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  1. Title: Map shewing ancient and modern areas of the New Forest : as delineated by W. J. C. Moens, F.S.A. on the two mile map of the Ordnance Survey

    • Not specified
    • 1903
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    Summary: Relief shown by spot heights.; Also shows roads, railways, churches, windmills and windpumps. 35 x 41 centimeters

  2. Title: Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland : main cash products

    • Image data
    • 1952
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    Summary: Map shows areas of mineral production, crop and livestock husbandry, International, intercolonial, and provincial boundaries, actual and projected railways, principal roads, and marshes and swamps. Crown Copyright Reserved "G.B.H.19977-Wt.4663-Dd." "'1375-1/52" Original map is filed in the Map and Geospatial Information Center. A map reproduction is attached to companion volume.

  3. Title: Sierra Leone

    • Image data
    • 1951
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    Summary: Map shows colony and provincial boundaries, roads, railways, locations of cash crops (piassava, rice, palm, cocoa, ginger), and mineral ocurrences. Includes location map. "C.B.H. 19978". "Crown copyright reserved" Original map is filed in the Map/Geospatial Center, a map reproduction is attached to companion volume.

  4. Title: Northern Rhodesia : general map

    • Image data
    • 1938
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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. "2163 - 3546A - 397A - 500,4/38". Original map is filed in the Map/Geospatial Center, a map reproduction is attached to companion volume. This is a general map that highlights international, provincial, and district boundaries, mines, missions, railways and roads. Also locates farms and habitations.

  5. Title: Northern Rhodesia : cattle distribution, Tsetse fly and sleeping sickness areas

    • Image data
    • 1938
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    Summary: Original map is filed in the Map/Geospatial Center, a map reproduction is attached to companion volume. "2163".

  6. Title: Northern Rhodesia : crop distribution

    • Image data
    • 1938
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    Summary: Original map is filed in the Map/Geospatial Center, a map reproduction is attached to companion volume. "2163".

  7. Title: Population : Northern Rhodesia

    • Image data
    • 1934
    Contributors:

    Summary: Original map is filed in the Map/Geospatial Center, a map reproduction is attached to companion volume. "2163".

  8. Title: Tanganyika Territory

    • Image data
    • 1933
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    Summary: Map shows international, intercolonial and district boundaries, railways, roads, towns, rivers, and swamps. Some principle elevation points are also shown on map. Relief shown by hachures. Original map is filed in the Map/Geospatial Center, map reproduction is attached to companion volume.

  9. Title: Tanganyika Territory

    • Image data
    • 1932
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    Summary: Map shows international, intercolonial and district boundaries, railways, roads, towns, rivers and swamps. Principle points of elevation also shown on map. Relief shown by hachures. "P5003.1764.A2828.1125.5/32." Original map is filed in the Map/Geospatial Center, map reproduction is attached to companion volume.

  10. Title: Sierra Leone

    • Image data
    • 1923
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    Summary: Map shows colony and protectorate. Colony is shown by hatched lines. Map shows provincial, district, and chiefdom boundaries, Sierra Leone Government railway, roads, provincial headquarters, districts, and other government stations. "W 404. B. WT 2i381A/116. 625. 2/23. J.W. Ltd." Original map is filed in the Map/Geospatial Center, map reproduction is attached to companion volume. Issued to accompany volume: Sierra Leone: report for 1921. Colonial reports - annual, no. 1150 (London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1923).

  11. Title: Cape of Good Hope and Cape Town Region, South Africa, Nautical Chart, 1822 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2010
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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic, paper map entitled: Survey of the Cape of Good Hope, by Lieut. A.T.E. Vidal of H.M.S. Leven, assisted by Captn. Chas. Lechmere, R.N. Lieut T. Boteler, and Mr. H.A. Gibbons, Admlty. Midn. under the direction of Captn. W.F.W. Owen, 1822. J. & C. Walker sculpt. It was published according to Act of Parliament at the Hydrographical Office of the Admiralty, 4th March 1828. Scale [ca. 1:153,512]. Covers the Cape Peninsula region, including False Bay and Cape Town, South Africa. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the 'WGS 1984 UTM 34S' 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 coastal features such as beacons, rocks, channels, points, coves, islands, bottom soil types, anchorage points, and more. Includes also selected land features such as roads, drainage, land cover, selected buildings, towns, and more. Relief shown by contours; depths by soundings. Includes notes, table of heights, and two views. 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.

