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  1. Title: Méxique

    • Image data
    • 1846
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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Shows inner departments/provinces of Mexico, areas of Indian habitation, major cities, towns, and notable physical features; Texas as a separate entity. Includes notes. Prime meridian: Paris. Inset: Guatemala. In right upper margin: 31. P. 31 from an unidentified Duvotenay atlas. Outline color.

  2. Title: Balkan Peninsula, 1903 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2010
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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Die Staaten von Sudost=Europa :Rumanien, Serbien, Montenegro, Bulgarien, Kreta, Europ. Turkei, Griechenland, Redigiert v. Dr. K. Peucker ; Rudolph Maschek sculps ; Kartogr. Anst. v. Th. Bannwarth. It was published by Artaria in 1903. Scale 1:3,000,000. Covers Southeastern Europe including the Balkans and a portion of Turkey. Map in German. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to a modified 'Europe Lambert Conformal Conic' projection with a central meridian of 24 degrees East 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 features such as drainage, cities and other human settlements, forts, roads, railroads, canals, territorial and provincial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown by hachures 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 Open Collections Program at Harvard University project: Islamic Heritage Project. Maps selected for the project represent a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and purposes. The Islamic Heritage Project consists of over 100,000 digitized pages from Harvard's collections of Islamic manuscripts and published materials. Supported by Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal and developed in association with the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program at Harvard University.

  3. Title: A map of the common lands between the three and six mile stones, belonging to the corporation of the city of New York

    • Image data
    • 1861
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    Summary: Cadastral map showing property lot numbers and dimensions, sold and leased lots, and names of property owners. Covers the area later bounded by 23rd and 93rd Streets, 1st and 8th Avenues, Manhattan. Facsimile of ms. map. "March 5th, 1796." "This map copied on a reduced scale by the kind permission of R.T. Haws, Esqr., comptroller, city of New-York by George Hayward, 1861." "Lith. for D.T. Valentine's Manual for 1861 by Geo. Hayward." Oriented with north toward the upper right.

  4. Title: Plan of the city of New York

    • Image data
    • 1856
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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Shows wards. Includes index to buildings. "Engraved from original map by G. Hayward ... for D.T. Valentines Manual for 1856."

  5. Title: Map of the northern parts of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois with Michigan and that part of the Ouisconsin territory lying east of the Mississippi River

    • Not specified
    • 1836
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    Summary: Extent: 1 map Notes: Manuscript note: "To accompany Mr. Thomas' report no. 380, on boundary of Ohio & Michigan.".

  6. Title: Michigan

    • Not specified
    • 1831
    Contributors:

    Summary: Extent: 1 map Notes: Prime meridians: Greenwich, Washington. Relief shown by hachures.

  7. Title: A chart of the Texel roads, with those of the islands of Vlieland, Schelling, & Ameland, and both sides of the coast up to Amsterdam

    • Image data
    • 1782
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    Summary: Depths shown by soundings. In upper margin: Political Mag. Aug. 1782.

  8. Title: An accurate map of Rhode Island, part of Connecticut and Massachusets [sic] : shewing Admiral Arbuthnot's station in blocking up Admiral Ternay

    • Image data
    • 1780
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    Summary: Covers Rhode Island, the eastern half of Connecticut, southeastern Massachusetts as far east as Falmouth and Martha's Vineyard, and eastern Long Island. Relief shown pictorially in Connecticut only. Prime meridian: Ferro; incorrectly marked "London" on map.

  9. Title: A new and correct map of North America : in which the places of the principal engagements during the present war are accurately inserted

    • Image data
    • 1780
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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. "Published as the Act directs." Prime meridian: London. From: Political magazine, v. 1, April 1780.

  10. Title: Lake George region

    • Early maps ; Physical maps
    • 1755
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    Summary: Scale approximately 1:350,000; 1 map; 27 x 17 cm, on sheet 44 x 23 cm George, Lake (N.Y. : Lake)--History--French and Indian War, 1755-1763--Maps

  11. Title: A map of the British and French settlements in North America; J. Lodge, delin. et sculp.

    • Not specified
    • 1755
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    Summary: Covers the eastern half of North America from Hudson Bay to the Gulf of Mexico. Relief shown pictorially. Shows boundaries, cities and towns, forts, Indian villages and tribal territory, and "Earl Granville's Property." "Longitude w. from London." "The French Incroachments are shewn by Oblique strokes, and their Forts with two Strokes, the English Forts by a single Stroke." Includes a brief historical note on the English claim to North America and the origins of several colonies. Appeared in Gentleman's Magazine in July, 1755. 1 map; 28 x 39 cm., folded to 18 x 10 cm.

  12. Title: A map of the British and French settlements in North America.

    • Early maps
    • 1750
    Contributors:

    Summary: Scale approximately 1:11,000,00; 1 map 28 x 39 cm North America--Maps--Early works to 1800

  13. Title: Worcester, Massachusetts, 1851 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2013
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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Map of the city of Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, from original surveys by H.F. Walling. It was published by Warren Lazell. Scale 1:3,950.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) 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, drainage, public buildings, schools, churches, cemeteries, industry locations (e.g. mills, factories, mines, etc.), selected private buildings with names of property owners, town and district boundaries, 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.

  14. Title: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1849 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2008
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Philadelphia, M.H. Traubel sct. It was published by A. McElroy in 1849. Scale [ca. 14,000]. Covers Philadelphia and a portion of Camden, New Jersey. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Pennsylvania South State Plane Coordinate System NAD83 (in Feet) (Fipszone 3702). 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, drainage, built-up areas, selected public buildings, wharves, and more. 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.

  15. Title: Djebel Rîḥā or Djebel iz-Zâwiyeh

    • Image data
    • 1914
    Contributors:

    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. In lower margin: Div. II, Sect. B., Pt. 3. Shows route of the American Archaeological Expedition to Syria, 1904-1905, ruins, and places visited or seen by members of the expedition. From: Syria : Publications of the Princeton University archaeological expeditions to Syria in 1904-5 and 1909 ... Leyden, E.J. Brill, 1914-1930.

  16. Title: Map of the southern coast of Arabia shewing the route of Captain S. B. Miles & Werner Munzinger, in 1870

    • Image data
    • 1872
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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Territories of major tribes are labeled. From: The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 41 (1871), pp. 210-45; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J687

  17. Title: Deep sea sections to illustrate the paper by Captn. Sherard Osborn, R.N.

    • Image data
    • 1871
    Contributors:

    Summary: Depth shown in fathoms [vertical scale ca. 1:531,800]. Seafloor composition shown by shading and text. Major islands are shown. Operations in laying transoceanic telegraph cables (1865-69) shown in Sections I and II. From: The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 41 (1871), pp. 46-58; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J687.

  18. Title: Map of the Afar country and the northern part of the Abyssinian highlands to illustrate the journey of W. Munzinger Esqre., late H. B. M. Consul at Massowa

    • Image data
    • 1870
    Contributors:

    Summary: Munzinger's route, Col. Phayre's route of 1868, and route of the British expedition in 1868 are shown. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Asali salt plain and other plains of region are shown. Locations of wells along Munzinger's route are shown. From: Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 39 (1869), pp. 188-232; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J687

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