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  1. Title: Middle Atlantic States, 1749 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: A map of Pensilvania, New-Jersey, New-York, and the three Delaware counties; L. Hebert, sculpt. It was published March 25, 1749. Scale [ca. 1:960,000]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the North American 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 drainage, cities and other human settlements, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, portages, selected roads, and more. Relief shown pictorially ; soundings shown in fathoms. Includes also descriptive notes, distance chart, and explanation of symbols.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: Pensilvaniæ, Novæ-Cæsareæ, Novi-Eboraci, Aquanishuonigæ et Canadæ

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    Summary: Shows a few provincial boundaries, towns, Indian villages and trading posts, forts, rivers, and relief. Principal meridian: Philadelphia and Londino.; Hand colored.; Relief shown pictorially.; Place names in English.; Covers the area from Quebec to Chesapeake Bay and from Cape Cod to the west end of Lake Ontario.; Includes inset of Quebec area.; For additional information see Walter Klinefelter, "Lewis Evans and his maps," Transactions of the American Philiosophical Society, volume 61, pt. 7 (July, 1971), page 30. 41 x 35 centimeters Scale approximately 1:2,600,000 General Map Collection

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  3. Title: A map of the middle British colonies in North America

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    Summary: A topographical description of such parts of North America as are contained in the (annexed) map of the middle British colonies, &c. in North America. vi, 46, 16p.;Includes text, list of townships, distance charts, and inset "A sketch of the remaining part of Ohio R. &c."; London and Philadelphia.;Relief shown pictorially.;hand colored;49 x 83 cm.;ca. 1:2,300,000

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  4. Title: A general map of the middle British colonies, in America, containing Virginia, Maryland, the Delaware counties, Pennsylvania and New Jersey : With the addition of New York, and of the greatest part of New England, as also the bordering parts of the province of Quebec, improved from several surveys made after the late war, amd corrected from Governor Pownall's late map 1776

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    Summary: A map set object.

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  5. Title: A general map of the middle British colonies in America : viz. Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pensilvania, New-Jersey, New York, Connecticut & Rhode-Island : of Aquanishuonigy the country of the confederate Indians comprehending Aquanishuonigy proper, their places of residence, Ohio & Thuchsochruntie their deer hunting countries, Couchsachrage & Skaniadarade their beaver hunting countries, of the Lakes Erie, Ontario and Champlain : wherein is also shewn the antient & present seats of the Indian nations

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. Shows "West longitude from London" and "from Philadelphia." Date of publication from McCorkle. Includes text, historical notes, distance charts, and inset of "A sketch of the remaining part of Ohio R. &c."

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  6. Title: A general map of the middle British colonies in America : viz. Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pensilvania, New-Jersey, New-York, Connecticut and Rhode-Island : of Aquanishuonigy the country of the confederate Indians comprehending Aquanishuonigy proper, their places of residence, Ohio and Thuchsochruntie their deer hunting countries, Couchsachrage and Skaniadarade their beaver hunting countries, of the Lakes Erie, Ontario and Champlain, and of part of New-France : where is also shewn the antient and present seats of the Indian nations

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    Summary: Eighteenth century map showing the mid atlantic British colonies. Scale approximately 1:2,250,000; 1 map: hand colored; 49 x 67 cm Northeastern States--Maps--Early works to 1800

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  7. Title: Charleston, SC, 1879 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Map of Charleston, South Carolina. It was published by Walker, Evans and Cogswell in [1879] Scale [ca. 1:10800]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the South Carolina State Plane NAD 1983 coordinate system (in Feet) (Fipszone 3900) 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, wharves, cities and other human settlements, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, wetlands, and more. Includes also names of streets and wharves, landmark names, street numbers, buildings, ward numbers, index of public buildings. 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: Kolkata, India, Sociological Map, 1910 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: City of Calcutta : sociological map. It was published by Taylor, Garnett, Evans & Co. in 1910. Scale [ca 1:21,120]. Covers Kolkata and a portion of H?ora, India. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the 'WGS 1984 UTM Zone 45N' 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, existing and proposed railroads, manufacturing and shipping areas, residential and business areas by ethinicity, drainage, canals, built-up areas and selected buildings, fortification, parks, 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.

