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  1. Title: Cambridge, England, 1574 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Oppidvm Cantebrigiae, Ric. Lyne, sculpsit. It was published by in 1574. Scale [ca. 1:3,800]. Covers University of Cambridge and surroundings. 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, ground cover, pictorial buildings, and more. Relief shown pictorially. 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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  2. Title: Valletta, Malta, 1869 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan of Valetta and its harbours. It was published by Day & Son in 1869. Scale [ca. 1:8,606]. Covers Valletta, Malta. 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 roads, drainage, built-up areas and selected buildings, fortification, shoreline features, wharves, and more. Relief shown by hachures. Includes also index and panoramic view of the harbor.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: The Residency, Palaces, &c. of Lucknow, 1858

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    Summary: This is a scanned version of the 1858 paper map entitled: The Residency, Palaces, &c. of Lucknow. The map was scanned at 300 dots per inch and is in the TIFF format.

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  4. Title: Easter Island, Chile, 1886 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Easter Island (Te Pito Te Henua Island), from a Chilean Government Survey in 1870 with additions and corrections in 1886 by Lieutenant F.M. Symonds and Naval Cadet C.M. McCormick, U.S.N. of the U.S.S. Mohican, Commander B.F. Day, U.S.N. Comdg. It was printed for the Harvard Museum of the Comparative Zoology in 1906. Scale [1:82,368]. Covers Easter Island, Chile.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the 'Mercator' 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 map shows shoreline features such as drainage, roads, human settlements, shoreline features, bays, harbors, coves, points, rocks, bottom types, anchorage points, and more. Relief shown by hachures, shading, and spot heights. Depth shown by soundings.This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from the Harvard Map Collection and the Harvard University Library as part of the Open Collections Program at Harvard University project: Organizing Our World: Sponsored Exploration and Scientific Discovery in the Modern Age. Maps selected for the project correspond to various expeditions and represent a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and purposes.

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  5. Title: Daniel's dream map

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    Summary: Allegorical map of Europe, Africa and Asia with four windheads. Relief shown pictorially. Title from: Shirley, p. 71. Also known as the Wittenberg world map. Used in editions of Luther's Wittenberg Bible. Map set in a page of text headed "Daniel, [p.] 113."

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  6. Title: Issola de' Rhodi

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. Originally issued on the same sheet with a map of Mytilene. "The initials NB or NBF ... stand for N(atale) B(onifacio) F(ecit)."--Zacharakis, C.G. Catalogue of printed maps of Greece. From: Civitatum aliquot insigniorum, et locor[um], magis munitor[um] exacta delineatio ... Venetiis : Donati Bertelli formis, 1574. Date of publication from Zacharakis.

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  7. Title: Map of the central province of Ceylon : exhibiting the situation of coffee estates

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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale [1:170,000]. (E 80°11'01"--E 81°07'53"/N 7°40'50"--N 6°20'17"). Relief shown as hachures and heights. Shows: administrative boundaries, roads, coffee estates."June 1873." Inset:"View of coffee plantation." 85 x 122 centimeters Scale [1:170,000] Ames Library of South Asia Maps

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  8. Title: La principaute de Dombes; J. van den Eynde sculpit.; La Principavte de Dombes

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. North oriented to the left. Includes French coat of arms and two figures on title cartouche, one holding a sword and the other a mirror, and a third face on the top of the title cartouche. From the Composite Atlas of France, title created to represent a unique collection within the Clark Library, University of Michigan. 1 map; 35 x 46 cm.

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  9. Title: Geologic map of the Arvin & Tejon Hills quadrangles

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    Summary: by Thomas W. Dibblee, Jr. ; edited by John A. Minch. "Topographic base map from available USGS 7.5-minute quadrangle... Arvin, CA 1992. DMA 2245 III NE - Series V895; Tejon Hills, CA 1955. Photorevised 1968, photoinspected 1973. DMA 2254 III SE - Series V895" "First printing, November 2008." Includes location map, index to adjacent 7.5 &15 minute quadrangles and index to sources of geology (1952). Relief shown by contours and spot heights. "Contour interval 20 feet." "Kurt Neher honorary map." Includes "pertinent references", most recent 1976. 8

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  10. Title: Geologic map of the Venice and Inglewood quadrangles, Los Angeles County, California

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    Summary: by Thomas W. Dibblee, Jr. ; edited by John A. Minch. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. "Topographic base map from available USGS 7.5-minute quadrangle Venice, CA 1964; photorevised 1981. DMA 2351 IV NW - series V895. Inglewood, CA 1964; photorevised 1981. DMA 2351 IV NE - series V895." "First printing, May 2007." Includes location map, index to adjacent 7.5 minute quadrangles, and index to sources of geology, most recent 1990. Includes "pertinent references", most recent 1989.

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  11. Title: Geologic map of the Mississippi Creek & Mustang Peak quadrangles, Santa Clara and Stanislaus counties, California

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    Summary: by Thomas W. Dibblee, Jr.; edited by John A. Minch. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. "Topographic base map from available USGS 7.5-minute quadrangle Mississippi Creek, CA 1996. Photorevised 1971. NIMA 1758 II NW - Series V895. Mustang Peak, CA 1955. Photorevised 1971. DMA 1758 III NE - Series V895. "First printing, July 2007." Includes location map, index to adjacent 7.5 minute quadrangles, and index to sources of geology, most recent 1974. Includes "pertinent references", most recent 1993.

