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  1. Title: Guanabara Bay, Brazil, 1785 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Carta plana da costa do Brazil, que contem das ilhas de S. Anna, the Aponta da Iuatinga, feita por Sîmão Antonio da Roza Pinheiro, para uzo da marinha portugueza ; A.I.M. Faria sc. It was published by S.A. Rosada Pinheiro in 1785. Scale [ca. 1:645,000}. 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 by hachures, depths by soundings. Includes also inset: Planta do R. de Janro. 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: Saint Croix, Virgin Islands, 1754 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Tilforladelig kort over eylandet St. Croix : udi America saaledes som det ved en acurat udmaaling er besunden med qvarterernes navne og enhver plantagies nummer efter hvilke de udi matriculen findes indforte og til enhver kiober cederet beliggende paa 17 grader 38 minuter norder brede, Tegnet af I.M. Beck ; O.H. de Lode, Ch. R.S.D., sculpt. It was published by O.H. de Lode in 1754. Scale [ca. 1:60,000]. Map in Danish.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the World Mercator 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, shoreline features, built-up areas, quarter boundaries, roads, windmills, and more. Includes index and listing of plantation owners by quarter, and insets: Tegning til byen Friderichsstaed -- Tegning over byen Christianstaed paa eylandet St. Croix, faavit den allerede er bebygt. 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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  3. Title: Carte de la partie septentrionale et occidentale de l'Amérique; d'après les rélations les plus récentes dressées en 1764, par M.

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. Bottom margin: "Maquier. delin. Grave par I. A. Chovin." From: Mémoires et observations geographiques et critiques sur la situation des pays septentrionaux de l'Asie et de l'Amérique / Samuel Engel -- Lausanne: Chez Antoine Chapuis, Imprimateur, 1765. 1 map: engraved; 47 x 72 cm

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  4. Title: Moscow, Russia, 1910 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: [Plan goroda Moskvy, s prigorodami, Izdan?e T-va A.S. Suvorina, 'Novoe vremi?a.']. It was published by Tipograf?i?a A.S. Suvorina in 1910. Scale [1:21,000]. Covers Moscow, Russia. Map in Russian.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 37N 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, railroads, drainage, selected buildings, city districts, parks, cemeteries, and more. Includes indexes and insets: Zapadnai?a chast? Okruzhno? zh. d. -- Plan Kremli?a i Krasno? ploshchadi. 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: Saint-Cloud, France, 1744 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan de St. Cloud : leve et dedie a S.A.S. Monseigneur de le Duc de Charte, par les Srs. Parent Ing.rs du Roi ; M. A. Fourneau scrip.; M Marvye sculp. It was published by imprimerie de Charbonnier rue S. Jacques au Chariot d'or in 1744. Scale [ca. 1:5,263]. Map in French.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, drainage, built-up areas and selected buildings, 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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  6. Title: Kurdufan Region, Sudan, 1880 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Carta originale della Spedizione Borghese-Matteucci : nel Kordofan e Dar For secondo i rilievi del sottotenente A.M. Massari e le Esplorazioni anteriori, costrutta e disegnata da Guido Cora. It was published by Istituto Geografico Guido Cora in 1881. This dataset is georeferenced for the map covering the Kurdufan region, Sudan. Scale 1:3,000,000. Map in Italian.The original map contains multiple maps on one sheet. Because the map images are non-contiguous and possibly at differing scales, each map image was georeferenced separately. Please see the 'cross references' section for other maps on this sheet.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the 'Africa Lambert Conformal Conic' 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 exploration routes of Giovanni Borghese, Pellegrino Matteucci, and A.M. Massari (with dates of locations), drainage, cities, towns and villages, territorial boundaries, and more. Relief is shown by hachures and spot heights. 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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  7. Title: Darfur Region, Sudan, 1880 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Carta originale della Spedizione Borghese-Matteucci : nel Kordofan e Dar For secondo i rilievi del sottotenente A.M. Massari e le Esplorazioni anteriori, costrutta e disegnata da Guido Cora. It was published by Istituto Geografico Guido Cora in 1881. This dataset is georeferenced for the map covering the Darfur region, Sudan. Scale 1:3,000,000. Map in Italian.The original map contains multiple maps on one sheet. Because the map images are non-contiguous and possibly at differing scales, each map image was georeferenced separately. Please see the 'cross references' section for other maps on this sheet.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the 'Africa Lambert Conformal Conic' 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 exploration routes of Giovanni Borghese, Pellegrino Matteucci, and A.M. Massari (with dates of locations), drainage, cities, towns and villages, territorial boundaries, and more. Relief is shown by hachures and spot heights. 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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  8. Title: Manchester, New Hampshire, 1850 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Map of the city of Manchester, surveyed and drawn by A.M. Chapin ; engraved by G.W. Boynton. It was published in 1850. Scale [ca. 1:2,500]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the New Hampshire State Plane Coordinate System (Feet) (FIPS 2800). 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, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows features such as roads, railroads, drainage, streets, buildings (including dwellings, schools, churches, industry and mill locations, etc.), parks, and more. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps of New England from the Harvard Map Collection. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features. The selection represents a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and map purposes.