  12. Title: Bechuanaland, Basutoland and Swaziland

    • Image data
    • 1952
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    Summary: Map shows international and inter-colonial boundaries, three classes of roads and railways, gold and silver deposits, asbestos mines, natural reserves, and land use. "C.B.H. 19977 - Wt. 4663 - Dd."; "1375 - 1/52" Original map is filed in the Map/Geospatial Center, a map reproduction is attached to companion volume.

  13. Title: The Colonial Office list

    • Image data
    • 1946
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    Summary: A map set object.

  14. Title: Cameroons under British mandate, 1936

    • Image data
    • 1937
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    Summary: The territory of the Cameroons under the United KIngdom trusteeship consisted of two mountainous strips on the eastern frontier of Nigeria, extending from Lake Chad to the Atlantic Ocean. It is divided by a strech of approximately 45 miles into north and south by the Benue River. Map shows international, provincial, Nigeria-Cameroons, divisional, and district boundaries, territories administered as part of Bornu, Adamawa, and Benue, three classes of roads, telegraph lines, wireless stations, native courts, native administration schools, European mission stations (Basel Mission, Roman Catholic, and Baptist Mission), Roman Catholic catechumenates; Basel Mission schools, and lighthouses. "1651,424A.3838,875,5/37." Original maps is filed in the Map/Geospatial Center, a map reproduction is attached to companion volume.

  15. Title: Cameroons under British mandate, 1937

    • Image data
    • 1937
    Contributors:

    Summary: The territory of the Cameroons under the United KIngdom trusteeship consisted of two mountainous strips on the eastern frontier of Nigeria, extending from Lake Chad to the Atlantic Ocean. It is divided by a strech of approximately 45 miles into north and south by the Benue River. Map shows international, provincial, Nigeria-Cameroons, divisional, and district boundaries, territories administered as part of Bornu, Adamawa, and Benue are color coded, three classes of roads, telegraph lines, wireless stations, native courts, native administration schools, European missions stations (Basel, Roman Catholic, and Baptist), Roman Catholic catechumenates; Basel Mission schools; and lighthouses. "2426,2219A.4122,895/9/38." Original maps are filed in the Map/Geospatial Center, map reproductions are attached to companion volumes.

  16. Title: Map of the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria

    • Image data
    • 1931
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    Summary: Map shows international, provincial and mandated territories boundaries, boundary between the Northern and Southern Provinces, provincial and divisional headquarters, railways in operation and under construction, dry and all seasons roads. The Colony area is indicated red dots. Original map is filed in the Map/Geospatial Center, a map reproduction is attached to companion volume. Map shows international, provincial and mandated territories boundaries, boundary between the Northern and Southern Provinces, provincial and divisional headquarters, railway in operation under construction and colony.

  17. Title: Cameroons Province, 1930

    • Image data
    • 1930
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    Summary: Map shows: International, provincial, divisional, and district boundaries,roads, native courts, native administration schools, European mission stations (Basel, Roman Catholic, and Baptist ), Roman Catholic catechumenates, Basel Mission schools and customs stations. Original map is filed in the Map/Geospatial Center, map reproduction is attached to companion volume. "(173)PS18704/9960A875.9/32.Gp921.C&RLTD"

  18. Title: Cameroons Province, 1930

    • Image data
    • 1930
    Contributors:

    Summary: Map shows: International, provincial, divisional, and district boundaries, roads, native courts, native administration schools, European mission stations (Basel, Roman Catholic, and Baptist ); Roman Catholic catechumenates; Basel Mission schools; customs stations. Original map is filed in the Map/Geospatial Center, a map reproduction is attached to companion volume. "(1819)648.A .875.8/35Gp921C&RLTD"

  19. Title: Cameroons under British mandate

    • Image data
    • 1930
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    Summary: Map shows: International, provincial, divisional, and district boundaries; divisional headquarters; roads and rivers; native courts; native administration schools and dressers; headquarters mission station, Basle M., R C M., Baptist; government medical stations; Roman Catholic catechumenates; government, vernacular, and mission schools. Original map is filed in the Map/Geospatial Center, a map reproduction is attached to companion volume. "P.3554,9541.A2491,808,875,8/30."

  20. Title: Cameroons Province, 1930

    • Image data
    • 1930
    Contributors:

    Summary: Map shows: International, provincial, divisional, and district boundaries; divisional headquarters; roads; native courts; native administration schools; European mission stations (Basel, Roman Catholic, and Baptist ); Roman Catholic catechumenates; Basel Mission schools; customs stations. Original map is filed in the Map/Geospatial Center, map reproduction is attached to companion volume. "(692)PS2806/1613.A875.8/33Gp921C&RLTD"

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