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  1. Title: General survey of England and Wales: An entirely new & accurate survey of the County of Kent, with part of the County of Essex,; Done by the surveying draftsmen of His Majesty's honourable Board of Ordnance, on the basis of the trigonometrical survey carried on by their orders under the direction of Capt. W. Mudge of the Royal Artillery.; Entirely new & accurate survey of the County of Kent;Title on case: Ordnance map of Kent

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    Summary: Greenwich meridian. Relief shown by hachures. "Tho. Foot Engraver". Dedicated to Charles, Marquis Cornwallis. Note pasted on each sheet: "Sold by W. Faden Geographer to His Majesty and to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales." 1 map: dissected and mounted on linen; 120 x 174 cm.

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  2. Title: Jerusalem, 1876 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Ordnance survey of Jerusalem, by captain Charles W. Wilson R. F. under the direction of Colonel Sir Henry James, R.E., F.R.S., &c. director of the Ordnance Survey, 1864-5. It was published by Ordnance Survey Office in 1876. Rev. [of 1864-5 ed.]. Revised 1876. Scale 1:2,500. Covers primarily the Old City.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM Zone 36S, 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 roads, drainage, built-up areas and selected buildings (churches, synagogues, convents, schools), fortification, gates, religious sites, cemeteries, watch houses, cisterns, tombs, pools, aqueducts, and more. Relief shown by hachures, contours and spot heights. Includes also a list of references.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: Jerusalem, 1868 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Ordnance Survey of Jerusalem, surveyed by C.W. Wilson, CE, in 1864-5 and engraved under the direction of Colonel J. Cameron; the hills by D. Law. It was published by Ordnance Survey Office in 1868. Scale 1:10,000. Covers Jerusalem. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Israel Transverse Mercator (ESRI: Israel_TM_Grid) 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, fortification, 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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  4. Title: Ordnance Survey map of Roman Britain

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    Summary: Relief shown by gradient tints. Depths shown by contours. "Reprinted with minor corrections April 1956." Accompanied by text/index: Map of Roman Britain (third edition). 44 p. : maps (some col.) ; 27 cm. Includes notes and Orkney/Shetland inset. "4027/A." Historic Maps copy unfolded, without text.

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  5. Title: Ancient Britain

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    Summary: Relief shown by gradient tints. Includes location map. Insets: [Orkney and Shetland Islands. Same scale] ; [St. Kilda. Same scale] ; [Sula Sgeir and Rona. Same scale] ; [Stack Skerry and Sule Skerry. Same scale]. "3624." "3625." Locations of historic sites, overprinted on a previously published map of Great Britain.

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  6. Title: Britain in the Dark Ages

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    Summary: Relief shown by gradient tints. Depths shown by bathymetric tints, isolines and soundings. Map of England and Wales, meant to be regarded as the southern half of a general map of Britain in the Dark Ages. Also issued folded to 22 x 14 cm. in booklet, 23 x 15 cm.. Title on booklet: Map of Britain in the Dark Ages. South sheet.

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  7. Title: New Forest : tourist map

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    Summary: Extent of forest boundary shown by a thick green dashed line.; First ed.: 1920.; Revised in 1893-4 and in 1901-3, 3rd revision 1913. Printed at the OSO. Magnetic declination date 1920. Minor corrections 1929. Roads revised to 10.25. Reprint 5000/23, 5000/26, 6000/30.; Layered and hachured, green/brown boundary 100ft contour.; Originally with cover. 56 x 66 centimeters Scale 1:63,360 City Maps

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  8. Title: Sussex, hundreds

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    Summary: Relief shown by spot heights.; Indexed.; Administrative divisions shown with red borders. sheet 50 x 105 centimeters Scale 1:126,720; 1 inch = 2 miles General Map Collection

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  9. Title: Roman Britain

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    Summary: Relief shown by hypsometric tints and bathymetric isolines. Prime meridian: London. Inset: The Roman wall in Scotland. Also issued folded in booklet 22 x 16 cm. with title: Map of Roman Britain.

