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  1. Title: Sketch map of the glaciers of the Mustakh Range (Trans-Indus) and valley of Skardo & c.

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Glaciers are shown in green. Routes of expedition and locations of camps are shown. Lines of latitude and longitude every 10 minute were hand drawn after map was issued. From: The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 34, (1864), pp. 19-56; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J687 v.34 1864.

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  2. Title: Sketch map of the Upper Meranzai and Koorum valleys

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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale 1:126,720. 1/2 inch to one mile ; (E 69°51'38"--E 70°47'40"/N 34°02'55"--N 33°20'05"). Relief shown by stipling."Compiled from a military reconnaissance made in 1855-1856.""Letters, rivers & water courses on transfer paper by Munneeroddeen - hills & stipling on stone and printed in colors by H.M. Smith, Survr. Genls Office, Calcutta, March 1857." 65 x 88 centimeters Scale 1:126,720; 1/2 inch to one mile Ames Library of South Asia Maps

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  3. Title: Map of San Francisco : showing principal streets and places of interest

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    Summary: Streets--California--San Francisco--Maps

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  4. Title: Geologic atlas of Dakota County, Minnesota, C-6, Plate 3, Quaternary Geology

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    Summary: Map showing interpretations of Quaternary (Pleistocene [glacial] and Holocene [post-glacial]) surficial geology (distribution and type of materials at the land surface), scale 1:100,000, Dakota County.

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  5. Title: Geologic atlas of Scott County, Minnesota, C-1, Plate 2, Surficial Geologic map

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    Summary: Map showing interpretations of Quaternary (Pleistocene [glacial] and Holocene [post-glacial]) surficial geology (distribution and type of materials at the land surface), scale 1:100,000, Scott County.

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  6. Title: L'Amerique divisée en ses principaux etats; par le Sr. Janvier.

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. Map 43 from vol. 2 of Atlas Universel by P. Santini. 1 map: hand col.; 45 x 63 cm

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  7. Title: L'Afrique divisée en ses principaux etats assujettie aux observations astronomique; par le Sr. Janvier geographe.

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: Ferro. P.II 39. Shows Africa and the Middle East. Includes 2 insets: Carte particuliere du Cap de Boñ Esperance et de ses environs -- Carte particuliere de l'Isle de France. 1 map: hand col.; 46 x 63 cm.

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  8. Title: Mappe monde ou description du globe terrestre: assujettie aux observations astronomiques; par le Sr. Janvier geographe.

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    Summary: Map 1 from vol. 1 of Atlas Universel by P. Santini. Relief shown pictorially. Shows the routes of several explorers. 1 map; 47 x 66 cm.

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  9. Title: L'Afrique divisée en ses principaux etats: assujettie aux observations astronomique; par le Sr. Janvier geographe.

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: Ferro. Shows Africa and the Middle East. Includes 2 insets: Carte particuliere du Cap de Boñ Esperance et de ses environs -- Carte particuliere de l'Isle de France. 1 map: hand col.; 46 x 63 cm

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  10. Title: Kansas City, Missouri, 1915 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Kansas City, Missouri, issued by Board of Park Commisssioners, Kansas City, Missouri ; Geo. E. Kessler, landscape architect, Fred Gabelman, chief draftsman; Jas. S Deakin, del.; W.I Ayres, [del]. It was published by Board of Park Commissioners in 1915. Scale [ca. 1:34,900]. Covers Kansas City and portions of Independence and Raytown, Missouri. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Missouri West State Plane Coordinate System NAD83 (in Feet) (Fipszone 2403). 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 streets, boulevards, parkways, railroads, street car lines, city boundaries, park districts, parks, cemeteries, drainage, selected public buildings, and more. 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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  11. Title: Map of the State of Indiana : exhibiting the lands ceded by the Indian tribes to the United States

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    Summary: At head of title: Smithsonian Institution - Bureau of Ethnology, J.W. Powell, director.; Also shows drainage, etc. 80 x 58 Centimeters, on sheet 90 x 65 Centimeters Scale 1:633,600. 10 miles to 1 inch General Map Collection

