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  1. Title: Klein-Asien, Syrien &c.

    • Image data
    • 1905
    Contributors:

    Summary: Map of the eastern Ottoman Empire; relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Insets: Irak-Arabi (scale 1:3,700,000). -- Ebene v. Troja -- Mosul und Ninive -- Smyrna (Izmir) und Umgebung (scales 1:500,000). In upper margin: Stielers Hand-atlas, no. 59. Probably issued in: Stielers Hand-atlas ... 9., von Grund aus neubearb. und neugestochene Aufl. Gotha : Justus Perthes, 1906.

  2. Title: Lake George, New York, 1890 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2007
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Map of Lake George, Rev. ed., by S. R. Stoddard. It was published by S. R. Stoddard in 1890. Scale [ca. 1:63,360]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) Zone 18N NAD83 projection. 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, drainage, township and county boundaries, radial distances from multiple points, selected public buildings, private residences with names of property owners, other points of interest, and more. Relief is shown by hachures and spot heights. Includes insets: Ruins of Fort Ticonderoga in 1873 -- [The Narrows Region] -- [Hulett's Landing Region] -- [Floating Battery/Mother Bunch islands] -- [Kattskill Bay] -- [Bolton] -- [Caldwell] -- [Glens Falls Region]. Includes historical notes. 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.

  3. Title: Adirondack Mountains Region, New York, 1883 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2007
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Map of the Adirondack wilderness, compiled by S.R. Stoddard. 4th rev. ed. It was published by S.R. Stoddard in 1883. Scale [ca. 1:255,000]. Covers the Adirondack Mountains Region, New York, including portions of St. Lawrence, Franklin, Clinton, Lewis, Herkimer, Hamilton, Essex, Warren, and Saratoga Counties. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) Zone 18N NAD83 projection. 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 natural features, drainage, railroads, important roads, ordinary roads, carries and trails, and township and county boundaries, and more. 'Distances are given in Figures on Roads and Trails. Air-Line Distances from Mount Marcy are indicated by Circles, 10 miles apart.' 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.

  4. Title: Map of the Adirondack wilderness

    • Not specified
    • 1890
    Contributors:

    Summary: Shows natural features, railroads, important roads, ordinary roads, carries and trails. "Distances are given in Figures on Roads and Trails. Air-Line Distances from Mount Marcy are indicated by Circles, 10 miles apart." Airline distances from "A.C.A. Camp" at Bow & Arrow Point, North Hero, Vt. shown by circles 1 mile apart up to 10 miles.; Relief shown by hachures and spot heights.; Cover title: Map of the Adirondacks.; Prime meridians: Greenwich (top) and Washington (bottom). Latitudes not indicated.; Neat line on the north, west, and south is a circle whose diameter is approximately 120 mi. on the 74th meridian W of Greenwich (also nominally 3∞ E of Washington), center just west of Mount Marcy. 77 x 61 centimeters, in cloth-covered boards

  5. Title: Patriae antiquae inter July et Caroli Magni Caesarum Roma Norum tempora descriptio; Hewich inventor.

    • Not specified
    • 1680
    Contributors:

    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. "S. Saevry - sculptor." North oriented toward the right side of the map. Hornius compiled maps for this sixth volume of Jansson's "Novus Atlas". Horn, also known as Hornius, published this volume separately in 1653 as, "Accuratissima orbis antiqua delineatio". Shows Belgium, The Netherlands and western Germany from the period of Julius Caesar to the reign of Charlemagne. 1 map; 39 x 48 cm

  6. Title: Atlas zur kirchengeschichte.

    • World maps
    • 1919
    Contributors:

    Summary: Historical Atlases

  7. Title: Chart of the world on Mercator's projection

    • World maps
    • 1867
    Contributors:

    Summary: Shows various types of federal roads. Pavement types shown by letters.; "Data corrected to Dec. 31, 1927." 90 x 143 centimeters

  8. Title: Chart of the world on Mercator's Projection

    • Image data
    • 1863
    Contributors:

    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Includes 8 inset maps and abbreviation table. " ... containing the lines of oceanic mail steam communication and overland routes, the great aerial and submarine telegraphs, and the principal tracks of sailing vessels; showing the direction and mean velocity of oceanic currents and important deep-sea soundings; with 4 additional charts shewing the general currents of air, the cotidal lines and the lines of equal magnitude variation." Wall map.

  9. Title: Prague, Czech Republic, 1900 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2015
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan kral. hlav. mesta Prahy a obci sousednich, sestavil a nakreslil Josef Bro ; ryl a tiskl V. Neubert. It was published by nakladem A. torcha Syna in 1900. Scale 1:12,000. Covers Prague, Czech Republic. Map in Czech.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the 'European Datum 1950 UTM Zone 33N' 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, ground cover parks, city districts and boundaries, and more. Includes inset: Prehledna mapa Velike Prahy.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.

  10. Title: Nile River & Red Sea Region, ca. 1870 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2012
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Egypt, Arabia Petraea, and lower Nubia, by Keith Johnston. It was published by William Blackwood & Sons ; W. & K. Johnston, ca. 1870. Scale [ca. 1:2,854,868]. Covers the Nile River and Red Sea regions.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Egypt Red Belt 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 drainage, cities and other human settlements, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, roads, railroads, canals, wells, and more. Covers the Nile River and Red Sea regions.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.

