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1. Title: Patriae antiquae inter July et Caroli Magni Caesarum Roma Norum tempora descriptio; Hewich inventor.

   • Not specified
   • 1680
   • Not owned by MIT (Owned by University of Michigan)

   Contributors:

   • Ewich, Hermann
   • Horn, Georg, 1620-1670
   • Jansson, Jan, 1588-1664

   Summary: Relief shown pictorially. "S. Saevry - sculptor." North oriented toward the right side of the map. Hornius compiled maps for this sixth volume of Jansson's "Novus Atlas". Horn, also known as Hornius, published this volume separately in 1653 as, "Accuratissima orbis antiqua delineatio". Shows Belgium, The Netherlands and western Germany from the period of Julius Caesar to the reign of Charlemagne. 1 map; 39 x 48 cm

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2. Title: Atlas zur kirchengeschichte.

   • World maps
   • 1919
   • Not owned by MIT (Owned by University of Minnesota)

   Contributors:

   • Heussi, Karl, 1877-
   • Mulert, Hermann, 1879-1950

   Summary: Historical Atlases

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3. Title: Klein-Asien, Syrien &c.

   • Image data
   • 1905
   • Not owned by MIT (Owned by Princeton)

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   Summary: Map of the eastern Ottoman Empire; relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Insets: Irak-Arabi (scale 1:3,700,000). -- Ebene v. Troja -- Mosul und Ninive -- Smyrna (Izmir) und Umgebung (scales 1:500,000). In upper margin: Stielers Hand-atlas, no. 59. Probably issued in: Stielers Hand-atlas ... 9., von Grund aus neubearb. und neugestochene Aufl. Gotha : Justus Perthes, 1906.

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4. Title: Chart of the world on Mercator's projection

   • World maps
   • 1867
   • Not owned by MIT (Owned by University of Minnesota)

   Contributors:

   Summary: Shows various types of federal roads. Pavement types shown by letters.; "Data corrected to Dec. 31, 1927." 90 x 143 centimeters Scale, Mercator's. General Map Collection

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5. Title: Chart of the world on Mercator's Projection

   • Image data
   • 1863
   • Not owned by MIT (Owned by Princeton)

   Contributors:

   Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Includes 8 inset maps and abbreviation table. " ... containing the lines of oceanic mail steam communication and overland routes, the great aerial and submarine telegraphs, and the principal tracks of sailing vessels; showing the direction and mean velocity of oceanic currents and important deep-sea soundings; with 4 additional charts shewing the general currents of air, the cotidal lines and the lines of equal magnitude variation." Wall map.

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6. Title: Sketch map of British Guiana

   • Image data
   • 1899
   • Not owned by MIT (Owned by Princeton)

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   Summary: Relief shown by hachures. "Reproduced by The Heliotrope Printing Co., Boston, from the original in "Exposition Universelle de Paris, 1867; Catalogue des Produits Exposés par La Guyane Anglaise." London, 1867."

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7. Title: Map of Guayana to illustrate the route of R. H. Schomburgk Esqr

   • Image data
   • 1840
   • Not owned by MIT (Owned by Princeton)

   Contributors:

   Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Major rivers and territories of indigenous areas are shown. From: The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 10 (1840), pp. 159-267; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J687 v.10 1840.

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8. Title: British Guayana, 1837

   • Image data
   • 1837
   • Not owned by MIT (Owned by Princeton)

   Contributors:

   Summary: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Mountains, rivers, settlements, and indigenous territories are shown. Rocks, rapids, and cataracts in Essequibo, Corentyne, and Berbice Rivers are shown. From: The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 7 (1837), pp. 285-350; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J687 v. 7 1837

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9. Title: British Guayana, 1836

   • Image data
   • 1836
   • Not owned by MIT (Owned by Princeton)

   Contributors:

   Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Mountains, rivers, settlements, and indigenous territories are shown. Rocks, rapids, and cataracts in Essequibo River are shown. From: The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 6 (1836), pp. 224-84; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J687 v. 6 1836.

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10. Title: Physical and Political Map, Venezuela, ca. 1887 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2013
    • Not owned by MIT (Owned by Harvard)

    Contributors:

    • Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library
    • Venezuela. Ministerio de Fomento.
    • Muñoz Tébar, Jesús, 1847-1909.
    • Schomburgk, Robert H. (Robert Hermann), Sir, 1804-1865.

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Mapa físico y político de los estados unidos de Venezuela. It was published by Foment Ministerium ca. 1887. Scale [ca. 1:5,208,333]; 250 km = 4,8 cm. Map in Spanish. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the South America Lambert Conformal Conic 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 by hachures. Includes also inset maps showing railroads from Caracas to Sta. Lucia and to La Guaira, the location of Venezuela in South America and mining districts of Yuruari. Ancillary map shows the Venezuela-Guyana border established by Robert Schomburgk. 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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