shows and names works of nature, such as mountains, valleys, lakes, rivers, vegetation, etc. It also identify the principal works of humans, such as roads, railroads, boundaries, transmission lines, major buildings, etc. Relief is shown with standard contour intervals of 20 feet and spot heights. 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: Perrine's new topographical war map of the southern states : taken from the latest government surveys and official reports

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    Summary: Shows Missouri, Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Tennessee.; "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1863, by C. O. Perrine, in the Clerk's Office of the District of the U.S. for the State of Indiana."; From: A concise history of the war by John S. Bishop. Indianapolis, index : C.O. Perrine, 1864.; Inset: Southern part of Florida. 72 x 95 centimeters Scale approximately 1:1,950,000 General Map Collection

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  4. Title: Côte orientale du Grönland, entre 65° et 79° L.N.

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    Summary: Relief shown by form lines and spot heights.; Includes inset location map.; "Revue de géographie, dirigée par L. Drapeyron." 40 x 23 Centimeters, on sheet 49 x 29 Centimeters Scale approximately 1:4,000,000 General Map Collection

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  5. Title: Plan of the fortifications of Paris : showing the enceinte and detached forts, communications and horizontal curves of the ground, from a survey published by the Prefect of the Department of the Seine

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    Summary: Covers Paris and environs. Shows forts, walls, street grid, vegetation, towns, hamlets and roads. Relief shown by hachures, countours and spot heights. Above upper margin: Sen. Ex. Doc. No. 59. - 1st Sess. 36th Cong. Delafield's Report. Plate 3.

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  6. Title: Geneva, Switzerland, 1880 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan de Geneve, N. Galais pere, ingeniuer geometre de [1ere] classe; litographie artistique Lelievre-Drache. It was published by Lelievre-Drache in 1880. Scale 1:3,000. Covers Geneva, Switzerland. Map in French. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the European Datum 1950, Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) Zone 32N 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 roads, railroads and stations, street railway lines, drainage, built-up areas and selected buildings, cemeteries, parks, docks, 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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  7. Title: Newton, Massachusetts, 1855 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Map of the town of Newton, Middlesex County, Mass., surveyed by order of the town by H.F. Walling, Sup. of the state map; assistant engineers F.S. Belden, N. Smith, Jr. It was published by Lith of Sarony & Co. in 1855. Scale [1:12,900]. 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, index maps, legends, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows features such as roads, railroads and stations, drainage, public buildings, schools, industry locations (e.g. mills, factories, etc.), selected private buildings with names of property owners, town boundaries, cemeteries, and more. Relief shown by hachures. Includes insets: West Newton -- Newton Corner.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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  8. Title: Dedham (including Westwood and Norwood), Massachusetts, 1851 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Map of the town of Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, [by] N. Smith Jr. & H.F. Walling, civil engineers. It was published in 1851. Scale [ca. 1:20,000]. Covers the towns of Dedham, Westwood, and Norwood. 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, railroads, 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. Includes inset: Dedham village. Scale [ca. 1:5,900]. 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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  9. Title: Situation des principales ressources minerales de l'Afrique Location of chief mineral resources of Africa

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    Summary: "Fonds topographiques l'Equisse structurale provisoire de l'Afrique (document ASGA)". © Unesco 1962. Original map is filed in the Map/Geospatial Center, a map reproduction is attached to companion volume. Companion text devotes the first chapter to a history of "Topographic mapping of Africa". Document established with the assistance of the Association of African Geological Surveys. 1961.

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  10. Title: Hamburg, Germany, 1853 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Hamburg, drawn under the direction of Willm. Lindley, Esqr. C.E. April 1841; engraved by B.R. Davies. It was published by George Cox, Jan. 1, 1853. Scale [ca. 1:10,000]. Covers Hamburg, Germany. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the WGS84 UTM Zone 32N 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, railroads and stations, drainage, built-up areas and selected buildings, docks, ground cover, and more. Relief is shown by hachures. 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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  11. Title: Map showing the line of the Buffalo & Washington Railway and its connections, 1865

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    Summary: Scale approximately 1:2,534,400; 1 map; 25 x 26 cm Buffalo and Washington Railway Company--Maps.

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  12. Title: Saint Petersburg, 1912 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan S. Peterburga ispravlennyi po 1912 g. It was published by: Izdanīe G.F. Knokh in 1912. Scale ca. 1:2,625. Map in Russian. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the WGS 1984 UTM Zone 36N (EPSG: 32636) 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: Norway, 1761 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Kongeriget Norge afdelet i sine fiire Stifter : nemlig Aggershuus, Christiansand, Bergenhuus og Tronhiem, samt underliggende Provstier ... forfoerdiget Aar 1761, af O.A. Wangensteen, Capitain ved det Norske Artillerie-Corps ; T.A. Pingeling Junior, sculp. It was published in 1761. Scale [ca. 1:2,700,000]. Covers Norway and a portion of Sweden. Map in Norwegian.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 drainage, cities and other human settlements, roads, territorial and administrative boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Includes inset: Nordland og Finmarken under Tronhiems Stift.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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  14. Title: Plat of Bloomington : Township 115 & 116 N, Range 21 W of the 5th PM. / Township 27 N, Range 23 & 24 W of the 4th PM.

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    Summary: Page 9: Atlas of Hennepin County, Minnesota, 1913

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  15. Title: Platted Property in Minnetonka Township

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    Summary: Page 57: Atlas of Hennepin County, Minnesota, 1913

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  16. Title: Plat of Maple Grove: Township 119 N, Range 22 W of the 5th PM.

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    Summary: Page 51: Atlas of Hennepin County, Minnesota, 1913

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  17. Title: Village of Mound

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    Summary: Page 66: Atlas of Hennepin County, Minnesota, 1913

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  18. Title: Village of Hanover

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    Summary: Page 46: Atlas of Hennepin County, Minnesota, 1913

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  19. Title: Village of Edina: Township 116 & 117 N, Range 21 W of the 5th PM. / Township 28 N, Range 24 W of the 4th PM.

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    Summary: Page 27: Atlas of Hennepin County, Minnesota, 1913

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  20. Title: Platted Property in Minnetonka Township

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    Summary: Page 58: Atlas of Hennepin County, Minnesota, 1913

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