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  1. 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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  2. Title: A new map of Michigan with its canals, roads & distances; by H.S. Tanner.; Inset title: Western part of Michigan

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    Summary: Prime meridian: Washington. Engraved by: E.B. Dawson. From: Tanner's universal atlas, no. 25. Below border at left: "Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1836, by H.S. Tanner, in the clerk's office of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania." Inset map: Western Part of Michigan. Includes table of steam boat routes. Shows county divisions. 1 map: col.; 33 x 27 cm.

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  3. Title: A new map of Michigan with its canals, roads & distances; by H.S. Tanner.; Inset title: Western part of Michigan

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    Summary: Prime meridian: Washington. Engraved by: E.B. Dawson. From: Tanner's universal atlas, no. 25. Below border at left: "Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1841, by H.S. Tanner, in the clerks office of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania." Inset map: Western Part of Michigan. Includes table of steam boat routes. Shows county divisions. 1 map: col.; 33 x 27 cm.

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  4. Title: A new map of Michigan with its canals, roads & distances; by H.S. Tanner.

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    Summary: Prime meridian: Washington. Engraved by: E.B. Dawson. From: Tanner's universal atlas, no. 25. Below border at left: "Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1833, by H.S. Tanner, in the clerk's office of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania." Includes table of steam boat routes. Shows county divisions. 1 map: col.; 33 x 27 cm.

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  5. Title: New map of Canada, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia

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    Summary: Includes insets of "Environs of Montreal" and "Newfoundland"; Scales in geographical and British miles.; Prime meridian: Greenwich.; Includes key to railways, proposed railways and canals. 56 x 86 centimeters Scale ca. [1:2,217,600] General Map Collection

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  6. Title: Dawson's map of the Dominion of Canada

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    Summary: Shows railways, canals, and free grant lands.; Includes insets of "Continuation of map to the Pacific, showing British Columbia & Manitoba," "Environs of Montreal" (scale [ca. 1:950,000]), and "Newfoundland" (scale [ca. 1:3,200,000]). 57 x 86 centimeters Scale approximately 1:2,400,000 General Map Collection

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  7. Title: Salem, 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 city of Salem, Mass. from an actual survey by H. Mc.Intyre, Cl. engr. ; H.E.B. Taylor, assistant. It was published by Henry Mc.Intyre in 1851. Scale [ca. 1:3,048].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.), private buildings with names of property owners, town boundaries, cemeteries, wharves and docks, and more. Relief shown by hachures. Includes also 7 views of town buildings and residences.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: Susquehanna and Delaware Rivers headwaters, New York, 1790 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Map of the head waters of the rivers Susquehanna & Delaware embracing the early patents on the south side of the Mohawk River : from the original, drawn about the year 1790, by Simeon DeWitt, Esq. ... ; with the date of each patent now appended from the rec. in surveyr. genls. office, by E.B. O'C. It was published by Weed, Parsons & Co. in 1849. Scale [ca. 1:260,000]. Covers portion of Central New York including Oneida, Herkimer, Montgomery, Schenectady, Schoharie, Otsego, Delaware, and Greene Counties. 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 is a cadastral map showing property boundaries, names of property owners, dates of patent, drainage, and more. Includes ill. 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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  9. Title: Map showing the lines of communication between Southern Colorado and Northern New Mexico

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures.

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  10. Title: British Columbia, Shuswap sheet: economic minerals and glacial striae; by George M. Dawson, assisted by James McEvoy, 1898; compiled and drawn by James McEvoy.; Shuswap sheet

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    Summary: Covers an area in southeastern British Columbia. Most of the area covered is in the Regional District of North Okanagan; the area includes Adams Lake, Shuswap Lake, Salmon Arm, Enderby, Armstrong, and Vernon. Relief shown by contours, shading, and spot heights. Depths shown by soundings. Also shows roads, trails, and Indian villages. Includes inset of the northern portion of Adams Lake. "Sheet No. 11"--Upper margin. "669"--Lower right margin. 1 map: col.; 54 x 51 cm., on sheet 67 x 92 cm.

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  11. Title: British Columbia Kamloops sheet, geologically coloured; compiled and drawn by James McEvoy B.A.Sc.

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    Summary: Relief shown by contours. At head of map "Geological Survey of Canada, George M. Dawson, C.M.G., L.L.D., F.R.S. & c. Director." "Sheet No. 12." "556" Includes "Explanatory Notes." On verso "556 British Columbia, sheet No. 12 (Kamloops sheet) Geology." 1 map: col.; 53 x 54 cm

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  12. Title: British Columbia Kamloops sheet, topography, economic minerals, & glacial striae; compiled and drawn by James McEvoy B.A.Sc.

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    Summary: Relief shown by contours and shadings. Contour interval 500 ft. "To accompany report by George M. Dawson C.M.G.,L.L.D.,F.R.S. At head of map "Geological Survey of Canada." "Sheet No.12." "557" Includes "Explantion of signs." On verso "557 British Columbia, sheet No.12.(Kamloops sheet.) Topography, economic minerals, glacial Striae." 1 map: col.; 53 x 55 cm

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  13. Title: Map of a portion of the Southern Interior of British Columbia embodying the explorations made in 1877 by G. M. Dawson, and in 1882-4 by Amos Bowman.; drawn by Israel Marion.

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. "The Burland Lithographic Co. Montreal." 1 map: col.; 58 x 51 cm

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  14. Title: Geological map of the northern part of Vancouver Island and adjacent coasts; by George M. Dawson.

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Includes 3 insets. Includes lists of "Kwakiool Indian names of places." 1 map: col.; 44 x 81 cm.

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  15. Title: Map showing wooded and prairie tracts in the region in the vicinity of the Bow and Belly Rivers embracing the southern portion of the District of Alberta and part of Assiniboia, Northwest Territory; by George M. Dawson, assisted by R.G. McConnell.

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Includes notes. 1 map: col.; 59 x 67 cm

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  16. Title: Geological map of the region in the vicinity of the Bow and Belly Rivers embracing the Southern portion of the District of Alberta and part of Assiniboia, Northwest Territory George M. Dawson, Geological and Natural History Survey of Canada.

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Includes cross section from Coal Creek to Medicine Hat. 1 map: col.; 59 x 66 cm

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  17. Title: Map illustrating the distribution of some of the more important trees in British Columbia by George M. Dawson.

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. 1 map: col.; 32 x 42 cm

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  18. Title: Geological map of a portion of the Southern Interior of British Columbia by George Dawson D.S., A.R.S.M., F.G.S.

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. "The Burland Lithographic Co. Montreal." 1 map: col.; 53 x 51 cm

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  19. Title: Chinatown, San Francisco, California 1885 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Official map of Chinatown in San Francisco, prepared under the supervision of the special committee of the board of supervisors, July 1885, W.B. Farwell, John E. Kunkler, E.B. Pond. It was engraved & printed by Bosqui Eng. & Print Co. in 1885. Scale [1:480]. This image consists of images of a two sheet source map that have been stitched together using image editing software to create one image. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the California Zone III State Plane Coordinate System NAD83 (in Feet) (Fipszone 0403). 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 cadastral map shows features such as roads, buildings with street addresses and types of businesses, and more. Buildings colored to show: general Chinese occupancy, Chinese gambling houses, Chinese prostitution, Chinese opium resorts, Chinese Joss houses, and White prostitution. 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: Handy indexed map of the city of Detroit showing complete street railway systems to date October, 1895.

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    Summary: Title from cover. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Street index on verso. "Copyright 1888, F. B. Williams." Includes description of street railway lines. 1 map: col.; 19 x 32 cm., folded in cover 16 x 9 cm.

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