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  12. Title: Geologic map of the Crevison Peak and Howard Ranch quadrangles, Merced, Santa Clara, and Stanislaus Counties, California

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    Summary: by Thomas W. Dibblee, Jr.; edited by John A. Minch. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. "Topographic base map from available USGS 7.5-minute quadrangle Crevison Peak, CA 1955 photorevised 1971, AMS 1758 II NW -- Series V895; Howard Ranch, CA 1999, NIMA 1758 II NE -- series V895." "First printing, August 2007." Includes quadrangle location map, index to adjacent 7.5 minute quadrangles, and index to sources of geology. John Cooper memorial map. Includes "pertinent references", most recent published in 1975.

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  13. Title: Geologic map of the Mercey Hot Springs quadrangle, Fresno and San Benito counties, California

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    Summary: by Thomas W. Dibblee, Jr. ; edited by John A. Minch. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. "Topographic base map from available USGS 7.5-minute quadrangle Mercey Hot Springs, CA 2000. NIMA 1857 III NE--Series V895." "First printing, June 2007." Includes location map, index to adjacent 7.5 minute quadrangles, and index to sources of geology, most recent 1972. Mel Erskine honorary map. Includes "pertinent references", most recent 1972.

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  14. Title: Geologic map of the San Luis Dam and Volta quadrangles, Merced County, California

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    Summary: by Thomas W. Dibblee, Jr. ; edited by John A. Minch. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. "Topographic base map from available USGS 7.5-minute quadrangle San Luis Dam, CA 1969, photoinspected 1978, DMA 1758 II SE--Series V895; Volta , CA 1960, photoinspected 1971, AMS 1758 III SW--Series V895." "First printing, July 2007." Includes location map, index to adjacent 7.5 minute quadrangles, and index to sources of geology, most recent 1974. Includes "pertinent references", most recent 1999.

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  15. Title: Geologic map of the Wilcox Ridge quadrangle, Stanislaus County, California

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    Summary: by Thomas W. Dibblee, Jr.; edited by John A. Minch. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. "Topographic base map from available USGS 7.5-minute quadrangle Wilcox Ridge CA 1956, photorevised 1971, AMS 1758 IV SE, series V895." "First printing, August 2007." Includes quadrangle location map, index to adjacent 7.5 minute quadrangles, and index to sources of geology, most recent 1975. Darrel S. Cowan honorary map. Includes "pertinent references", most recent published in 1974.

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  16. Title: Geologic map of the Cosio Knob quadrangle, Monterey County, California

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    Summary: by Thomas W. Dibblee, Jr. ; edited by John A. Minch. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. "Topographic base map from available USGS 7.5-minute quadrangle Cosio Knob CA 1949. Photorevised 1984. DMA 1756 II SW - series V895." "First printing, February 2007." Includes quadrangle location map, index to adjacent 7.5 minute quadrangles, and index to sources of geology, most recent field work 2003. Includes "pertinent references", most recent 1979.

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  17. Title: Geologic map of the Pebblestone Shut-in quadrangle, San Luis Obispo County, California

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    Summary: by Thomas W. Dibblee, Jr. ; edited by John A. Minch. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. "Topographic base map from available USGS 7.5-minute quadrangle Pebblestone Shut-in CA 1959." "Contour interval 40 feet." "First printing, November 2007." "Cathy Busby honorary map." Includes quadrangle location map, index to adjacent 7.5 minute quadrangles, and index to sources of geology, most recent 1974. Includes "pertinent references", most recent 1979.

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  18. Title: Geologic map of the Monarch Peak quadrangle, Monterey and San Benito counties, California

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    Summary: by Thomas W. Dibblee, Jr. ; edited by John A. Minch. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. "Topographic base map from available USGS 7.5-minute quadrangle Monarch Peak CA 1967; photorevised 1984. DMA 1856 III NE, series V895." "First printing, April 2007." "Reinhard Suchland honorary map." Includes quadrangle location map, index to adjacent 7.5 minute quadrangles, and index to sources of geology, most recent 1969. Includes "pertinent references", most recent 1979.

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  19. Title: Geologic map of the Point Sur, Big Sur, and Pfeiffer Point quadrangles, Monterey County, California

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    Summary: by Thomas W. Dibblee, Jr.; edited by John A. Minch. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. "Topographic base map from available USGS 7.5-minute quadrangle Point Sur, CA 1956, photorevised 1983, DMA 1656 IV SW -- Series V895; Big Sur, CA 1956, AMS 1656 IV SE -- Series V895; Pfeiffer Point , CA 1956." "First printing, September 2007." Includes quadrangle location map, index to adjacent 7.5 minute quadrangles, and index to sources of geology. Hal Myers honorary map. Includes "pertinent references", most recent published in 1999.

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  20. Title: Geologic map of the Panoche quadrangle, San Benito and Fresno counties, California

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    Summary: by Thomas W. Dibblee, Jr. ; edited by John A. Minch. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. "Topographic base map from available USGS 7.5-minute quadrangle Panoche, CA 1969. AMS 1857 III SE - series V895." "First printing, May 2007." Includes location map, index to adjacent 7.5 minute quadrangles, and index to sources of geology, most recent 1974. Includes "pertinent references", most recent 1992.

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