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  1. Title: Messin Nova Territorii Metensis Descriptio; autore Abrahamo Fabert.

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. North is oriented to the right of the map. Includes two coat of arms in the upper right and left corners. Similar to the state listed in Van der Krogt's Atlantes Neerlandici but lacks Henricus Hondius' name from the title cartouche. From the Composite Atlas of France, title created to represent a unique collection within the Clark Library, University of Michigan. 1 map; 47 x 37 cm

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  2. Title: Bæticæ partis Iberion descriptio

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. From: Samuelis Bocharti Opera omnia hoc est Phaleg, Chanaan, et Hierozoicon ... Editio quarta. Lugduni Batavorum : Apud Cornelius Boutesteyn, & Samuelam Luchtmans. Trajecti ad Rhenum, apud Guilielmum vande Water, 1712. In upper margin: Pag. 597.

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  3. Title: Graecia olim Hellas nunc Romechi, Turcis Romechi

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    Summary: In lower margin: XXV. Latin text on verso with title: Natolia. From: Historiae universalis ... Ulm : Görlin, 1658.

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  4. Title: A new chart of the English empire in North America

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    Summary: Scale: 1:3,850,000; 1 inch to 61 miles.; 1 map; 70 x 77 cm United States--Maps.

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  5. Title: A new chart of the English empire in North America

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    Summary: Issued in envelope with title on flap. The title "is taken from the copy in the Public record office [London] upon which it is found in the form of an engrossed inscription." cf. Notes on the Southack map (Boston, 1717) "A facsimile of the original map in the John Carter Brown Library, Providence, Rhode Island, 1942. Reproduced in collotype by the Meriden Gravure Company." "To His Excellency Samuel Shute esqr. ... And also to the Honble. Council and Representatives in General court assembled at the sessions held at Boston the 7th of Noember, 1716. This chart is most humbly dedicated & presented by Capt. Cyprian Southack." Key to 140 place names included. Historic Maps copy imperfect: envelope and "Notes on the Southack map" wanting.

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  6. Title: Orbis terrae compendiosa descriptio quam ex magna universali Gerardi Mercatoris domino Richardo Gartho, geographi[a]e ac c[a]eterarum bonarum artium amatori ac fautori summo, in veteris amiciti[a]e ac familiaritatis memoria[m]

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. French text on verso. From: ... Strabonis rerum geographicarum libri XVII / Isaacus Casaubonus recensuit ... [Genevae] : Excudebat Eustathius Vignon ... , 1587.

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  7. Title: Chinae, olim sinarum regionis, nova descriptio; auctore Ludovico Georgio.

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. Oriented with north to the right. Includes ill. and decorative cartouches. On verso: La China, p. 118. From Ortellius' Theatrum orbis terrarum. 1 map: hand col.; 35 x 45 cm.

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  8. Title: Great Northern War, Eastern Europe, ca. 1708 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Sedes belli in Polonia et in Moscoviae Turciaeq. It was published by: Abraham Allard ca. 1708. Scale approximately 1:3,100,000. Map in Latin. 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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  9. Title: Stoel des oorlogs op de grensen van Vrankryk en Neerland tot Parys toe, 1708- (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Stoel des oorlogs op de grensen van Vrankryk en Neerland tot Parys toe. It was published by: A. Allard between 1708 and . Scale not determined. Map in Dutch. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the WGS 1984 UTM Zone 31N (EPSG: 32631) 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: England, Great Britain, 1632 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: The kingdome of England., described by Christopher Saxton, augmented by John Speed ; Abraham Goos Amstelodamensis sculpsit Anno 1632. It was published by George Humble, cum Privilegio in 1632. Scale ca. 1:2,150,000. 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 drainage, cities and other human settlements, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief and woodland shown pictorially. Map border includes vignettes of national costumed character types. Includes also pictorial representations of ships and marine animals, and catalogue of all the shires, cities, bishoprickes, market townes, castles, parishes, rivers, bridges, chases, forrests, and parkes conteyned in every pariticuler shire of the Kingdome of England. 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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  11. Title: Nova Maris Caspii et regionis Usbeck cum provincijs adjacentibus vera delineatio

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. "Reductio mappæ hujus a majore in hanc minorem formam facta est per Iohannem Petrum van Ghelen, 1735." Includes text and ill.

