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  1. Title: Contributions to the geology of the Mesabi range, with special reference to the magnetites of the iron-bearing formation west of Mesaba, Bulletin 19, Plate 1

    • Not specified
    • 1924
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    Summary: Interpretations of bedrock geology (distribution of rock at the land surface and beneath surface sediments) of the Western Mesabi District, Minnesota, scale 1:62,500.

  2. Title: Contributions to the geology of the Mesabi range, with special reference to the magnetites of the iron-bearing formation west of Mesaba, Bulletin 19, Plate 2

    • Not specified
    • 1924
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    Summary: Longitudinal Section through the Biwabik and Gunflint Formations, scale 1 inch = 1.5 miles.

  3. Title: Tourists' & cyclists' road map of England & Wales : sheet 11

    • Not specified
    • 1920
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    Summary: Shows Hereford, Worcester, Warwick, Oxford, and portions of surrounding shires including Monmouth and Gloucester.; Relief shown by hachures.; Panel title.; "In 16 sheets from the ordnance survey ..."; Back panel includes index map. 45 x 65 centimeters, folded to 18 x 11 centimeters

  4. Title: Tourist's & cyclist's road map of England & Wales in 16 sheets from the Ordnance Survey : sheet 2

    • Not specified
    • 1920
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    Summary: Panel title.; Shows Northumberland and a portion of southeast Scotland.; Back panel includes index map to sheets.; Relief shown by hachures.; In lower right: "Drawn & engraved by John Bartholomew F.R.G.S." 45 x 65 centimeters

  5. Title: Map of an exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the year 1842 and to Oregon & North California in the years 1843-44

    • Not specified
    • 1845
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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures.; Originally published in report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the year 1842 and to Oregon and North California in the years 1843-44. By Brevet Captain F.C. Fremont, of the Topographical Engineers, under the Orders of Col. F.F. Abert, Chief of the Topographical Bureau. Printed by the order of the Senate of the United States. Washington. Gales and Seaton, Printers. 1845 (28th Cong., 2nd Sess., Sen. Ex. Doc. 174, Serial 461.).; Cited in Carl I. Wheat's Mapping the Transmississippi West, 1540-1861 ; volume 2, number 497.; Includes: Profile of the route from the mouth of the Kansas to the Pacific by Capt. J.C. Fremont in 1843. 77 x 129 centimeters

  6. Title: Map of an exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the year 1842: and to Oregon & North California in the years 1843-44 by J.C. Fremont ... under the orders of J.J. Abert, Chief of the Topographical Bureau.

    • Not specified
    • 1845
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    Summary: Includes: Profile of the route from the mouth of the Kansas to the Pacific by Capt. J.C. Fremont in 1843. Scale 1:3,000,000. Or 47,35 [i.e. 47.35] miles to one in. MiU copy mounted on chartex. From "Report of the exploring expedition to the Rocky mountains inyear 1842, and to Oregon and north California in the years 1843-44". 1 map on 2 sheets: col.; 76 x 127 cm.

  7. Title: Map of western Washington, showing classification of lands; by John W. Rankine and Geo. H. Plummer, 1898.

    • Not specified
    • 1898
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    Summary: Shows cut areas, timbered and timberless areas, burned areas, and Northern Pacific land grant boundaries. Plate III from the "Nineteenth annual report" of the U.S. Geological Survey, Part 5, Forest reserves (1898). Public land grid. "Julius Bien & Co. Lith. N.Y." 1 map: col.; 107 x 70 cm

  8. Title: Outline map of Paris, France : showing principal places of interest

    • Image data
    • 1900
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    Summary: In upper margin: If you go to the Paris Exposition you will find this map a great convenience. Includes advertisements for wood products manufactured by John W. Boughton. Includes calendars for 1900 and 1901. Map on side 2 has title: Map of London, England.

  9. Title: Thacker's reduced survey map of India

    • Not specified
    • 1926
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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale 1:4,435,200. 1 in. = 70 English miles. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Insets: Bombay -- Calcutta -- Madras -- Delhi -- [Nicobar Islands] -- [Sea routes to India]. (C) John Bartholomew & Son Ltd. 1 map : color ; 99 x 85 cm, on sheet 107 x 90 cm.

