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  1. Title: Pocket map of greater Detroit.

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    Summary: Oriented with north to the upper right. Shows street railroads. "Copyright 1907 by A. J. Farmer." Includes text explaining ward boundaries, advertisement, and ill. Street index, advertisement, and "Map of that part of Fairview now annexed to Detroit" on verso. 1 map: col.; 41 x 59 cm.

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  2. Title: Map of the state of Michigan and the surrounding country, exhibiting the sections and the latest surveys

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    Summary: Extent: 1 map Abstract: Map of Michigan showing surveyed counties, cities and towns, townships and township names, and sections. Shows distances in miles between various points on Lake Michigan. Shows county seats, Indian villages, railroads, mills, prairies, swamps and marshes, canals, and roads. Plank roads and "most important roads" are indicated. Notes: Town of "Rio Grand" is shown north of Lansing, in Lansing Township, Ingham County. Town of "Hamilton" is shown in vicinity of present-day Okemos. A stream named Alcotte Creek is shown in the vicinity of Lansing. Present-day Williamstown Township in Ingham County is named "Phelps Town" or "Phelpstown" Township. Shows "proposed route of Clinton and Kalamazoo Canal." "Grand river road" is labeled in Ingham County. Prime meridian: Greenwich. Includes notes about shoreline conditions (rockiness, steepness, etc.) and 1 inset: Plat of the copper district on L. Superior / engraved by J. Farmer. Scale approximately 1:786,111

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  3. Title: Map of the surveyed part of Michigan

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    Summary: Extent: 1 map Notes: Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington. Insets: Northern part of Michigan -- Map of the Straits of Mackinaw. Scale approximately 1:500,000

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  4. Title: An improved edition of a map of the surveyed parts of the Territory of Michigan

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    Summary: Extent: 1 map Notes: Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington. Includes grid. Covers southern Michigan. Insets: Map of the Straits of Michillimackinac. -- Map of Pte. Ste. Ignace. -- Map of the most important parts of the lead mine district near the Mississippi River. -- Map of the private claims at Green Bay -- Map of Michillimackinac. Scale not given

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  5. Title: Africa (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of an historic paper map of Africa. This is a continental map of Africa originally created and published by John Tallis in 1880. The features illustrated on this map include: rivers, lakes, and coastal islands. Five engraved vignettes are seen on this map, an Arab family of Algeria, Bosjeman Hottentots, a view of St. Helena, a Bedouin Arabs' encampment and Korranna Hottentots. The illustrations were drawn by J. Marchant and engraved by J.H. Kernot. The map was drawn and engraved by J. Rapkin. 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 was georeferenced by the Stanford University Geospatial Center using a Sinusoidal projection. This map is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps of Africa held at Stanford University Libraries. This historic paper map provides an historical perspective of the cultural and physical landscape during this time period. The wide range of information provided on these maps make them useful in the study of historic geography. As this map has been georeferenced, it also can be used as a background layer in conjunction with other GIS data. The horizontal positional accuracy of a raster image is approximately the same as the accuracy of the published source map. The lack of a greater accuracy is largely the result of the inaccuracies with the original measurements and possible distortions in the original paper map document. There may also be errors introduced during the digitizing and georeferencing process. In most cases, however, errors in the raster image are small compared with sources of error in the original map graphic. The RMS error for this map is 1850.78 meters. This value describes how consistent the transformation is between the different control points (links). The RMS error is only an assessment of the accuracy of the transformation. Tallis, John, Rapkin, J. and Stanford Geospatial Center (2013). Africa (Raster Image). Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/zm534vp6363. For more information about Stanford's Maps of Africa Collection, see here: https://exhibits.stanford.edu/maps-of-africa. 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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  6. Title: Survey of the mouth of Trail Creek, Indiana

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures.; Profile: Section of the proposed breakwater.; Probably detached from a document in the congressional series, doc. 194. Scale approximately 1:1,520,640. 24 inches to 1 mile.

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  7. Title: Map of the state of Michigan and the surrounding country exhibiting the sections and the latest surveys; compiled from authentic sources by John Farmer.

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    Summary: Cover title: Farmer's sectional map of Michigan for settlers & land dealers, with roads, rail roads, cities & towns &c. Shows surveyed counties, roads, canals and Indian reserves. "Note: Michigan is bounded west by Lake Michigan, Meonomie river of Green Bay, and Montreal river of Lake Superior." "Entered according to Act of Congress in the clerks office of District Court of the United States for the District of Michigan at Detroit on the 11th day of March 1844 by John Farmer of Detroit. Entered according to Act of Congress as aforesaid on the 6th day of March A.D. 1849." Engraved by John Farmer. 1 map: hand col.; 79 x 57 cm, folded in cover 16 x 11 cm

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  8. Title: Map of the state of Michigan and the surrounding country exhibiting the sections and the latest surveys; compiled from authentic sources by John Farmer.

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    Summary: Inset map: Plat of the copper district on Lake Superior. Indicates cities and towns. Shows surveyed counties. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the clerks office of District Court of the United States for the District of Michigan at Detroit on the 11th day of March 1844 by John Farmer of Detroit. Entered according to Act of Congress as a foresaid on the 6th day of March A.D. 1849. "Reentered according to Act of Congress in the clerks office of the District Court of the United States for the District of Michigan at Detroit this 29th day of Sept. A.D. 1838 by John Farmer of said district as Author author & proprietor." Engraved by John Farmer". 1 map: col.; 81 x 54 cm.