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  10. Title: Bristol and Cardiff ; Salisbury, Winchester and Reading

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    Summary: Relief shown by contours, shading and spot heights. In upper margin: Ordnance survey of England and Wales. Sheet 32-33. "Reduced from the one inch map of 1903-08. Published at the Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton in 1915 by Colonel C.F. Close C.M.G., R.E., Director General."--In margin below map of Bristol and Cardiff. "Reduced from the one inch map of 1901-03. Published at the Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton in 1914 by Colonel C.F. Close C.M.G., R.E., Director General. Reprint 1000/23."--In margin below map of Salisbury, Winchester and Reading. Inset: Portland. Originally issued folded in covers 23 x 14 cm.

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  11. Title: Drogheda [map].

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    Summary: Map of Counties Louth and Meath, Ireland, centered on the town of Drogheda. Relief shown by contours, shading and spot heights. Depths shown by soundings. In upper margin: Ordnance Survey of Ireland. Sheet 13. "Reduced from the one inch map of 1899-1902. Partly revised. Published at the Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton in 1918 by Colonel C.F. Close, C.B., C.M.G., R.E., Director General."--In margin below map. Cover title: Ordnance Survey road map. Originally issued folded in covers 18 x 10 cm. Includes diagram of adjoining sheets.

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  12. Title: Birr [map].

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    Summary: Map of County Offaly, Ireland centered on the town of Birr. Relief shown by contours, shading and spot heights. In upper margin: Ordnance Survey of Ireland. Sheet 15. "Reduced from the one inch map of 1900-1913. Partly revised. Published at the Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton in 1917 by Colonel C.F. Close, C.B., C.M.G., R.E., Director General."--In margin below map. Cover title: Ordnance Survey road map of Birr. Originally issued folded in covers 18 x 10 cm. "Diagram of sheets of the map" on verso of cover.

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  13. Title: Belgium

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    Summary: Trench map of the area of Ieper, Belgium; relief shown by contours. Contour interval 5 meters. Metric grid. "Strictly confidential." "Issued by Signal Corps, U.S. Army for use in the School of Military Aeronautics"--Ypres area sheet. "Engraved and printed by the U.S. Geological Survey."

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  14. Title: Bedford and Cambridge

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    Summary: Relief shown by contours, shading and spot heights. In upper margin: Ordnance survey of England and Wales. Sheet 24. "Reduced from the one inch map of 1904-07. Published at the Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton in 1915 by Colonel C.F. Close C.M.G., R.E., Director General."--In margin below map. Originally issued folded in covers 18 x 10 cm.

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  15. Title: Torquay

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    Summary: [District map], [Ordnance Survey]; In top margin: Third edition.; Printed in black with roads in sienna. 73 x 50 centimeters Scale 1:63,360; one inch to one mile. General Map Collection

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  16. Title: Gloucester and Cheltenham

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    Summary: Relief shown by contours, shading, hachures and spot heights. In upper margin: Ordnance survey of England (Third Edition). (Large Scale Series). Sheet 94. "Revised in 1903-4 and published by the Director General at the Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, 1901."--In margin below map. Print date 9.14. On cover: Ordnance survey map of Gloucester and district. Coloured edition. Includes index to adjoining sheets. Originally issued folded in covers 18 x 10 cm.

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  17. Title: Pemba Island

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    Summary: Relief shown by contours.; Includes index to adjoining sheet.; In upper left margin: Africa 1:63,360. 118 x 59 centimeters, on sheets 82 x 69 centimeters Scale 1:63,360; 1 inch = 1 miles General Map Collection

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  18. Title: Ordnance survey of England and Wales : parts of sheets 4, 7 & 8

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    Summary: Map of Yorkshire. Relief shown by shading and spot heights. In upper margin: British Association 1906. "Revised in 1893-7 ... Reduced from the One Inch Map."--In margin below map. "Prepared especially for the British Association for the Advancement of Science. For distribution to Members."

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  19. Title: Oxford

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    Summary: Printed in black with roads in sienna.; Part of sheets 218, 219, 236, 237, 253, 254.; Revised 1893-1902. 61 x 61 centimeters Scale 1:63 360 General Map Collection

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  20. Title: Key-plan and index to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

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    Summary: Some buildings and vegetation shown pictorially. Panel title. Indexes to buildings and collections of trees and shrubs on verso. "Heliozincographed at the Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, 1904." On panel: O.W. 400. 33 x 28 centimeters Scale approximately 1:6,000 General Map Collection

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