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  1. Title: Topographical Map Of The City and County Of New - York, and the adjacent Country: With Views in the border of the principal Buildings and interesting Scenery of the Island. Published By J.H. Colton & Co. No. 4 Spruce St. New-York. 1836. Engraved & Printed by S. Stiles & Company, New-York. Entered ... 1836, by J.H. Colton & Co. ... New York. (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced image of a map of New York City (approx. 1836). The historic map layers in the Google Earth Rumsey Map Collection have been selected by David Rumsey from his large collection of historical maps, as well as some from other collections with which he collaborates. All the maps contain rich information about the past and represent a sampling of time periods, scales, and cartographic art, resulting in visual history stories that only old maps can tell. Each map has been georeferenced by Rumsey, thus creating unique digital map images that allow the old maps to appear in their correct places on the modern globe. Some of the maps fit perfectly in their modern spaces, while othersgenerally earlier period mapsreveal interesting geographical misconceptions of their time. Cultural features on the maps can be compared to the modern satellite views using the slider bars to adjust transparency. The result is an exploration of time as well as space, a marriage of historic cartographic masterpieces with innovative contemporary software tools.

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  2. Title: Colton's New Railroad & County Map Of The United States, The Canadas &c. Published By J.H. Colton, No. 172 William St., New York 1862. Entered ... 1861 by J.H. Colton ... New York. (inset) Colton's Map of the United States Showing the Proposed Railroad Routes To The Pacific Ocean. (inset) Southern Part Of Florida (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced image of a Civil War map - Confederacy green, North red, border states yellow. A pasted down sheet in the bottom margin explains the color coding and gives population statistics for the three regions. There is an ad for "Colton's...Complete Series of War Maps" on the verso of the cover and a pasted down list of Union and Confederate Political and Military leaders on the verso of the map. The map was sold in London by Sampson Low, Son & Co., by arrangement with Colton. All the prices quoted for Colton's maps on the paste down are in pounds. There was great demand in England for maps of the American Civil War, and Colton exploited it by providing his maps to English map sellers. W.H. has an identical copy of this map sold by Crutchly. Stanford also sold this map under his imprint. The historic map layers in the Google Earth Rumsey Map Collection have been selected by David Rumsey from his large collection of historical maps, as well as some from other collections with which he collaborates. All the maps contain rich information about the past and represent a sampling of time periods, scales, and cartographic art, resulting in visual history stories that only old maps can tell. Each map has been georeferenced by Rumsey, thus creating unique digital map images that allow the old maps to appear in their correct places on the modern globe. Some of the maps fit perfectly in their modern spaces, while othersgenerally earlier period mapsreveal interesting geographical misconceptions of their time. Cultural features on the maps can be compared to the modern satellite views using the slider bars to adjust transparency. The result is an exploration of time as well as space, a marriage of historic cartographic masterpieces with innovative contemporary software tools.

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  3. Title: Colton's Africa: southern sheet (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of an historic regional map of Southern Africa originally created by J.F. Colton in 1855. 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 630.333 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. Stanford Geospatial Center. (2013). Colton's Africa: southern sheet (Raster Image). Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/hj663rt1266. 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: Long Island, New York & Connecticut, 1863 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Map of Long Island and the southern part of Connecticut. It was published by J.H. Colton in 1863. Scale [ca. 1:165,000]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the North American Datum 1983, Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) Zone 18N 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, shoreline features, roads, railroads, canals, post offices, churches, mills and factories, township and county boundaries, and more. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Includes also inset of Greater New York.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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  5. Title: P. Mc.D. Collins' proposed overland telegraph via Behring's Strait and Asiatic Russia to Europe, under Russian & British grants.

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    Summary: Shows proposed and completed telegraph lines worldwide and detailed routes of varioius explorers. Includes table of distances. Relief shown by hatchures. Prime meridian: Washington. 41 x 61 centimeters Scale not given. General Map Collection

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  6. Title: Colton's new railroad map of the states of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Wisconsin & Iowa. Minnesota, Nebraska & Kansas : showing the township lines of the United States surveys.

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    Summary: Washington.;1 map, colored;47 x 67 cm.;ca. 1:2,200,000

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  7. Title: Colton's map of California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona & New Mexico.

