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  1. Title: Map shewing the discoveries made by British officers in the Arctic regions, from the year 1818 to 1826

    • Image data
    • 1828
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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. From: Narrative of a second expedition to the shores of the polar sea, in the years 1825, 1826 and 1827 / by John Franklin. London : John Murray, 1828.

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  2. Title: Islands in the Indian Ocean

    • Not specified
    • 1880
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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. on 1 sheet 33 x 42 centimeters

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  3. Title: Plan of Detroit, 1830 by John Mullett.

    • Not specified
    • 1860
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    Summary: Cadastral map. Oriented with north toward the upper right. From American State papers. Public lands. Washington: Gales & Seaton, 1860. v. 6. "Vol. VI, PL-No. 900b." Includes index of buildings. 1 map; 45 x 36 cm.

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  4. Title: Map of India, shewing the British Territories and those of the Native States : chiefly compiled from trigonometrical surveys executed by order of the Honble Court of Directors of the East India Company

    • Not specified
    • 1856
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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale approximately 1:2,000,000 ; (E 67°53'00"--E 99°32'00"/N 37°17'00"--N 5°35'00"). Relief shown by hachures. Indicates British Territory and Independent States."Published by John Walker Geographer to the East India Company Dec 16th 1852.""With corrections & additions as to British & Natives states, as far as practicable to August 1856." 166 x 166 centimeters

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  5. Title: Private claims at Michillimackinac; surveyed in Octr. and Novr. 1828 by John Mullett.

    • Not specified
    • 1847
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    Summary: Cadastral map showing land ownership. From: Report of the Secretary of the Treasury communicating a report from the acting commissioner of the General Land Office...Feb. 1, 1847. Washington, D.C., 1847 (U.S. 29th Congress, 2nd Session, 1846-1847. S. Doc. 221) Includes index of claimants with size of claims. 1 map: hand col.; 43 x 59 cm.

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

    • Not specified
    • 1845
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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale 1:4,138,313. 98 x 85 centimeters

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  7. Title: Map of the countries on the north west frontier of India : compiled Chiefly From The Surveys of Lieut. J. Wood, ..., Major R. Leech, ..., and from Surveyed Routes received by the Court Of Directors from the Government of Bombay

    • Not specified
    • 1841
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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale [1:1,400,000] Relief shown by hachures. Inset: Map of the Countries between Russia, Turkey and India.

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  8. Title: Map showing the route of the West Australian exploring expedition through the centre of Australia, from Champion Bay on the west coast to the overland telegraph line between Adelaide and Port Darwin, commanded by John Forrest, F.R.G.S., 1874

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    • 1875
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    Summary: Camps along route are numbered and dated. Latitudes of most camps are given. Relief shown by hachures. Includes information on terrain, soil quality, groundwater, and vegetation. Sites of hostile encounters with aborigines are shown. Route of Adelaide-Darwin telegraph line between 24° S and 29° S is shown. From: Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 45 (1875), p. 249-99; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J687

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  9. Title: Map shewing the overland tracks from Perth to Eucla & Adelaide

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    • 1871
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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Mr. Forrest's route and locations and dates of encampment are shown. Includes information on terrain, soil quality, groundwater, and vegetation. From: The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 41 (1871), pp. 361-72; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J687

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  10. Title: Map of the country embracing the route of the expedition of 1823 commanded by Major S.H. Long

    • Not specified
    • 1825
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    Summary: Extent: 1 map Abstract: Map of the Great Lakes and Rainy River regions and the valleys of the Minnesota River and Red River of the North, showing the route of the 1823 expedition of Stephen Harriman Long. Includes descriptive notes, and indicates the dates and locations where the expedition stopped. Indicates settlements, forts, and Native American tribal regions. The route of the expedition is shown in red. Notes: Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians: Washington and Greenwich. From: Narrative of an expedition to the source of St. Peter's River : Lake Winnepeek, Lake of the Woods, &c., performed in the year 1823, by order of the Hon. J.C. Calhoun, Secretary of War, under the command of Stephen H. Long, U.S.T.E. : compiled from the notes of Major Long, Messrs. Say, Keating, & Colhoun by William H. Keating. London : G.B. Whittaker, 1825.

