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  1. Title: France, 1723 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: La France divisée par generalitez, par N. de Fer, Geographe de sa Majesté Catholique. It was published by Chez le Sr. Danet, Gendre de lAuteur sur le Pont N. Dame a la Sphere Royale avec Privil. du Roy in 1723. Scale approximately 1:2,200,000. Map in French. 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, territorial and administrative boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown pictorially. Includes also a table of the longitude and latitude of principal cities as determined by the latest observations of the Royal Academy of Sciences. and a detailied list of the generalities of France and of all their subdivisions.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: Orleans, France, ca. 1728 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Les jonctions de deux grandes rivieres de Loire et de Seine par le nouveau canal d'Orleans et celuy de Briare, mis au jourr par le Sr. Fer. It was published by chez Danet... sur le pont N. Dame a la Sphere Royale ca. 1728. Scale not given. 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 31N 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, and more. Relief shown by shading and hachures. Includes also indexes, descriptive notes on both canals, and scale bar with compass in boat transporting barrels. 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: Patriae antiquae inter July et Caroli Magni Caesarum Roma Norum tempora descriptio; Hewich inventor.

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. "S. Saevry - sculptor." North oriented toward the right side of the map. Hornius compiled maps for this sixth volume of Jansson's "Novus Atlas". Horn, also known as Hornius, published this volume separately in 1653 as, "Accuratissima orbis antiqua delineatio". Shows Belgium, The Netherlands and western Germany from the period of Julius Caesar to the reign of Charlemagne. 1 map; 39 x 48 cm

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  4. Title: A new mapp of the city of London &c. : with the many additionall buildings and new streets anno 1723 in a playne (Raster Image).

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: A new mapp of the city of London c. : with the many additionall buildings and new streets anno 1723 in a playne. It was printed and sold by Thomas Taylor at the Golden Lyon in Fleet Street, 1723. 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 as part of the Authorial London project, an application which allows users to visualize the spatial overlap of varios authors who lived in and traveled through London over the last 600 years. 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 221.645 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. A new mapp of the city of London &c. : with the many additionall buildings and new streets anno 1723 in a playne (Raster Image). Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: https://purl.stanford.edu/zd451rk7545 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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  5. Title: North & West Africa, 1655 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: L'Afrique, ou Lybie ulterieure : ou sont le Saara, ou desert, le pays des Negres, la Guinee, et les pays circonv. tiree en partie de Sanut, et de l'Arabe de Nubie, en partie de diverses cartes veues jusques a present par le S. Sanson d'Abbeville, geog. ordre. du Roy ; I. Somer Pruthenus, sculp. It was published by Chez Pierre Mariette, rue St. Iacques a l'Esperance in 1655. Scale [ca. 1:10,500,000]. Covers portions of North and West Africa. Map in French.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the World Miller Cylindrical 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, and more. Relief shown pictorially.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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  6. Title: Southern, Central, & Eastern Africa, 1655 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Basse Aethiopie, qui comprend les Royaume de Congo, coste, et pays des Cafres, empires du Monomatapa, Monoemugi : la coste deca le Cap Negre est tiree en partie de Samuel Blommaert ; en dela, avecq l'Isle de Madagascar, de Sanuto ; le dedans du pays, d'autres, par N. Sanson. I. Somer Pruthenus Sculp. It was published by Chez Pierre Mariette in 1655. Scale [ca. 1:11,250,000]. Covers portions of Southern, Central, and Eastern Africa. 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, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown pictorially.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: London, England, 1723 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: A new mapp of the city of London &c. : with the many additionall buildings and new streets anno 1723 in a playne. It was printed and sold by Thomas Taylor at the Golden Lyon in Fleet Street, 1723. Scale [ca. 1:7,300]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the British National Grid coordinate system (British National Grid, Airy Spheroid OSGB (1936) Datum). 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, selected buildings (some shown pictorially), churches, built-up areas, docks, city district boundaries, and more. Includes illustrations and 5 indices or tables: The names of the severall wards into which this city is divided -- The rates for watermen as they are set forth by the Lord Mayer and court of Aldermen -- The rates of hackney-coaches and chairs, according to Act of Parliament -- Refferences to letters to find the most publick buildings -- References by figures to the severall churches in and about this city. 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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  8. Title: Wassende graade Kaart van alle bekende zeekusten op den geheelen aardbodem: door voogt geogmetra; by Johannes van Keulen.

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    Summary: Prime meridian: [Ferro]. 1 map: col.; 51 x 60 cm.

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  9. Title: Eastern Europe, 1734 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: La Pologne : dressée sur ce qu'en ont donée Starovolsk, Beauplan, Hartnoch, et autres auteurs, rectifiee par les observations d'Hevelius, etc. It was published by: Chez Pierre Schenk in 1734. Scale approximately 1:2,550,000. Map in French. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Europe Lambert Conformal Conic (EPSG: 102014) 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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  10. Title: Plano della città e porto dell' Havana

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and soundings. From: Atlante dell'America. Livorno : Presso Gio. Tommaso Masi e Comp., 1777.