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians: Washington and Greenwich. Shows railroad surveys and locates Native American tribes. On plates 65-66 possibly from Colton's General Atlas, Containing One Hundred And Eighty Steel Plate Maps And Plans, On One Hundred And Eight Imperial Folio Sheets. Text on verso includes details about the territories of New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, and Dakota. Also includes deatiled information about the state of California, including population, land allotment, and crops. 1 map: col.; 41 x 67 cm.

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  8. Title: Colton's New Jersey

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1855 by J.H. Colton & Co." Probably issued in: Colton's general atlas ... New York : J.H. Colton & Co., 1862.

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  9. Title: Colton's United States shewing the military stations, forts, &c

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1855 by J.H. Colton." General map of the United States extending from the Atlantic coast through most of Texas.

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  10. Title: Colton's Michigan

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    Summary: Shows Lower Peninsula.; "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1855 by J.H. Colton & Co. ..."; Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington.; From: Colton's general atlas. New York, 1860, 1862, or 1864 edition No. 42. 35 x 28 centimeters Scale approximately 1:1,350,000 General Map Collection

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  11. Title: Colton's Indiana

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    Summary: Prime meridian: Washington. Detached from an atlas, no. 41. Verso: The state of Michigan [text]. Scale approximately 1:1,300,000.

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  12. Title: Colton's New Jersey

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1859 by J.H. Colton & Co." Probably issued in: Colton's atlas of the world. New York : J.H. Colton & Co., 1860.

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  13. Title: Minnesota

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    Summary: Longitude west from Greenwich and Washington, D.C. 12.5 x 15.5 inches General Minnesota Maps

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  14. Title: California

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures.; Inset: City of San Francisco.; In upper right corner: No. 52.; Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1855 by J.H. Colton. on sheet 58 x 45 Centimeters Scale approximately 1:2,700,000 General Map Collection

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  15. Title: Colton's Germany : no. 4

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    Summary: Shows Bavaria and Baden-Württemburg. Relief indicated by hachures and spot heights. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1855 by J.H. Colton ... " In margin: No. 115. Text on verso with caption title: Germany. No. VII.--Anhalt, Schwartzburg, Hohenzollern, etc. Probably issued in: Colton's general atlas ... New York : G.W. and C.B. Colton & Co., 1866. George W. and Charles B. Colton took over the business founded by their father Joseph H. around 1865. cf. Tooley's dictionary of mapmakers.

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  16. Title: Colton's Germany : no. 2

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    Summary: Shows northern Germany. Relief indicated by hachures. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1855 by J.H. Colton ... " Insets: Hamburg -- Bremen. In margin: No. 113. Text on verso with caption title: Germany. No. VIII.--Hanover and Wurtemburg. Probably issued in: Colton's general atlas ... New York : G.W. and C.B. Colton & Co., 1866. George W. and Charles B. Colton took over the business founded by their father Joseph H. around 1865. cf. Tooley's dictionary of mapmakers.

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  17. Title: Colton's Germany : no. 3

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    Summary: Shows Westphalia, Hesse, Darmstadt and the Rhine provinces of Prussia. Relief indicated by hachures and spot heights. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1855 by J.H. Colton ... " In margin: No. 114. Text on verso with caption title: Germany. No. VI.--Mecklenburg, Nassau, and Oldenburg. Probably issued in: Colton's general atlas ... New York : G.W. and C.B. Colton & Co., 1866. George W. and Charles B. Colton took over the business founded by their father Joseph H. around 1865. cf. Tooley's dictionary of mapmakers.

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  18. Title: California

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Inset: City of San Francisco. In upper right corner: No. 52. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1855 by J.H. Colton."

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  19. Title: Colton's Europe

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    Summary: Relief indicated by hachures and spot heights. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1855 by J.H. Colton ... " In margin: No. 99. Text on verso with caption title: The British Empire--no. 1. Probably issued in: Colton's general atlas ... New York : G.W. and C.B. Colton & Co., 1866. George W. and Charles B. Colton took over the business founded by their father Joseph H. around 1865. cf. Tooley's dictionary of mapmakers.

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  20. Title: Missouri

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    Summary: Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1852 by J.H. Colton in the clerks office of the district court for the southern district of New York.; "Census of Missouri" on verso. 30 x 36 centimeters Scale approximately 1:1,740,000 General Map Collection

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