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  11. Title: A plan of the city of New York in the yeare [sic] 1664 : compiled from olde maps & documents showing land grants

    • Not specified
    • 1927
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    Summary: Selected buildings shown pictorially.; Shows land ownership, with overlay of modern street locations and names.; Includes index of points of interest, with descriptions and brief histories; official seals of New Netherland, New York City, New Amsterdam, and New York state; flags flying over New York over time. 36 x 31 centimeters

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  12. Title: Archaeological Map, Carthage, Tunisia, ca. 1895 (Raster Image)

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    • 2012
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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Carte archeologique et topographique des ruines de Carthage : dressee d'apres les releves de M. l'adjoint du genie Bordy, avec le concours de MM. le R. P. Delattre, ... le general Dolot,... P. Gauckler. It was published by Service geographique de l'armee, ca. 1895. Scale 1:5,000. Covers Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia. Map in French.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM Zone 32N, meters, WGS 1984) 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 towns, villages, roads, railroads and stations, selected buildings and built-up areas, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown by contours and hachures. Overprinted to show archaeological sites.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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  13. Title: World Atmospheric Temperature Isotherms (January), 1884 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2009
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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Karte der Januar-Isotherme. It is part of a two map set: [Karten der Isothermen, von Alexander Supan]. It was published by Ed. Holzel in 1884. Scale [ca. 1:110,000,000]. Map in German. 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 17.666 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. This map shows features such as drainage, selected cities, shoreline features, and more. Isotherms are shown at 2 degree intervals for January. 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: World Atmospheric Temperature Isotherms (July), 1884 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2009
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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Karte der Juli-Isothermen. It is part of a two map set: [Karten der Isothermen, von Alexander Supan]. It was published by Ed. Holzel in 1884. Scale [ca. 1:110,000,000]. Map in German. 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 17.666 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. This map shows features such as drainage, selected cities, shoreline features, and more. Isotherms are shown at 2 degree intervals for July. 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: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1828 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2009
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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan von Pittsburg und Umgebungen. It was published by Wilhelm Hoffman in 1828. Scale [ca. 1:19,500]. Title in German; map in English. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Pennsylvania South State Plane NAD 1983 coordinate system (in Feet) (Fipszone 3702). 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, selected buildings and property lots, industry and mining locations, 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 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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  16. Title: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1828 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2008
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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan von Philadelphia, Carl Metzeroth, sc. It was published by Wilhelm Hoffmann in 1828. Scale [ca.1:15,000]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Pennsylvania South State Plane Coordinate System NAD83 (in Feet) (Fipszone 3702). 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, canals, wharves, selected public buildings, and more. Title in German; index and references in English. 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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  17. Title: A new map of Michigan with its canals, roads & distances

    • Not specified
    • 1842
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    Summary: Extent: 1 map Notes: Relief shown by hachures. From Tanner, H.S. A new universal atlas. Philadelphia : Carey & Hart, 1842. No. 29. Prime meridian: Washington. Includes table of steamboat routes.

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  18. Title: Map of the surveyed part of the territory of Michigan

    • Not specified
    • 1825
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    Summary: Extent: 1 map Abstract: Map of eastern Michigan showing township and range lines for surveyed areas. Covers area north and west to Saginaw County, and south and east to border. Notes: Prime meridian: Washington.

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  19. Title: Etats-Unis de l'Amérique Septentrionale avec les isles Royale, de Terre Neuve, de St. Jean, l'Acadie & c 1785

    • Not specified
    • 1785
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    Summary: Extent: 1 map Notes: Printed from same plate as Delamarche imprint but with change of publisher and addition below title of: Supplément à l'atlas de M. Robert de Vaugondy. Prime meridians: Isle de Fer and Paris. Includes table at lower right giving populations of individual states.

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  20. Title: Map of the Sikh Territory : and of the protected Sikh States, in the neighbourhood of the Sutluj River

    • Not specified
    • 1846
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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale approximately 1:300,000 ; (E 73°45'--E 76°10'/N 31°35'--N 30°20'). Relief shown by hachures. Indicates Sikh Territory, British Territory, and protected Sikh State."Compiled chiefly from the surveys of Captain C. Wade and Mr. N Hodges, by order of the court of directors of the East India Company." 53 x 82 centimeters

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