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  1. Title: Carte de L'Afrique Divisee en ses principaux Etats pour servir a l'instruction de la Jeunesse (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of an historic continental map of Africa from 1821. Created by Eustache Herisson and titled "Carte de L'Afrique Divisee en ses principaux Etats pour servir a l'instruction de la Jeunesse," this map illustrates the routes of Cook's voyages of 1771, 1775 and 1780 around the Cape of Good Hope to Australia. 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 was georeferenced by the Stanford University Geospatial Center using a Sinusoidal projection. This map is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps of Africa held at Stanford University Libraries. This historic paper map provides an historical perspective of the cultural and physical landscape during this time period. The wide range of information provided on these maps make them useful in the study of historic geography. As this map has been georeferenced, it also can be used as a background layer in conjunction with other GIS data. The horizontal positional accuracy of a raster image is approximately the same as the accuracy of the published source map. The lack of a greater accuracy is largely the result of the inaccuracies with the original measurements and possible distortions in the original paper map document. There may also be errors introduced during the digitizing and georeferencing process. In most cases, however, errors in the raster image are small compared with sources of error in the original map graphic. The RMS error for this map is 347.232 meters. This value describes how consistent the transformation is between the different control points (links). The RMS error is only an assessment of the accuracy of the transformation. Hérisson, Eustache, and Stanford Geospatial Center. (2013). Carte de L'Afrique Divisee en ses principaux Etats pour servir a l'instruction de la Jeunesse (Raster Image). Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/kp673cn9449. For more information about Stanford's Maps of Africa Collection, see here: https://exhibits.stanford.edu/maps-of-africa. This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.

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  2. Title: Paris, France, 1832 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan routier de la ville de Paris : divise en 12 arrondissemens et 48 quartiers, dresse par Herisson, geographe. It was published by chez Jean in 1832. Scale [ca. 1:15,600]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the European Datum 1950, Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) Zone 31N 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, ground cover, Arrondissement and Quartier boundaries, and more. Relief is shown by hachures. Includes indexes.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: Plan routier de la ville et fauxbourgs de Paris, divisé en douze mairies

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    Summary: Indexed for street names.

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  4. Title: Carte des royaumes d'Espagne et de Portugal

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially.

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  5. Title: Carte de l'empire de Turquie en Europe et en Asie; dressée par Hérisson, Géog'e.

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    Summary: Relief show by hachures. Paris prime meridian. Dissected into 18 sections. Inset: Environs de Constantinople. 1 map: hand col., dissected and mounted on linen; 50 x 74 cm., folded in cover 23 x 14 cm.

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  6. Title: Amsterdam Region, the Netherlands, 1749 (Image 3 of 3) (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Kaarte van alle de dykpligtige en eenige waalpligtige landen behorende onder het Hoogreemraadschap van den Zeeburg en Diemerdyk, J. Wandelaar, delin. et sculpsit. It was published in 1749. Scale [ca. 1:6,000]. This layer is image 3 of 3 total images of the three sheet source map, representing the southern portion of the map. Covers the region east of Amsterdam, the Netherlands including portions of Gemeente Amsterdam, Gemeente Diemen, Gemeente Muiden, and Gemeente Weesp. Map in Dutch.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the RD_New (Rijksdriehoekstelsel), GCS Amersfoort 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 drainage, canals, cities and other human settlements, administrative boundaries, roads, propery boundaries with names of landowners, selected buildings and built-up areas, fortification, dikes, dams, windmills, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings.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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  7. Title: Amsterdam Region, the Netherlands, 1749 (Image 2 of 3) (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Kaarte van alle de dykpligtige en eenige waalpligtige landen behorende onder het Hoogreemraadschap van den Zeeburg en Diemerdyk, J. Wandelaar, delin. et sculpsit. It was published in 1749. Scale [ca. 1:6,000]. This layer is image 2 of 3 total images of the three sheet source map, representing the central portion of the map. Covers the region east of Amsterdam, the Netherlands including portions of Gemeente Amsterdam, Gemeente Diemen, Gemeente Muiden, and Gemeente Weesp. Map in Dutch.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the RD_New (Rijksdriehoekstelsel), GCS Amersfoort 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 drainage, canals, cities and other human settlements, administrative boundaries, roads, propery boundaries with names of landowners, selected buildings and built-up areas, fortification, dikes, dams, windmills, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings.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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  8. Title: Amsterdam Region, the Netherlands, 1749 (Image 1 of 3) (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Kaarte van alle de dykpligtige en eenige waalpligtige landen behorende onder het Hoogreemraadschap van den Zeeburg en Diemerdyk, J. Wandelaar, delin. et sculpsit. It was published in 1749. Scale [ca. 1:6,000]. This layer is image 1 of 3 total images of the three sheet source map, representing the northern portion of the map. Covers the region east of Amsterdam, the Netherlands including portions of Gemeente Amsterdam, Gemeente Diemen, Gemeente Muiden, and Gemeente Weesp. Map in Dutch.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the RD_New (Rijksdriehoekstelsel), GCS Amersfoort 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 drainage, canals, cities and other human settlements, administrative boundaries, roads, propery boundaries with names of landowners, selected buildings and built-up areas, fortification, dikes, dams, windmills, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings.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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  9. Title: A map exhibiting a general view of the roads and inland navigation of Pennsylvania, and part of the adjacent states : respectfully inscribed to Thomas Mifflin, governor, and the General Assembly of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and pictorially. Simplified topography of map focuses attention on roads and canals. Insets and accompanying text explaining operations of canals. Historic Maps copy 2 is facsimile.

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