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  9. Title: Charta öfwer Stockholms stads belägenhet, 1750 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Charta öfwer Stockholms stads belägenhet. It was published in 1750. Scale ca. 1:2,500. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the WGS 1984 UTM Zone 34N (EPSG: 32634) 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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  10. Title: Baltic States, ca. 1708 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: La Pologne : dressée sur ce qu'en ont donée Starovolsk, Beauplan, Hartnoch, et autres auteurs, rectifiee par les observations d'Hevelius, etc. It was published by: Chez l'auteur, sur le Quai de l'Horloge a l'Aigle d'Or ca. 1708. Scale ca. 1:2,550,000. Map in French. 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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  11. Title: Ganges River Delta, India and Bangladesh, 1726 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Partie du Gange où sont les etablissements du commerce des nations de l'Europe dans les Indes orientales : cette carte est dressée sur les memoires et observations du Sieur Jacque André Cobbé, envoié aux Indes orientales par MesSieurs de la Compagnie etablie a Anvers. It was published by: Eugene Henrij Friex in 1726. Not drawn to scale. Map in French. 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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  12. Title: Oxford, England, 1675 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Nova & accuratissima celeberrimae Universitatis civitatisque Oxoniensis scenographia, Dav. Loggan Delin. et Sculp. It was published by Theatrum Sheldonianum in 1675. Scale [ca. 1:3,387]. Covers Oxford, England including Oxford University. Map in Latin.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the 'British National Grid' 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, buildings, fortification, drainage, ground cover, and more. Relief shown pictorially and with hachures. Includes index and inset view: Oxoniae prospectus ab oriente.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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  13. Title: Sweden and Finland, 1747 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Svea ock Gota riken med Finland ock Norland afritade i Stockholm, ?r 1747, G. Biurman sculp. It was published in 1747. Scale [ca. 1:2,500,000]. Covers portions of Sweden and Finland, and surrounding countries in outline. Map in Swedish.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 drainage, cities and other human settlements, territorial and administrative boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown pictorially. Includes inset map of Norrland.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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  14. Title: South America, 1739 (Image 1 of 2) (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Carte du Perou, pour servir a l'histoire des Incas et a celle de l'etat present de cette province, dressee par Philippe Buache, sur les observations astronomiq[es] faites aux environs de l'equateur et communiquees a l'Academie depuis l'an 1736 jusqu'en 1739 par M.M. Godin, Bouguer et de la Condaminede l'Acad. R[le] des Sciences Assujetie por les autres parties aux observations du P. Feuillee et de M. Frezier aux routes et remarques geographiques de divers voyageurs. It is part of a two sheet map set: [Carte du Peru]. It was published sur le Quay de la Megisserie avec privilege du Roy in 1739. Scale [ca. 1:195,000]. Covers the territory of the former Inca Empire, South America. This layer is image 1 of 2 total images of the two sheet source map representing the northern portion of the map. Map in French and Spanish. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to a non-standard 'World Sinusoidal' projection with the central meridian at 75 degrees west. 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. 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: South America, 1739 (Image 2 of 2) (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Carte de la partie meridionale du Perou : pour servir a l'histoire des Incas et a celle de l'etat present de cette province, dressee par Philippe Buache. It is part of a two sheet map set: [Carte du Peru]. It was published sur le Quay de la Megisserie avec privilege du Roy in 1739. Scale [ca. 1:195,000]. Covers the territory of the former Inca Empire, South America. This layer is image 2 of 2 total images of the two sheet source map representing the southern portion of the map. Map in French and Spanish. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to a non-standard 'World Sinusoidal' projection with the central meridian at 75 degrees west. 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. 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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  16. Title: Mappemonde à l'usage i'instr. on du roy; par Guillaume Delisle et Philippe Bauche et de l'Académie des Sciences. Revue et augmentée des n. les découvertes par Dézauche en 1800.

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. Shows the world as a double hemisphere, including national boundaries, major cities, and routes of exploration. Illustration of illuminated face above map from which banner with title and clouds emanate. Prime meridian: Ferro. "A Paris, chez Dezauche géographe, successeur des srs. De Lisle et Phil Buache. Rue des Noyers." Includes note below map regarding the depiction of Captain Cook's voyages which are shown on the map. 1 map: hand col.; 33 x 64 cm. on sheet 58 x 80 cm.

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  17. Title: Carte d'Afrique: dressée pour l'usage du roy; Dezauche.

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: Ferro. Reprint of L'Isle's 1722 map "corrigée et augmentée en 1781." "Par Guillaume Delisle, Premier Géographe de sa Majesté, de l'Académie Royale des Sciences. A Paris, se distribuë avec les Ouvrages Géographiques de l'auteur et de Phil. Buache. Chez Dezauche, successeur des Srs. Delisle et Buache, rue des Noyers. Avec privilège du Roi." "Advertissement" in a cartouche in the lower left corner of sheet: "La distance des parallèles qui sont tracez dans cette carte de 5. en 5. dégrez, étant toûjours de 100. lieuës marines, et de 125 lieuës de France; cette distance peut servir d'Echelle particulière pour les différens cantons de cette carte que l'on voudra mesurer au d'efaut d'une Echelle générale incompatible avec la projection que j'y ay employée." Printed in lower right corner, "Ph. Buache P. G. d. R. d. l'A. R. d. S. Gendre de l'Auteur". 1 map: hand col.; 48 x 62 cm.

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  18. Title: Carte des terres Australes : comprises entre le Tropique du Capricorne et le Pole Antarctique ... par les ordres de Mrs. de la Compagnie des Indes ...

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    Summary: "Dressée sur les Mémoires et sur la Carte Originale de Mr. de Lozier Bouvet, chargé de cette expedition." Amerique Meridion. Prime Meridians: Isle de Fer. Paris. Inset : Plan et vue des Terres du Cap de la Circoncision. Map originally published 1739. Planisphere of the South Pole, showing Antarctica and New Zealand ; parts of S. America, Australia and Africa ; relief shown pictorially. Plate probably from : Cartes et tables de la géographie physique ou naturelle ... / avec les cartes de Guill. Delisle et de Phil. Buache. Paris : chez Dezauche, 1757. Plate nos. and 6 pls. added to 1770 ed.- BM. Map shows "Isle vuë les 29. et 30. Juin 1756." Scale in Fr. leagues.

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  19. Title: Carte des nouvelles découvertes

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    Summary: Shown in polar view.; Includes text.; "Suppl. 6e carte." 14 x 30 centimeters and 14 x 27 centimeters, on sheet 40 x 51 centimeters Scale not given. General Map Collection

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  20. Title: Carte d'Afrique dressée pour l'usage du roy; par Guillaume Delisle, premier géographe de sa majesté, de l'Academie Royale des Sciences; Ph. Buache p. g. d. r. d. l'A. R. d. S., gendre de l'auteur, avec priv. du 30 Av. 1745.

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. 1745 reprint of L'Isle's 1722 map. Prime meridian: Ferro. 1 map: hand col.; 48 x 63 cm.

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