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  1. Title: Geologic map of the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming

    • Not specified
    • 1905
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    Summary: Relief shown by contours.; "Professional paper no. 53 Pl. III"--upper right. 62 x 67 centimeters

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  2. Title: Lancaster (including Clinton), Massachusetts, 1831 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2006
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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: A map of Lancaster : reduced from the plan made by Jacob Fisher, Esq., from actual survey A.D. 1830, by James G. Carter. It was published by Pendleton's Lithography in 1831. Scale [ca. 1:29,700]. Covers the towns of Lancaster and Clinton, Massachusetts. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Massachusetts State Plane Coordinate System, Mainland Zone (in Feet) (Fipszone 2001). 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, drainage, public buildings, schools, churches, cemeteries, industry locations (e.g. mills, factories, mines, etc.), private buildings with names of property owners, town boundaries and more. Relief is shown by hachures. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps of Massachusetts 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 (1755-1922), scales, and purposes. The digitized selection includes maps of: the state, Massachusetts counties, town surveys, coastal features, real property, parks, cemeteries, railroads, roads, public works projects, etc.

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  3. Title: Canoe trips : America's greatest adventure

    • Not specified
    • 1944
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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale approximately 1:255,000. 54 x 42 centimeters

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  4. Title: Map showing canoe routes into Superior National Forest, Minnesota and Quetico Provincial Park of Canada

    • Not specified
    • 1930
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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale approximately 1:250,000. "This map published in cooperation with the Architects & Engineers Supply Co. Duluth, Minn." Includes inset with title: Good roads leading into America's greatest canoe regions. 49 x 71 centimeters

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  5. Title: Glacial and vegetational history of northeastern Minnesota, SP-11, Plate 4

    • Not specified
    • 1969
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    Summary: Pollen diagram (types of pollen in lake sediment) for Kotiranta Lake, Carlton County, Minnesota.

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  6. Title: Glacial and vegetational history of northeastern Minnesota, SP-11, Plate 2

    • Not specified
    • 1969
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    Summary: Pollen diagram (types of pollen in lake sediment) for Jacobson Lake and basal layers of Anderson Lake, Pine County, Minnesota.

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  7. Title: Glacial and vegetational history of northeastern Minnesota, SP-11, Plate 3

    • Not specified
    • 1969
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    Summary: Seed type diagram for Jacobson Lake and basal layers of Anderson Lake, Pine County, Minnesota.

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  8. Title: Glacial and vegetational history of northeastern Minnesota, SP-11, Plate 1

    • Not specified
    • 1969
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    Summary: Map of part of Northeastern Minnesota showing major geomorphic (glacial) features, scale 1 inch = about 5 miles.

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  9. Title: Glacial and vegetational history of northeastern Minnesota, SP-11, Plate 6

    • Not specified
    • 1969
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    Summary: Pollen diagram (types of pollen in lake sediment)for Weber Lake, Lake County, Minnesota.

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  10. Title: Glacial and vegetational history of northeastern Minnesota, SP-11, Plate 5

    • Not specified
    • 1969
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    Summary: Pollen diagram (types of pollen in lake sediment) for Rossburg Bog, Aitkin, Minnesota.

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  11. Title: A map of Canada compiled from the latest authorities

    • Not specified
    • 1848
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    Summary: Inset maps: Island of Montreal -- Quebec and its environs with the operations of the siege of 1759 under Wolfe -- Vicinity of the falls of Niagara -- Kingston and its environs -- Toronto and its environs.; Detailed map of both provinces of Canada with insets showing principal citiies.; Engraved by: W. & A.K. Johnston, geographers & engravers to the queen, Edinr.; Sectioned and pasted on linen and folded into untitled, black publisher's boards. 50 x 95.3 centimeters

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  12. Title: Mapa del distrito norte de la Baja California, Mexico

    • Not specified
    • 1914
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    Summary: Corregido hasta Julio 31 de 1914.; Relief shown with hachures.; Includes index to municipal districts.; "Levantado por el perito agronomo, empadronador y perito valuador de predios rusticos y urbanos en esta demarcacio?n, con datos tomados personalmente desde 1894 ä 1910."; "Engraved and printed by the U.S. Geological Survey"--lower right.; Map shows towns, missions, roads and islands. 69 x 56 centimeters

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  13. Title: Battlefield of Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia and vicinity, 1864 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2007
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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map: Map of the battle field of Spottsylvania C.H. : showing the field of operations of the Army of the Potomac commanded by Maj. Gen. George G. Meade U.S.A., from May 8th to 21st, 1865 [i.e. 1864], surveyed under the orders of Bvt. Col. J.C. Duane, Major of Engineers, Chief Engineer, Army of the Potomac, by Bvt. Maj. C.W. Howell, 1st Lieut. of Engineers ; assisted by Messrs. L.C. Oswell, L. Bell, and R.B. Talfor ; J. Bien, lithographer, New York. It was published ca. 1865. Scale [1:15,840]. Covers area surrounding Spotsylvania and Spotsylvania Battlefield, Virginia. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Virginia State Plane North Coordinate System (in Meters) (Fipszone 4501). 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, drainage, dwellings with names of inhabitants, vegetation, Union and Confederate troop lines and defenses, and more. Relief shown by hachures. Includes note. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps of the Civil War from the Harvard Map Collection. Many items from this selection are from a collection of maps deposited by the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States Commandery of the State of Massachusetts (MOLLUS) in the Harvard Map Collection in 1938. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features, in particular showing places of military importance. The selection represents a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and purposes.

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  14. Title: Plan af Helsingfors

    • Not specified
    • 1977
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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale approximately 1:8,500. Facsimile. Relief shown by hachures. Cadastral map. Includes indexes and inset of Helsinki region. 1 map : color ; 39 x 53 centimeters

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  15. Title: Map of Syria in the IV-V-VI centuries

    • Not specified
    • 1920
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    Summary: From The Geographical Review, volume IX, no. 2, 1920, PL. I. 44 x 31 Centimeters

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  16. Title: Map of the surface deposits of Polk County, Iowa, 1897

    • Not specified
    • 1897
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    Summary: 1 map

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  17. Title: Map of British Columbia reduced from the original map

    • Image data
    • 1868
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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Forest and soil resources shown by text and shading. Wagon roads, trails and explored routes shown in British Columbia. Sketch map shows a proposed land & water communication, proposed & completed railways, fertile belt and arid country. From: The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 38, (1868), pp. 118-28; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J687 v.38 1868 At lower right corner of map of Canada: Edwd. Weller.

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  18. Title: Map of the proposed northern route for a railroad to the Pacific

    • Not specified
    • 1854
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    Summary: Negative photostat from unknown source.; Engraved by: E.C. Kellogg & Co., Hartford, Conn.; Shows a variety of proposed routes for a railroad to the Pacific.; Copyright by Johnson in 1853. 51 x 80 centimeters, on sheet 58 x 91 centimeters

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  19. Title: Map of India from the most recent authorities

    • Not specified
    • 1845
    Contributors:

    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale 1:4,138,313. 98 x 85 centimeters

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  20. Title: Map of the western states to illustrate Olney's school geography.

    • Not specified
    • 1841
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    Summary: Washington.;1 map, hand colored;26 x 43 cm.;ca. 1:3,000,000

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