  11. Title: Hamburg, Germany, 1910 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2008
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: H. Carly's Bebauungs-Plan von Hamburg und samtlichen Hamburgischen Vororten : nebst Plan von Altona-Ottensen, Wandsbeck und Umgebung sowie Plan von Hagenbecks Tierpark. It was published by Druck und Verlag H. Carly (Inh. Oscar und Robert Enoch) in [1910]. Scale [ca. 1:14,000]. Map in German. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the WGS84 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 car lines, drainage, docks, built-up areas and selected buildings, parks, city districts, and more. Colored to show land use. Relief is shown pictorially. Includes inset: Carl Hagenbeck's Tierpark Stellingen. 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: Map of the Mississippi River from the falls of St. Anthony to the junction of the Illinois River

    • Not specified
    • 1887
    Contributors:

    Summary: Cartographic Details: 1 in. to 1 mile. Title from title sheet. "N. Peters, photo-lithographer, Washington, D.C." Includes index sheet. Relief shown pictorially. 38 x 60 centimeters

  13. Title: Route map between Bhamo & Mung-Mau through the hills of the Lenna Kakhyens

    • Image data
    • 1876
    Contributors:

    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Burmese frontier [boundary], Chinese frontier, and author's route are shown. Includes itinerary [table] of distances between destinations along route. From: The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 46 (1876), pp. 198-227; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J687 v. 46 1876

  14. Title: A sketch map of part of south eastern Africa to illustrate the journeys of Dr. Lacerda (1798), the Pombeiros (1806-11), and Major Monteiro (1831-1832)

    • Not specified
    • 1873
    Contributors:

    Summary: Relief shown by hachures.; "Published for the Journal of the Royal Geographic Society by John Murray ..."; Includes notes, inset: The Pomberios route from the Cazembe to Murio Aquito's [at map scale], and ancillary map: [Africa]. 42 x 62 centimeters

  15. Title: Map to illustrate a journey through Western Mongolia by Ney Elias, Junr., F.R.G.S. July 1872 to Jany. 1863

    • Image data
    • 1873
    Contributors:

    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Route of Mr. Elias, including dates and locations of encampments and extent of areas surveyed, is shown. Includes elevation profile of Mr. Elias's journey [scale ca. 1:5,910,000; vertical scale 1:120,000]. Major landmarks and locations of encampments are shown. Russian territory, Chinese territory, and dominions of Yakoob Beg shown by shading. "The positions which have been determined astronomically, are marked by the initial of the observer; (E.) Elias, (F.) Fritsche, (F.&B.) Fuss & Bunge, (L.) Lépissier, (M.) Matusovski, (S.) Schwarz." From: The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 43 (1873), pp. 108-56; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J687 v. 43 1873

  16. Title: Map to accompany Mr. Ney Elias' paper on the new course of the Yellow River

    • Image data
    • 1871
    Contributors:

    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Depth along new course of Yellow River shown by soundings in fathoms. Old and new courses of Yellow River, present and former lakes, Grand Canal, and other major rivers are shown. From: The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 40 (1870), pp. 1-33; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J687 v. 40 1870

  17. Title: Djibouti, Eritrea, & Eastern Africa, 1895 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2012
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Carta della colonia Eritrea coll'Abissinia : e regioni limitrofe tra il Nilo, Suakin e il Golfo d'Aden, costrutta e designata da Guido Cora ; lit[ografia] Salussolia. It was published by Fratelli Bocca in 1895. Scale 1:4,000,000. Covers Djibouti, Eritrea, and portions of Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Yemen, and Saudi Arabia. Map in Italian.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the World Miller Cylindrical 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 drainage, roads, railroads, cities and other human settlements, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Includes also inset: 'Parte dell'Italia centrale alla medesima scala.'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.

  18. Title: Kurdufan Region, Sudan, 1880 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2009
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Carta originale della Spedizione Borghese-Matteucci : nel Kordofan e Dar For secondo i rilievi del sottotenente A.M. Massari e le Esplorazioni anteriori, costrutta e disegnata da Guido Cora. It was published by Istituto Geografico Guido Cora in 1881. This dataset is georeferenced for the map covering the Kurdufan region, Sudan. Scale 1:3,000,000. Map in Italian.The original map contains multiple maps on one sheet. Because the map images are non-contiguous and possibly at differing scales, each map image was georeferenced separately. Please see the 'cross references' section for other maps on this sheet.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the 'Africa Lambert Conformal Conic' projection. 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 exploration routes of Giovanni Borghese, Pellegrino Matteucci, and A.M. Massari (with dates of locations), drainage, cities, towns and villages, territorial boundaries, 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 and the Harvard University Library as part of the Open Collections Program at Harvard University project: Organizing Our World: Sponsored Exploration and Scientific Discovery in the Modern Age. Maps selected for the project correspond to various expeditions and represent a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and purposes.

  19. Title: Darfur Region, Sudan, 1880 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2009
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Carta originale della Spedizione Borghese-Matteucci : nel Kordofan e Dar For secondo i rilievi del sottotenente A.M. Massari e le Esplorazioni anteriori, costrutta e disegnata da Guido Cora. It was published by Istituto Geografico Guido Cora in 1881. This dataset is georeferenced for the map covering the Darfur region, Sudan. Scale 1:3,000,000. Map in Italian.The original map contains multiple maps on one sheet. Because the map images are non-contiguous and possibly at differing scales, each map image was georeferenced separately. Please see the 'cross references' section for other maps on this sheet.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the 'Africa Lambert Conformal Conic' projection. 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 exploration routes of Giovanni Borghese, Pellegrino Matteucci, and A.M. Massari (with dates of locations), drainage, cities, towns and villages, territorial boundaries, 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 and the Harvard University Library as part of the Open Collections Program at Harvard University project: Organizing Our World: Sponsored Exploration and Scientific Discovery in the Modern Age. Maps selected for the project correspond to various expeditions and represent a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and purposes.

  20. Title: Map of the Thunder Bay and Lake Nipigon Regions

    • Thematic maps
    • 1869
    Contributors:

    Summary: 1 map on 3 sheets; 109 x 100 cm.. Longitude west from Greenwich

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