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  1. Title: India & South Asia, ca. 1787 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Charte von Indostan, Endner fe. It was published ca. 1787. Scale [ca. 1:8,000,000]. Covers India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, and portions of Pakistan, China, Burma, Sri Lanka, and Maldives. Map in German. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Kalianpur 1975 India Zone III 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 and administrative boundaries, roads, ground cover, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown by hachures and 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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  2. Title: Charte von Indostan

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and pictorially.; Includes illustration of two figures on shore with ship in background. 34 x 34 centimeters Scale approximately 1:8,000,000 General Map Collection

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  3. Title: Karte des Nordens von America, ca. 1791 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Karte des Nordens von America : zur Beurtheilung der Wahrscheinlichkeit einer nordwestlichen Durchfahrt. It was published by: Carl Jäck? ca. 1791. Scale ca. 1:9,500,000. Map in German. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the WGS 1984 World Mercator (EPSG: 3395) 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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  4. Title: Munich, Germany, 1890 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Kgl. Haupt- und Residenzstadt Munchen, gez. von Gustav Wenz. It was published by Druck und Verlag von R. Oldenbourg in 1890. Scale 1:30,000. Covers Munich, Germany. Map in German. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the 'Deutsches Hauptdreiecksnetz (DHDN) Gauss Kruger Zone 4, Rauenberg Datum' 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 and stations, drainage, built-up areas and selected buildings, ground cover, parks, city districts, and more. Includes indexes and insets: [Munich in 1300, 1613 and 1667] -- Konigliche Residenz. 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 der Stadt Wiesbaden : unter Benutzung des amtlichen Planes der Stadt (laut Genehmigung v. 9/3., 1891)

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    Summary: Map of Wiesbaden in the German state of Hesse. "Beilage zu Franz Bossong's illustr. Fremdenführer." Panel-title on verso: Stadt-Plan von Wiesbaden. Advertisements on verso.

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  6. Title: Lomme-Jernbane kart over Norge

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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale approximately 1:2,200,000. Relief shown by hachures. Inset: Kristiania Fjord og omegn. Scale approximately 1:2,200,000. General Map Collection

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  7. Title: G. Freytags Karte der Ukraina

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    Summary: Relief shown by shading and spot heights. Shows new and proposed state boundaries during World War I.

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  8. Title: Generalkarte von West-Russland und den angrenzenden Ländern bis Wien und Budapest mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Eisenbahnen und mit Angabe der russischen Stationenen

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    Summary: Includes 2 inset maps: [St. Petersburg region] -- [Tilsit region]. Relief shown by hachures. In upper left margin: 1915. Originally issued folded in covers 23 x 15 cm.

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  9. Title: Die Ostseeländer von Lemberg bis zum Nordkap, u. Wilhelmshaven bis St. Petersburg

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    Summary: Ancillary maps: St. Petersburg (Petrograd) -- Warshau. Relief shown by hachures. Originally issued folded in cover with title: Generalkarte von West-Russland un den angrenzenden Ländern bis Wien und Budapest / entworfen und gezeichnet von G. Freytag.

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  10. Title: Yemen, 1774 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Terrae Yemen maxima Pars. seu Imperii Imami, Principatus Kaukeban, nec non ditionum Haschid U Bekil, Nehhm, Chaulan, Abu Arisch Et Aden Tabula : ex observationibus astronomicis et hodometricis jussu et suntibus Potentissimor: Daniae Regnum Friderici V et Christiani VII institutis, delineata Auctore C. Niebuhr ; Gustav Conrad Lotter Sculps. It was published by Tob. Conr. Lotter in 1774. Scale [ca. 1,250,000]. Covers a portion of Yemen and Saudi Arabia. Map in Latin. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the World Miller Cylindrical 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, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, 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 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.

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  11. Title: Berlin : Bearbeiter der Karte: Prof. Dr. G. Fochler-Hauke ; Herausgegeben vom Presse- und Informationsamt des Landes Berlin

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    Summary: A town map of Berlin showing borderlines, checkpoints, airports, air corridors, railways, subways, highways, motorways, stations, canals, parks, nature reserves, forests, cemeteries, and the Berlin wall. Includes index of numbers on map, information and pie charts on goods supplied and purchased by West Berlin in 1960, graph of passenger arrivals and departures, graph of visitors and nights spent in West Berlin, pie chart on percentage of tourist traffic to West Berlin, and pictures of the Wall at the Brandenburg Gate and the Europa Center. Selected buildings and the Berlin Wall are pictorially depicted. Map shows: Borderline of Western occupation sectors before their abolition as individual sectors, West Berlin, Soviet Zone, and control of Western Allied Military missions and diplomats, checkpoints; East-West border crossings. "JRO-Sonderkarte"--Panel.