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  12. Title: Versailles, France, 1725 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan general de la ville et du chateau de Versailles : de ses jardins, bosquets et fontaines dedie au Roy, par Pierre le Pautre, architecte et graveur ordinaire de sa Majeste ; Eleazar Gouman fecit. It was published by And. en Hand. de Leth. op de Beurszluys in de Visser in [1725]. Scale [ca. 1:7,500]. Covers the grounds of Versailles. Map in French and Dutch.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the European Datum 1950, Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) Zone 31N 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 roads, paths, drainage, buildings, gardens, ground cover, 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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  13. Title: Western Hemisphere, 1740 (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 nouvelle de la mer du Sud : dressee par ordre des principaux directeurs & tiree des memoires les plus recents et des relations des navigateurs les plus modernes, tant de France, que d'Espagne l'on ya joint, diverses remarques curieuses par raport aux decouvertes des graduations des manierres du pais que de la navigation. It was published by Donne au public, par And. & Henry de Leth ... sur le Pont de la Bourse au Pescheur ca. 1740. Scale [ca. 1:30,000,000]. Covers the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, and the Americas, with parts of Asia, Australia, Europe, and Africa. This layer is image 2 of 2 total images of the two sheet source map representing the eastern portion of the map. Text in French, Dutch, and Latin. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to a non-standard 'Mercator' projection with the central meridian at 172.66600 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. Note: The central meridian of this map is not the same as the Prime Meridian and may wrap the International Date Line or overlap itself when displayed in GIS software. This map shows features such as drainage, cities and other human settlements, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief is shown pictorially. Includes historical and cultural notes, view of 'Fort au Cap de Bonne Esperance,' and other ill. Insets: Vera-cruz -- Baye de Rio Janeiro -- La Havane ... -- Le Detroit de Gibaltar -- La ville de Mexico -- Istme de Panama ou de Darien -- Baye de Porto Bello. 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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  14. Title: Western Hemisphere, 1740 (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 nouvelle de la mer du Sud : dressee par ordre des principaux directeurs & tiree des memoires les plus recents et des relations des navigateurs les plus modernes, tant de France, que d'Espagne l'on ya joint, diverses remarques curieuses par raport aux decouvertes des graduations des manierres du pais que de la navigation. It was published by Donne au public, par And. & Henry de Leth ... sur le Pont de la Bourse au Pescheur ca. 1740. Scale [ca. 1:30,000,000]. Covers the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, and the Americas, with parts of Asia, Australia, Europe, and Africa. This layer is image 1 of 2 total images of the two sheet source map representing the western portion of the map. Text in French, Dutch, and Latin. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the 'Mercator' 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. Note: The central meridian of this map is not the same as the Prime Meridian and may wrap the International Date Line or overlap itself when displayed in GIS software. This map shows features such as drainage, cities and other human settlements, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief is shown pictorially. Includes historical and cultural notes, view of 'Fort au Cap de Bonne Esperance,' and other ill. Insets: Vera-cruz -- Baye de Rio Janeiro -- La Havane ... -- Le Detroit de Gibaltar -- La ville de Mexico -- Istme de Panama ou de Darien -- Baye de Porto Bello. 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: Map of Adams County Indiana: compiled and drawn from records and surveys

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    Summary: Cadastral map showing landowners.; Includes 13 insets of towns in Adams County. Scale approximately 1:31,680. 2 inches to the mile.

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  16. Title: Carte du gouvernement militaire de l'Empire, où on fait connoitre la puissance de cet illustre corps : et l'ordre que l'on observe pour les repartitions des etats souverains, ainsi que l'ordre du gouvernement particulier des cercles : avec diverses remarques pour l'intelligence de l'histoire de l'Empire, selon l'ordre de ses constitutions et de ses reglemens

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    Summary: Main map at center titled "Carte de l'empire divisée selon ses cercles," surrounded by 10 smaller maps showing the ten circles or districts of the Holy Roman Empire. in upper right-hand corner: Tome 2. No. 25. From: Atlas historique, ou Nouvelle introduction à l'histoire ... / Henri Abraham Châtelain. Amsterdam, 1705-1720.

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  17. Title: Nouvelle carte de L'Ile de Ceylon : avec des remarques historiques.

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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale approximately 1:1,150,000 ; (E 79°22'00"--E 82°04'00"/N 10°02'00"--N 5°43'00"). Relief shown pictorially."Tom: VI, Number 38, Pag: 159" in upper right corner. Oriented with north to the right. Likely from:"Atlas Historique, Ou Nouvelle Introduction A l'Histoire, aè la Chronologie et aè la Geáographie Ancienne et Moderne", t. 6, number 38. 36 x 44 centimeters Scale approximately 1:1,150,000 Ames Library of South Asia Maps

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  18. Title: Nouvelle carte de l'Afrique: avec des remarques et des tables pour trouver sans peine les differents peuples de cette partie du monde par les renvois alphabetiques suivant les plus nouvelles observations de messieurs de l'Academie des sciences.

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: Ferro. Includes tables and notes. Pencilled attribution on verso: Chatelain, 1719. MiU "Tom.1. No.4." 1 map: hand col.; 44 x 46 cm

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  19. Title: Carte de la Nouvelle France; où se voit le cours des Grandes Rivieres de S. Laurens & de Mississipi, aujour d'hui S. Louïs, aux environs des-quelles se trouvent Etats, Païs, Nations, Peuples &c. de la Floride, de la Louïsiane, de la Virginie, de la Marie-lande, de la Pensilvanie, du Nouveau Jersay, de la Nouvelle Yorck, de la Nouv. Angleterre, de l'Acadie, du Canada, des Esquimaux, des Hurons, des Iroquois, des Illinois &c., et de la Grande Ile de Terre Neuve.

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    Summary: Probably from Chatelain's Atlas Historique, vol. 6, 1719. Insets: Les environs de Quebec -- Veüe de Quebec -- Les costes de la Louisiane. Relief shown pictorially. 1 map; 44 x 54 cm., on sheet 55 x 65 cm.

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  20. Title: Particularitez curieuses de l'Ile de St. Christophle et de la province de Bemarin dans les Antilles

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    Summary: Views of St. Kitts and native fauna; relief shown pictorially. From: Atlas historique, ou Nouvelle introduction à l'histoire ... / Henri Abraham Châtelain. Amsterdam, 1705-1720 -- Tom. VI, no. 36, p. 158. Includes text: De l'Ile St. Christophle; De la Province de Bemarin.

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