  10. Title: Sketch map of the Chobe River by Dr. Benjn. F. Bradshaw, 1880

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    • 1881
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    Summary: Terrain and ground cover along river banks shown by color, shading, and pictorially. Widths of river and heights of banks are shown. Villages, paths, stations, and ferries along river are shown. Relief shown by hachures. From: Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and monthly record of geography. Vol. 3 (1881), no. 4, pp. 208-13; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J6873

  11. Title: General map of South Africa by W. J. Turner showing the comparative distances from Cape Town with those of European cities from London

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    • 1881
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    Summary: Comparative linear distances from London to various European cities shown in red, and superimposed on Cape Town and African coasts. Northern limit of the temperate region is shown. Boundaries of British possessions, Portuguese territory, Matabele Kingdom, and Marutse-Mabunda Empire are shown. From: Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and monthly record of geography. Vol. 3 (1881), no. 1, pp. 1-19; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J6873

  12. Title: Map of the north end of Lake Nyassa surveyed by Mr. Jas. Stewart, C. E., Livingstonia Mission, 1880

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    • 1881
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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Expedition routes of Stewart, Elton, and Thomson are shown. "This map is a continuation and correction, on the same scale, of Mr. Stewart's former maps published in the 'Proceedings' May 1879 & July 1880." Includes note: "[peaks labeled] a, b, c, d, e, are peaks of the Livingstone Range surveyed by compass bearings from the west coast. The eastern coast-line has been sketched in approximately parallel to the line of peaks." From: Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and monthly record of geography. Vol. 3 (1881), no. 5, pp. 257-77; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J6873

  13. Title: Sketch map of explorations in the neighbourhood of St. Salvador (Congo) by the Rev. T. J. Comber, 1880

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    • 1881
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    Summary: Congo River's course according to Mr. [Henry Morton] Stanley is shown. River's previously supposed course according to Captn. [James Hingston] Tuckey superimposed in hairline. Expedition route shown in red. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. From: Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and monthly record of geography. Vol. 3 (1881), no. 1, pp. 20-6; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J6873

  14. Title: Map of the Central Zambesi region constructed from the route surveys & observations of Livingstone, Baines, Mohr, Pinto, Holub, and other travellers, combined with the sketches of Mr. F. C. Selous, by W. J. Turner

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    • 1881
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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Routes of Mr. Selous in 1874, 1877, and 1879 shown in red. Cataracts, marshes and salt plains are shown. Kingdoms and empires in region are labeled. From: Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and monthly record of geography. Vol. 3 (1881), no. 3, pp. 169-75; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J6873

  15. Title: Discoveries along the south coast of Franz-Josef Land by Mr. B. Leigh Smith, 1880

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    • 1881
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    Summary: Route, direction, and dates of voyage are shown. Ice sheets and icebergs along route shown in blue. Depth shown by soundings. Relief shown by hachures. Conjectural coastlines shown by broken lines. Site of abandonment of Tegetthoff [Austrian vessel] in 1874 is shown. From: Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and monthly record of geography. Vol. 3 (1881), no. 3, pp. 129-50; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J6873

  16. Title: Map of Sikkim and parts of the adjacent territories to illustrate sir R. Temple's paper

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    • 1881
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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Boundaries of Sikkim with Nepal, Tibet, Bhutan, Chumbi Valley, and Bengal Province are shown. Roads and mountain passes are shown. From: Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and monthly record of geography. Vol. 3 (1881), no. 6, pp. 321-40; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J6873

  17. Title: Sketch map of the Jebel Shammar by W. S. Blunt Esq., 1879

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    • 1880
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    Summary: Relief shown by spot heights, hachures, and coloration. Areas of granitic rock and sandstone are shown. Extent of Nafud desert is shown. Includes information on quality and composition of terrain. Wadis and wells are shown. From: Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and monthly record of geography. Vol. 2 (1880), no. 2, pp. 81-102; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J6873

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