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  12. Title: America Meridionalis : concin[n]ata juxta observationes Dnñ. Acad. Regalis Scientiarum et nonnullorum aliorum, et juxta annotationes recentissimas

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    Summary: Five scales: Milliaria communia Francica, Milliaria marima Gallica, Milliaria marima Hispanica et Portugallica, Milliaria communia Germanica, Millaria diurna communa. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: Ferro. From: Lotter, T.C. Atlas novus, sive, Tabulae geographiae. Augustae Vindelicorum [Augsburg, 1772?]. "Observatio: Reddo rationem in nova Introductione mea ad Geographiam de variationibus quae occurrent in hac mappa".

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  13. Title: Weltkarte

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    Summary: Map shows Germany colonies and protectorates, and international boundaries. Railways, submarine cables, and principal shipping routes are indicated. Includes a list of used abbreviations.

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  14. Title: Plan der Stadt Helmstedt ; Karte der Umgebung von Helmstedt

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    Summary: Maps of Helmstedt and environs in the German state of Lower Saxony. Relief shown by shading. Indexed for points of interest.

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  15. Title: America Septentrionalis,: concinnata juxta observationes Dñn Academiæ Regalis Scientiarum et nonnullorum aliorum, et juxta annotationes recentissimas,; per G. de L'Isle, geographum. G.F. Lotter, sculps.

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    Summary: Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Includes "Annotatio." 1 map: col.; 46 x 58 cm.

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  16. Title: America Septentrionalis, concinnata juxta observationes Dñn Academiæ Regalis Scientiarum et nonnullorum aliorum, et juxta annotationes recentissimas

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. Includes "Annotatio." Historic Maps copy 2 imperfect: upper and lower margins trimmed away.

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  17. Title: Wrocław Region, ca. 1641 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Ducatus Breslanus sive Wratislaviensis. It was published by: sumptibus Joannis Janssonii ca. 1641. Scale approximately 1:220,000, Milliaria Germanica communia, 4 = [12.2 cm]. Map in German. 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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  18. Title: Paraiba, Brazil, ca. 1643 (Image 2 of 9) (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: [De Capitanie van Rio Grande, Paraiba, Itamarca, Paranambuca, Camera de Ciriânhaija in de Capitanie Paranambuca, Camera de Porto Calvo in de Capitanie Paranambuca, Camera d'Alagoas in de Capitanie de Paranambuca, Capitanie Ciriji]. It was published ca. 1643. Scale varies. This layer is image 2 of 9 total images of the 9 sheet source map, representing the southern-most portion of the map. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the SAD 69 / Brazil Polyconic 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. Includes also roads, native settlements, plantations, sugar mills, churches, forts, harbors, etc. 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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  19. Title: Itamaraca, Brazil, ca. 1643 (Image 4 of 9) (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: [De Capitanie van Rio Grande, Paraiba, Itamarca, Paranambuca, Camera de Ciriânhaija in de Capitanie Paranambuca, Camera de Porto Calvo in de Capitanie Paranambuca, Camera d'Alagoas in de Capitanie de Paranambuca, Capitanie Ciriji]. It was published ca. 1643. Scale varies.. This layer is image 4 of 9 total images of the 9 sheet source map, representing the central portion of the map. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the SAD 69 / Brazil Polyconic 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. Includes also roads, native settlements, plantations, sugar mills, churches, forts, harbors, etc. 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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  20. Title: Porto Calvo, Pernambuco, Brazil, ca. 1643 (Image 7 of 9) (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: [De Capitanie van Rio Grande, Paraiba, Itamarca, Paranambuca, Camera de Ciriânhaija in de Capitanie Paranambuca, Camera de Porto Calvo in de Capitanie Paranambuca, Camera d'Alagoas in de Capitanie de Paranambuca, Capitanie Ciriji]. It was published by ca. 1643. Scale varies. This layer is image 7 of 9 total images of the 9 sheet source map, representing the central portion of the map. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the SAD 69 / Brazil Polyconic 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. Includes also roads, native settlements, plantations, sugar mills, churches, forts, harbors, etc. 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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