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  9. Title: A new map of Cairo

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    Summary: Map shows location of mosques, churches, and hospitals. Some buildings are shown pictorially. "Published by Cairo Drafting Office, Cairo, U.A.R. 1966." "NATO" printed in bottom left corner.

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  10. Title: A new map of Cairo

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    Summary: Relief shown by form lines. Map shows location of mosques, churches, and hospitals. Some buildings are shown pictorially. "Published by Cairo Drafting Office, Cairo, U.A.R. 1964."

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  11. Title: Carte régionale no. 2 de la province de Québec : comprenant des comtés de St. Maurice, Maskinonge, Berthier, Joliette ... Argenteuil et Ottawa

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    Summary: Shows lots and concession nos.; townships; railways. sheet 88 x 122 Centimeters Scale 1:253,440 General Map Collection

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  12. Title: Carte régionale no. 6 de la province du Québec : comprenant les comtés de Témiscouata, Kamouraska, L'Islet, Montmagny, Bellechasse, Lévis, et partie de ceux de Beauce, Lotbiniére, et Mégantic

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    Summary: Oriented with north to upper right.; Shows roads, railroads, townships, and survey grid. 80 x 115 centimeters Scale approximately 1:250,000 General Map Collection

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  13. Title: Map of the delta & mouths of the Amu - Daria from a sketch map by Admiral A. Boutakoff (Russian Navy)

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Depth shown by soundings. Southern coast of Aral Sea is shown. Forts and dams are shown. Distance shown in English miles, Russian versts, and geographical miles. From: Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 37 (1867), pp. 152-60; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J687 v.37 1867

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  14. Title: The nation's capital : [Washington D.C.]

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    Summary: Shows radial distances, locations of "Committee on Public Comfort" and "Inaugural Committee," and block numbers.; Includes list of presidential inaugurations, directory of "Inaugural Committee, March 4, 1901," street width directory, and U.S. coat of arms. 44 x 43 centimeters Scale not given. General Map Collection

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  15. Title: Administrative Divisions (Polygons), Iran, 2013

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    Summary: This polygon shapefile represents administrative divisions in Iran. The Global Map Iran version 2 was developed from Digital Map 1:250000(1996). Global Map data were developed under the cooperation of National Geospatial Information Authorities (NGIAs) of respective countries and regions. Global Map of Iran © ISCGM/National Cartographic Center, Iran Global Map data of National/Regional version were developed with consistent specifications by NGIAs of respective countries and regions for fundamental geospatial information of their respective coverage by using geospatial information owned by them, and they were provided. The data have been authorized by NGIAs of respective countries and regions. Therefore, the contents of respective data are based on the views of respective data developers. For some countries and regions, there may be parts where data have not been developed. National/Regional version of Global Map data was to be updated in about five-year cycle on the basis of resolutions of an ISCGM meeting. To know about the year data were updated and about data developers, please refer to metadata attached to each data. Depending on the period the data were prepared, they were developed in line with two different specifications, namely, version 1 in VPF and BIL formats, and version 2 in GML and BIL formats. This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.

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  16. Title: Railroads, Iran, 2013

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    Summary: This line shapefile represents railroads in Iran. The Global Map Iran version 2 was developed from Digital Map 1:250000(1996). Global Map data were developed under the cooperation of National Geospatial Information Authorities (NGIAs) of respective countries and regions. Global Map of Iran © ISCGM/National Cartographic Center, Iran Global Map data of National/Regional version were developed with consistent specifications by NGIAs of respective countries and regions for fundamental geospatial information of their respective coverage by using geospatial information owned by them, and they were provided. The data have been authorized by NGIAs of respective countries and regions. Therefore, the contents of respective data are based on the views of respective data developers. For some countries and regions, there may be parts where data have not been developed. National/Regional version of Global Map data was to be updated in about five-year cycle on the basis of resolutions of an ISCGM meeting. To know about the year data were updated and about data developers, please refer to metadata attached to each data. Depending on the period the data were prepared, they were developed in line with two different specifications, namely, version 1 in VPF and BIL formats, and version 2 in GML and BIL formats. This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.

