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  1. Title: Genoa Region, Italy, 1943 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper topographic map entitled: Town plan of Genoa (Genova), drawn and photolithographed by War Office. It was published by the Army Map Service, U.S. Army in 1943. Scale 1:10,000. Covers the Genoa region, Italy.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the 'European Datum 1950 UTM Zone 32N' 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 towns, villages, roads, railroads, drainage, built-up areas and selected buildings (schools, hospitals, factories, etc.), fortification, wharves, ground cover, power lines, aqueducts, and more. Relief shown by contours. 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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  2. Title: Milan, Italy, 1943 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Town plan of Milan (Milano). It was published by the Army Map Service, U.S. Army in 1943. Scale 1:10,000. Covers Milan, Italy. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the 'European Datum 1950 UTM Zone 32N' 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, railroads and stations, street-railroads, drainage, built-up areas and selected buildings, parks, 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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  3. Title: Neunkirchen-Frankfurt

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    Summary: Relief shown by contours and spot heights. "Contour interval varies between 50 meters, 100 meters and 200 meters for different section of this map". Includes a glossary. Includes index to adjacent sheets and reference. "Reproduced at the Command and Staff College, 1955." Reproduced from sheets from maps from series AMS M508. "C&GSC 250-66."

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  4. Title: Neunkirchen-Frankfurt

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    Summary: Relief shown by contours and spot heights. "Contour interval varies between 50 meters, 100 meters and 200 meters for different section of this map". Includes a glossary. Includes index to adjacent sheets and reference. "Reproduced at the Command and Staff College, 1955." Reproduced from sheets from maps from series AMS M508. "C&GSC 250-66."

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  5. Title: Shanghai, 1945

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    Summary: This is a scanned version of the 1945 paper map entitled: Shanghai published by The U.S. Army Map Service. The map was scanned at 300 dots per inch and is in the TIFF format.

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  6. Title: Germany: International frontiers 1937. Internal boundaries 1944: Gaue (Nazi Party boundaries). Series G.S.G.S. Misc. no. 162

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    Summary: Map shows the Gaue boundaries by red lines and the headquarters are undersocore. Also, international, Länder, Provinzen, Regierungsbezirk, Kreis boundaries. Map shows the borders of the Greater Germany Reich covering: Germany, parts of Poland, and Russia. "7/Jan45/13 MRS/224". "1/Jan45/13 MRS/266". Overprinted on a map from the series GSGS Misc. 162. East Decimal Degree 22.9167. South Decimal Degree 47.2667. West Decimal Degree 5.8667. North Decimal Degree 55.166700. Map is part of a set of four sheets: Wehrkreise (Military districts); Luftgaue (Air Force districts); Gaue (Nazi Party boundaries); Wirtschaftsbezirke (Economic districts). Library has: Gaue (Nazy Party boundaries).

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  7. Title: Eastern China 1:50,000

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    Summary: Relief shown by 5 and 25 m. contour interval and spot heights. Reprint of 1945. "9-45." "Geographical Section, General Staff, No. 3789. Published at the War Office 1927. First GSGS Edition (AMS 1), 1926; Third GSGS Edition (AMS 2), 1944; AMS Revisions (AMS 3), 1944."

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  8. Title: Central Europe 1:100,000, sheet S4: Fulda

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    Summary: Relief shown by contours and spot heights. This map is part of a set sheets, some reissued by U.S. Army Map Service (A.M.S. M641), complete in 265 maps. Military grid. "Contour interval 25 metres above 50 meters, 10 metres below 50 metres." Six classes of roads and paths, three classes of railroads, and wooded, vineyard and orchard areas are shown. Compilation of a map of Central Europe on the scale of 1:100,000, undertaken by the British General Staff Geographical Section, was transferred to the U.S. Army Map Service. Includes "Glossary." Marginal maps: Index to adjoining sheets and incidence of grid letters [and] G.S.G.S. 4346, Germany 1:250,000.--Compilation diagram. Includes index map.

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  9. Title: France, scale 1:100,000

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    Summary: Relief shown by 10 m contour interval and spot heights. Depth shown by soundings. Grid is Lambert Zone I and Nord de Guerre Zone. "For use by War and Navy Department agencies only" during World War II. Roads and railroads are classified. Sheets contain glossary, "Aerial photo revision" diagram, and index to adjoining sheets. This set is coordinated with the following: Belgium & N.E. France 1:100,000 (G.S.G.S. 4336) Central Europe 1:100,000 (G.S.G.S. 4416) and Italy 1:100,000 (G.S.G.S. 4164). This map is part of a set of 136 sheets, some sheets were reissued by U.S. Army Map Service (A.M.S. M661).

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  10. Title: Shanghai

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    Summary: AMS revision 1944. "9-45." Relief shown by spot heights. Depth shown by isobaths. One thousand yard world polyconic grid Zond "D". British grid deleted and world polyconic grid added by AMS, 1944. Three types of internal boundaries, three classes of railroads, with some distances in kilometers, three classes of roads or tracks, woods and marsh type vegetation, and telegraph lines are shown.

