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  1. Title: Washington, D.C., 1792 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan of the city of Washington in the territory of Columbia : ceded by the states of Virginia and Maryland to the United States of America, and by them established as the seat of their government, after the year MDCCC, engrav'd by Thackara & Vallance Philad'a 1792 ; in order to execute this plan, Mr. Ellicott drew a true meridional line ... and left nothing to the uncertainty of the compass. Andrew Ellicott plan of Washington, D.C. It was published in 1792. Scale [ca. 1:19,800]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Maryland State Plane Coordinate System Meters NAD83 (Fipszone 1900). 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, block numbers and proposed government buildings, drainage, and more. Relief is shown by hachures. Depths are shown by soundings. Includes text, notes, and coat-of-arms. 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: Washington, D.C., 1792 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan of the city of Washington in the territory of Columbia : ceded by the states of Virginia and Maryland to the United States of America, and by them established as the seat of their government, after the year MDCCC, engrav'd by Sam'l Hill, Boston ; in order to execute this plan, Mr. Ellicott drew a true meridional line. Andrew Ellicott plan of Washington, D.C. It was published in 1792. Scale [ca. 1:19,800]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Maryland State Plane Coordinate System Meters NAD83 (Fipszone 1900). 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, block numbers and proposed government buildings, drainage, and more. Relief is shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Includes text and notes. 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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  3. Title: Washington, D.C., 1815 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Territory of Columbia, drawn by And'w Ellicott ; engraved by P.A.F. Tardieu, Paris, 1815. It was published in 1815. Scale [ca. 1:63,360]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Maryland State Plane Coordinate System Meters NAD83 (Fipszone 1900). 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, district boundaries, government buildings, parks and more. Relief is shown by hachures. 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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  4. Title: Washington, D.C., 1792 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan of the city of Washington, Thackara & Vallance, sc. Andrew Ellicott plan of Washington, D.C. It was published in the Universal asylum, and Columbian magazine, v. 4, March 1792. Scale not given. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Maryland State Plane Coordinate System Meters NAD83 (Fipszone 1900). 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 proposed streets and government building locations, drainage, parks, and more. Relief is shown by hachures. 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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  5. Title: Plan of the town of Waterford

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    Summary: Photostats of original manuscript map done approximately 1795 located in the Pennsylvania State Archives.; Includes legend.; Alternate title: A correct Plan of the Town of Waterford and out-lots.; Relief shown by shading. 52 x 72 centimeters Scale [1:4,810] City Maps

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  6. Title: Plan of the city of Washington in the territory of Columbia : ceded by the states of Virginia and Maryland to the United States of America, and by them established as the seat of their government, after the year MDCCC

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    Summary: Shows block numbers and proposed government buildings. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Also covers Georgetown. Watermark: [crown over fleur-de-lis]. Includes text, notes, and coat-of-arms. 70 x 80 centimeters Scale approximately 1:19,800 City Maps

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  7. Title: South East Madagascar and the Ibara country from the surveys of Messrs. Sibree, Shaw & Richardson

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Major tribal areas are shown. From: The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 47, (1877), p. 47-72; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J687 v.47 1877

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  8. Title: West Central Madagascar from Messrs. Grandidier, Sewell &c.

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. From: The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 47, (1877), 47-72 pages; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J687 v.47 1877 From: The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 47, (1877), p. 47-72; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J687 v.47 1877

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  9. Title: Part of Madagascar

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Soil properties shown pictorially and with text. From: the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 47, (1877) pages 47-72; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J687 vol.47 1877 From: the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 47, (1877) pp. 47-72; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J687 vol.47 1877

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  10. Title: The central provinces of Madagascar

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Forest, marsh, and volcanic field areas shown graphically. Author's routes shown in red. Includes inset map of Madgascar [scale ca. 1:12,940,000 at 15° S], showing area of primary map. From: Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 45 (1875), pp. 128-52; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J687

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  11. Title: General survey of England and Wales: An entirely new & accurate survey of the County of Kent, with part of the County of Essex,; Done by the surveying draftsmen of His Majesty's honourable Board of Ordnance, on the basis of the trigonometrical survey carried on by their orders under the direction of Capt. W. Mudge of the Royal Artillery.; Entirely new & accurate survey of the County of Kent;Title on case: Ordnance map of Kent

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    Summary: Greenwich meridian. Relief shown by hachures. "Tho. Foot Engraver". Dedicated to Charles, Marquis Cornwallis. Note pasted on each sheet: "Sold by W. Faden Geographer to His Majesty and to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales." 1 map: dissected and mounted on linen; 120 x 174 cm.