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  11. Title: A new map of Denmark and Sweden, ca. 1730 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: A new map of Denmark and Sweden : according to ye newest and most exact observations. It was published by: Printed for H. Moll over against Devereux Court without Temple Bar in the Strand, Iohn Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill, Thomas Bowles Print & Mapseller next to the Chapter house in St. Pauls Church yard and by Philip Overton Map & Printseller near S. Dunstans Church Fleetstreet ca. 1730. Scale [ca. 1:2,700,000].. Map in English. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Europe Lambert Conformal Conic (EPSG: 102014) 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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  12. Title: To the Honourable Walter Dowglass, Esq., constituted captain general and chief-governor of all ye Leeward Islands in America by her late Majesty Queen Anne in ye year 1711 : this map is most humbly dedicated by your most humble servant, Herman Moll, Geogr.

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    Summary: "Copied from an original map of the principal part of North America, in the library of Thomas Addis Emmet, M.D., of New York, for Mayor Courtenay of Charleston, S.C. Cadastral map includes "Berkley County" and "Colletons County", plus inset: A draught of town and harbour of Charles-Town. Numerous landowners indicated. 29 x 44 centimeters Scale indeterminate. General Map Collection

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  13. Title: A map of the continent of the East-Indies etc : containing the territories, settlements and factories of the Europeans, explaining what belongs to England, France, Holland, Denmark, Portugal, etc.

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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale approximately 1:18,000,000. Relief shown pictorially. On verso: 38. 20 x 42 centimeters Scale approximately 1:18,000,000 Ames Library of South Asia Maps

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  14. Title: Germany : divided into circles, agreeable to modern history

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. Includes geographical notes. "Lorrain was ceded to France A.D. 1736 ..." Numbered 13. From: Atlas minor ... / by Herman Moll. London : Thomas Bowles and John Bowles, [1736].

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  15. Title: India Proper : or the Empire of the Great Mogul agreeable to Modern History

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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale [1:14,000,000]. Imprint derived from the atlas in which the map was issued. Numbered 36. Shows boundaries, rivers, roads and settlements. London meridian. Relief shown pictorially. 26 x 20 centimeters Scale [1:14,000,000] Ames Library of South Asia Maps

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  16. Title: Denmark : agreeable to modern history

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    Summary: Imprint derived from the atlas in which the map was issued.; Numbered 7.; Notes about the countries.; Shows boundaries, rivers, roads, forests and settlements.; Relief shown pictorially.; London meridian. 20 x 27 centimeters Scale approximately 1:2,500,000 General Map Collection

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  17. Title: Virginia and Maryland, circa 1732

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    Summary: A map of Virginia and Maryland created by geographer H. Moll, circa 1732. 24 x 37 cm; 1 images; color

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  18. Title: A new and exact map of the dominions of the King of Great Britain on ye continent of North America containing Newfoundland, New Scotland, New England, New York, New Jersey, Pensilvania, Maryland, Virginia and Carolina; by Herman Moll.

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: London. Imprint date from Henry Stevens and Roland Tree's Comparative cartography, item 55c. Includes descriptive text. Insets: A view of ye industry of ye beavers of Canada ... the cataract of Niagara ... -- A draught of ye town and harbour of Charles-town -- A map of the principal part of North America -- A map of the improved part of Carolina with the settlements &c -- South part of Carolina and the east part of Florida ... 1 map: hand col.; 100 x 60 cm

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  19. Title: A new map of the upper part of Italy containing ye Principality of Piemont, ye Dutchies of Savoy, Milan, Parma, Mantua, Modena, Tuscany, the Dominions of ye Pope &c. the Republiques of Venice, Genoa, Lucca &c.

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. Inset: Locater map, Italy with the adjacent dominions about it &c. Inset views of fortified cities: Civita Vecchia, Venice, Mantua, Milan, Turin, Genoa, Placenza, Parma, Modena, Florenza and Rome. Harbor view: A prospect of the town and harbour of Leghorn ... Note: All the roads in this map are post roads. The figures in the road from Lyons to Turin are French leagues. All the other figures in the roads are computed distances in travelling from one city or place to another are Italian or English miles.

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  20. Title: A new map of Denmark and Sweden : according to ye newest and most exact observations.

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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale approximately 1:2,700,000 (W 0°04ʹ00ʺ--E 35°07ʹ00ʺ/N 71°21ʹ00ʺ--N 53°41ʹ00ʺ). Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridians: London and Ferro Island. Dedication: To His Excellency John Lord Bishop of Bristol Ld. Privy Seal and Her Majesty's first Plenipotentiary at the Treaty of Utrecht. This map is Humbly Dedicated by your Excellency's most humble Servant. H: Moll Geographer. Inset (upper left): The north part of Norway, Lapland and Greenland ... This Draught taken from J. Peterson ... Five b&w vignettes pertaining to Laplanders on right side, with caption below: The Laplanders being the most remarkable people in Europe; it will not be amiss to give a scheach of their manner of living ... Note (to upper left of title cartouche): The double line from Upsal to Torne shews ye rout King Charles ye XI, and his mathematicians took Anno 1694 in making their observations, which are carefully inserted here with many other remarks left to ye curious to observe. 1 map : color ; 60 x 100 centimeter on sheet 63 x 107 centimeter Scale approximately 1:2,700,000 General Map Collection

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