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  11. Title: Paris

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    Summary: Insets: Bois de Vincennes; Bois de Boulogne. "For key to street names, etc. see G.S.G.S. (Misc) No. 106." "Copied from French plan dated 1938. Photolithographed by O.S. 1944". Shows: street names, principal buildings. Great Britain. War Office. General Staff. Geographical Section. G.S.G.S. 4234 Insets: Bois de Vincennes; Bois de Boulogne. "For key to street names, etc. see G.S.G.S. (Misc) No. 106." Copied from French plan dated 1938. Photolithographed by O.S. 1944.

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  12. Title: France, scale 1:100,000

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    Summary: Grid is Lambert Zone I and Nord de Guerre Zone. Relief shown by 10 m contour interval and spot heights. Sheets contain glossary, "Aerial photo revision" diagram, and index to adjoining sheets. This set is coordinated with the following: Belgium & N.E. France 1:100,000 (G.S.G.S. 4336) Central Europe 1:100,000 (G.S.G.S. 4416) and Italy 1:100,000 (G.S.G.S. 4164). This map is part of a set of 136 sheets, some sheets were reissued by U.S. Army Map Service (A.M.S. M661). Largely based, directly or through reduction, on France 1:50,000 (G.S.G.S. 4250). "For use by War and Navy Department agencies only" during World War II.

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  13. Title: Town plan of Tunis

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    Summary: "8/42/G.S.G.S." "Published by War Office 1942." "Army Map Service, U. S. Army, Washington, D. C. 103041. 1943. 2-43." "British North West Africa Grid." "Grid North is 5°41ʹ E. of True North on this sheet." Map shows gas works, water supplies, churches, mosques, and cemeteries of different religions. "For continuation Westwards to road junction at Le Bardo see inset below." With key to figures.

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  14. Title: Tunisia 1:10,000

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    Summary: Map shows railways, oil pipelines, wells, and cemeteries of different religions. Important buildings are listed and located. Inset: Bizerte and Ferryville. Scale 1:200,000. "7/42/GSGS." "Army Map Service, U. S. Army, Washington, D. C. 110139. 1942. 2-43." "Approximate mean declination 1942. Annual magnetic change 7ʹ decrease for center of sheet."

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  15. Title: Town plan of La Goulette

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    Summary: "8/42 GSGS." "Army Map Service, U. S. Army, Washington, D. C. 116540. 2-43. 1943." "British North West Africa Grid." "Grid North is 5°46ʹ E. of True North on this sheet." Inset: [Lac de Tunis]. Scale 1:75,000.

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  16. Title: France, scale 1:100,000

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    Summary: Relief shown by 10 m contour interval and spot heights. Grid is Lambert Zone I. "For use by War and Navy Department agencies only" during World War II. Sheets contain glossary, "Aerial photo revision" diagram, and index to adjoining sheets. This set is supplemented by the following map series: Belgium & N.E. France 1:100,000 (G.S.G.S. 4336) ; Central Europe 1:100,000 (G.S.G.S. 4416) and Italy 1:100,000 (G.S.G.S. 4164). This map is part of a set of 136 sheets, some sheets were reissued by U.S. Army Map Service (A.M.S. M661).

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  17. Title: Touggourt

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    Summary: Relief show by contours and spot heights. "Army Map Service, U. S. Army, Washington, D. C. 104449. 4-43. 1943" "North West Africa Zone Grid." "Approximate mean declination 1943. For center of sheet annual magnetic change 6ʹ decrease." AMS 1. [Great Britain. War Office. General Staff. Geographical Section.] Provisional G.S.G.S. no. 4275. Alternate title: Touggourt. In upper left margin: Algeria 1:5,000. Lambert conical orthomorphic projection. North West Africa zone grid. Relief shown by contour intervals and spot elevations. Lambert conical orthomorphic projection. North West Africa zone grid. United States. Army Map Service.

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  18. Title: Sfax : city plan

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    Summary: "For use by the War and Navy Department Agencies only. Not for sale or distribution." "Note: officers using this map will mark hereon corrections and additions which come to their attention and mail direct to the Chief of Engineers, Washington, D.C." Notes variation and annual change in magnetic and true north. Map shows railways, roads, public buildings, cemeteries, and Arab quarters. "4-43."

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  19. Title: Orléansville

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    Summary: The town renamed to El Asnam, as a capital city of Départment d'El Asnam, 1962. Both names of the Department (or Wilaya) and the town changed to Chlef, 1980. Shows city roads, residential quarters, Chélif River, important buildings, and public service facilities. Great Britain. War Office. "Geographical Section. General Staff. G.S.G.S. no. 4275". "Army Map Service, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C., 113822; Reprint November 1942." "9/42/G.S.G.S." "Copied from Les Guides blues Algérie, Tunisie."

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  20. Title: Town plan of Dakar. G.S.G.S. 4353

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    Summary: In upper left margin: Senegal. French West Africa Senegal grid. Inset: Goree Island. In lower right margin: "Drawn by War Office,1942". Authorities: Plan de la Ville de Dakar, 1:5,000, Service Geographique de l'A.O.F. I.S.T.D. 8/1941; Dakar: plan of port and town, 1:10,000, I.S.T.D.; Intelligence reports, 1941; Intelligence information 1941-42. Relief shown by rock drawings. Four classes of roads and paths are shown; some streets and buildings are named. Military grid. United States. Army Map Service. Great Britain. War Office. General Staff. Geographical Section. G.S.G.S. 4353.

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