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  12. Title: A map of America between latitudes 40 and 70 north and longitudes 45 and 180 west exhibiting Mackenzie's track from Montreal to Fort Chipewyan & from thence to the north sea in 1789 & to the west Pacific Ocean in 1793.

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    Summary: ... Published 15 Oct. 1801 ... Relief shown by hachures. From his, "Voyages from Montreal on the river St. Laurence". 1 map: hand col.; 43 x 78 cm.

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  13. Title: Geographische Karte vom Vorgebirge der Guten Hoffnung : nebst den da umher liegenden Colonien der Hollander und den von den Hottentotten bewohnten Gegenden

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially and by soundings. Insets of False Bay and profiles of coastline. In lower right margin: neue Reisebeschreibungen, 1st. Band. From: Andreas Sparmanns ... Reise nach dem Vorgebirge der guten Hoffnung ... Berlin : Haude und Spener, 1784.

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  14. Title: Nares Strait region, Canada and Greenland, 1853 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Chart exhibiting the discoveries of the second American-Grinnell-Expedition in search of Sir John Franklin : unrevised from the original material and projected on the spot by E.K. Kane. It was published by Lith of J. Bien in [1855]. Scale [ca. 1:400,000]. Covers the Nares Strait region, Greenland and Canada. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the 'NAD 1983 CSRS UTM Zone 19 North' 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 coastal features such as drainage, islands, capes, bays, tides, lines of ice, camps, and more. Relief shown by hachures. 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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  15. Title: Geological map of the environs of Marquette, Negaunee and Ishpeming; by C. Rominger.

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. "Julius Bien, lith. N.Y." From Rominger, Carl Ludwig. Upper Peninsula, 1878-1880, accompanied by a geological map. New York: Julius Bien, 1881. 1 map: hand col.; 46 x 76 cm

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  16. Title: Geological map of the Lower Peninsula; by C. Rominger, State Geologist; Julius Bien lith.

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    Summary: Detached from: Lower Peninsula, 1873-1876, accompanied by a geological map / C. Rominger. New York: Julius Bien, 1876. Vol. III. Prime meridian: [Washington, D.C.?]. "Atlas of Michigan 69A" written in pencil at bottom of map. 1 map: col.; 57 x 46 cm., folded to 15 x 22 cm.

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  17. Title: Extracts from the Chinese map of the Upper Oxus

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    Summary: Title given by cataloger. Shaded areas indicate deranged [inaccurate] portions of original map. Rivers, lakes, and settlements are shown. Shows longitude west from Peking [Beijing] and east from Greenwich. From: Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 42 (1872), pp. 438-513; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J687 v.42 1872

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  18. Title: Photographic reduction of a Chinese map of the Upper Oxus region with autograph transcriptions by Julius Klaproth, to whom it belonged

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    Summary: "Names of places in Chinese Characters omitted." Reproduction of inaccurate Chinese map from Klaproth's collection. The companion article focus on the erroneous geographic information of this map regarding to place name and location, and of previous sources taken from reports of apocryphal travels used when mapping this area. The source of the Upper Oxus River [Amu Darya] framed the boundary of Russia and the British dependencies in the East, making the correction to the geographical information was important for the future Anglo-Russian boundary agreement. Mountains, rivers, lakes, roads, and settlements are shown. Shows longitude west from Peking [Beijing]. Relief shown pictorially. From: Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 42 (1872), pp. 438-513; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J687 v.42 1872

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  19. Title: Map of the Hindu Kush and the regions adjoining, to illustrate the journey of Benedict Goës compiled by H. Y.

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    Summary: Shows "route of Goës." Relief shown by hachures. Lithographer Edward Weller. "Names used by Goës." Gives "obsolete names." Map "To face title of part II" of ["Cathay and the way thither ... by Henry Yule, c.b."]. 1 map: col.; 32 x 50 cm

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  20. Title: Chart exhibiting the discoveries of the second American-Grinnell-Expedition in search of Sir John Franklin

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    Summary: 1 map ; 44 x 37 cm Relief shown by hachures. "Senate Ex. Doc. No. 1, lst Session, 34th Congress."

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