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  9. Title: Map of the state of Michigan and the surrounding country, exhibiting the sections and the latest surveys compiled from authentic sources by John Farmer.

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    Summary: Shows major cities and towns. Shows surveyed counties. "Note. Michigan is bounded west by Lake Michigan, Menomonie river of Green Bay and Montreal river of Lake Superior." "Entered according to Act of Congress in the clerks office of the District Court of the United States for the District of Michigan." Inset map: "Plat of the copper district on Lake Superior." 1 map: col., mounted on cloth, encapsulated in Mylar with barrier sheet; 81 x 54 cm

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  10. Title: Map of the states of Michigan and Wisconsin: embracing a great part of Iowa and Illinois, and the whole mineral region with a chart of the lakes. exhibiting the sections, the geological formations, and the general topography; compiled from the state topographical department, from the latest United States surveys, and from other authentic sources, by John Farmer of Detroit.; Alternate title: Geological map of the mineral region: from the official plate of the United States surveys and chart of Lake Superior reduced from the survey and chart of Lieut. Bayfield of the R.N.

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    Summary: Shows the Lake Superior region. Relief shown by hachures; depths shown by soundings. "Engraved by J. Farmer." "Entered according to act of Congress...the 8th day of July 1847 by John Farmer." "Entered according to act of Congress...on the 6th day of March A.D. 1849 by John Farmer." Insets: Map of the surveyed part of Min[n]esota -- Map of Beaver Islands -- Plat of Isle Royale. 1 map: hand col.; 50 x 101 cm

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  11. Title: Map of the surveyed part of Michigan by John Farmer.

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    Summary: Engraved by S. Stiles & Co., New York. Greenwich and Washington prime meridians. Insets: The unsurveyd part of Michigan [ca. 1:2,870,000] -- Map of the Straits of Mackinaw [ca. 1:320,000] -- Map of Mackinaw Isle [1:126.720] 2 miles to an inch. 1 map: hand col., mounted on muslin; 56 x 83 cm

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  12. Title: Improved map of the territories of Michigan and Ouisconsin, pronounced Wisconsin

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    Summary: hand col.; Farmer's map of Michigan & Ouisconsin.;Entered for copyright 9th Novr. 1835.; 4060 1836 .F2;ICN78 rev.;Improved map of the territories of Michigan and Ouisconsin, pronounced Wisconsin.;Includes advertisement for Colton inside front cover.; Map of part of Ste. Marie River from actual survey;Oriented with north at upper left.; Greenwich, Washington.;Relief shown with hachures.; J.H. Colton & Co., 1836.;scale 8 miles to an inch.;1 map, hand colored;53 x 86 cm. folded in covers 15 x 10 cm.;1:1,900,800

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  13. Title: Map of the city of Detroit in the State of Michigan; by John Farmer, district surveyor; eng. by C.B. & J.R. Graham Lithographers, New York.

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    Summary: Entered according to Act of Congress ... by John Farmer, AD 1835. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Cadastral map. Includes references and inset. 1 map: hand col.; 72 x 111 cm.

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  14. Title: Karte von Michigan nach den neuesten Vermessungen bearbeitet und herausgegeben von J. Farmer und Tr. Bromme.

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    Summary: Greenwich and Washington prime meridians. Negative photostat. Townships and rangelines indicated for surveyed areas. 1 map: 37 x 54 cm.

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  15. Title: An improved map of the surveyed parts of the Territory of Michigan on a scale of 8 miles to an inch by John Farmer.

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    Summary: Longitude west from Washington. Townships and range lines indicated for surveyed areas. "V. Balch & S. Stiles, engravers, N.Y.". Insets: Maps of the Straits of Michillimackinac; Map of the Pte. Ste. Ignace; Map of the most important parts of the lead mine district near the Mississippi river; Map of the private claims at Green Bay; Map of Michillimackinac Isle. Negative photostat copy (6 sheets joined) of original in Burton Historical Collection. 1 map: 49 x 78 cm.

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  16. Title: Map of the territories of Michigan and Ouisconsin...; Manuscript title above upper neatline: Michigan and Ouisconsin Territories.

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    Summary: Prime meridian: Washington City. Engraved by Rawdon Clark & Co., Albany, N.Y. Inset: Map of part of Ste. Marie River from actual survey. Scale 8 miles to an inch. Positive photostat from original in Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library. 1 map on 2 sheets: photostat; 48 x 88 cm.

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  17. Title: Plat of the United States road from Detroit to Chicago; as surveyed and marked by James McClosky, Jonah Baldwin and Laureat Durocher, commissioners; copied by John Farmer.

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    Summary: Shows rivers, lakes, and Native American villages. 11 sections on 4 sheets; sheets 48 x 64 cm

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  18. Title: Map of the United States road from Ohio to Detroit as lately located by Messrs. A. Edwards, S. Vance and Philu E. Judd (the last of whom died before the survey was completed), commissioners appointed by the president of the U.S. agreeable to act of Congress; drawn by J. Farmer of Detroit, 1825.

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    Summary: Prime meridian: Washington. Oriented with north toward the upper right. 1 map: photocopy; 21 x 79 cm

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  19. Title: British India

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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale approximately 1:11,404,800 Includes ill. Relief indicated by hachures. 30 x 22 centimeters Scale approximately 1:11,404,800 Ames Library of South Asia Maps

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  20. Title: Plat book of Cottonwood County, Minnesota

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    Summary: 46 centimeters Scales vary. Minnesota County Maps, Plat Books, and Atlases

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