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  17. Title: Airports, Iran, 2013

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    Summary: This point shapefile represents airports in Iran. The Global Map Iran version 2 was developed from Digital Map 1:250000(1996). Global Map data were developed under the cooperation of National Geospatial Information Authorities (NGIAs) of respective countries and regions. Global Map of Iran © ISCGM/National Cartographic Center, Iran Global Map data of National/Regional version were developed with consistent specifications by NGIAs of respective countries and regions for fundamental geospatial information of their respective coverage by using geospatial information owned by them, and they were provided. The data have been authorized by NGIAs of respective countries and regions. Therefore, the contents of respective data are based on the views of respective data developers. For some countries and regions, there may be parts where data have not been developed. National/Regional version of Global Map data was to be updated in about five-year cycle on the basis of resolutions of an ISCGM meeting. To know about the year data were updated and about data developers, please refer to metadata attached to each data. Depending on the period the data were prepared, they were developed in line with two different specifications, namely, version 1 in VPF and BIL formats, and version 2 in GML and BIL formats. This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.

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  18. Title: Rivers, Iran, 2013

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    Summary: This line shapefile represents rivers in Iran. The Global Map Iran version 2 was developed from Digital Map 1:250000(1996). Global Map data were developed under the cooperation of National Geospatial Information Authorities (NGIAs) of respective countries and regions. Global Map of Iran © ISCGM/National Cartographic Center, Iran Global Map data of National/Regional version were developed with consistent specifications by NGIAs of respective countries and regions for fundamental geospatial information of their respective coverage by using geospatial information owned by them, and they were provided. The data have been authorized by NGIAs of respective countries and regions. Therefore, the contents of respective data are based on the views of respective data developers. For some countries and regions, there may be parts where data have not been developed. National/Regional version of Global Map data was to be updated in about five-year cycle on the basis of resolutions of an ISCGM meeting. To know about the year data were updated and about data developers, please refer to metadata attached to each data. Depending on the period the data were prepared, they were developed in line with two different specifications, namely, version 1 in VPF and BIL formats, and version 2 in GML and BIL formats. This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.

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  19. Title: Coastlines, Iran, 2013

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    Summary: This line shapefile represents the coastline in Iran. The Global Map Iran version 2 was developed from Digital Map 1:250000(1996). Global Map data were developed under the cooperation of National Geospatial Information Authorities (NGIAs) of respective countries and regions. Global Map of Iran © ISCGM/National Cartographic Center, Iran Global Map data of National/Regional version were developed with consistent specifications by NGIAs of respective countries and regions for fundamental geospatial information of their respective coverage by using geospatial information owned by them, and they were provided. The data have been authorized by NGIAs of respective countries and regions. Therefore, the contents of respective data are based on the views of respective data developers. For some countries and regions, there may be parts where data have not been developed. National/Regional version of Global Map data was to be updated in about five-year cycle on the basis of resolutions of an ISCGM meeting. To know about the year data were updated and about data developers, please refer to metadata attached to each data. Depending on the period the data were prepared, they were developed in line with two different specifications, namely, version 1 in VPF and BIL formats, and version 2 in GML and BIL formats. This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.

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  20. Title: Built Up Areas (Polygons), Iran, 2013

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    Summary: This polygon shapefile represents areas containing a concentration of buildings and other structures in Iran. The Global Map Iran version 2 was developed from Digital Map 1:250000(1996). Global Map data were developed under the cooperation of National Geospatial Information Authorities (NGIAs) of respective countries and regions. Global Map of Iran © ISCGM/National Cartographic Center, Iran Global Map data of National/Regional version were developed with consistent specifications by NGIAs of respective countries and regions for fundamental geospatial information of their respective coverage by using geospatial information owned by them, and they were provided. The data have been authorized by NGIAs of respective countries and regions. Therefore, the contents of respective data are based on the views of respective data developers. For some countries and regions, there may be parts where data have not been developed. National/Regional version of Global Map data was to be updated in about five-year cycle on the basis of resolutions of an ISCGM meeting. To know about the year data were updated and about data developers, please refer to metadata attached to each data. Depending on the period the data were prepared, they were developed in line with two different specifications, namely, version 1 in VPF and BIL formats, and version 2 in GML and BIL formats. This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.

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