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  12. Title: Balkan Peninsula, 1804 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Charte von der europäischen Türkey, Kleinasien, einem Theile Syriens und andern angränzenden Ländern. It was published by: herausgegeben in der kaisl. priv. Kunsthandlung Schneider und Weigels in 1804. Scale ca. 1:2,900,000. Map in German. 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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  13. Title: Venice, Italy, 1834 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Pianta della regia citta de Venezia : rinnovata l'an 1834, Antonio Lazzari inc. ; Bertoja dis. It was published by Giovanni Gallo in [1834]. Scale [ca. 1:14,000]. Map in Italian. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the European Datum 1950 UTM Zone 33N 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, canals, drainage, built-up areas and selected buildings, and more. Includes views, illustrations, and index. 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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  14. Title: Maine, 1815 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Map of the district of Maine : from the latest and best authorities, by Moses Greenleaf, Esqr. ; engraved by W.B. Annin. It was published in 1815 by Cummings & Hilliard. Scale [ca. 1:506,880]. Covers Maine and portions of New Hampshire, the provinces of Quebec and New Brunswick, Canada.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to Universal Transverse Mercator projection (UTM Zone 19N, meters, NAD 83). 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; selected mills, factories, meeting houses, and court houses; drainage; land grant, town, county, state, and national boundaries; distances of each town from Boston and the shire town, and more. Relief shown by hachures.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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  15. Title: The Paumbum Passage, Gulf of Manaar, 1830

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    Summary: Depth shown by soundings and shading. Relief shown by hachures. Proposed cuts [channels] through the mainland and through [sand] bar are shown. Coral reefs and "track of native boats" are shown. Includes inset map showing southern tip of India, northern Sri Lanka, Gulf of Mannar, and Adam's Bridge. From: Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 4 (1834), pp. 1-25; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J687 v.4 1834.

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  16. Title: Inca Empire, South America, 1873 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Ttahuantin-Suyu, or, the empire of the Yncas (except Quito and Chile) : in its four great divisions of Chincha-Suyu, Cunti-Suyu, Anti-Suyu, Colla-Suyu : with their tribes and ayllus or lineages, also the routes of the Ynca conquerors by Clements R. Markham ; Trel. Saunders Geogr. It was published for the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society in 1873. Scale [ca. 1:3,000,000]. Covers the territory of the former Inca Empire, South America.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the 'World 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. This map shows features such as drainage, cities and other human settlements, Inca territories, routes of conquerors, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown by shading and hachures. Inset: An enlarged map of the cradle of the Ynca race.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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  17. Title: Central Africa showing expedition route of Verney Lovett Cameron, 1876 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Map of a portion of South Africa : illustrative of Lieut. Cameron's route from lake Tangayika to the west coast, by E. G. Ravenstein, F.R.G.S. It was published by Geogr. Mag. in 1876. Scale 1:5,000,000. Covers portions of Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, and Zambia. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to a non-standard 'World Sinusoidal' projection with the central meridian at 20 degrees east. 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 expedition routes, drainage, cities and other human settlements, territorial boundaries, and more. Relief is shown by shading. 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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  18. Title: Susquehanna and Delaware Rivers headwaters, New York, 1790 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Map of the head waters of the rivers Susquehanna & Delaware embracing the early patents on the south side of the Mohawk River : from the original, drawn about the year 1790, by Simeon DeWitt, Esq. ... ; with the date of each patent now appended from the rec. in surveyr. genls. office, by E.B. O'C. It was published by Weed, Parsons & Co. in 1849. Scale [ca. 1:260,000]. Covers portion of Central New York including Oneida, Herkimer, Montgomery, Schenectady, Schoharie, Otsego, Delaware, and Greene Counties. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) Zone 18N NAD83 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 is a cadastral map showing property boundaries, names of property owners, dates of patent, drainage, and more. Includes ill. 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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  19. Title: Map of the Indian Empire including Ceylon and the Straits Settlements.

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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale 1:5,000,000 ; conic proj. Accompanied by index. Inset: India showing military stations and railways, languages, religions -- town plans of Bombay, Calcutta, Madras, etc. Relief shown as hachures and heights in feet. Shows: international and administrative boundaries, railways, canals. Scale 1:5,000,000 Ames Library of South Asia Maps

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  20. Title: Linguistic stocks of American Indians north of Mexico

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    Summary: 1 map : col. ; 51 x 43 cm Includes inset of the Aleutian Islands. Bureau of ethnology. Seventh annual report, plate I.

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