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  1. Title: Ireland and Northern Ireland, 1705 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: A mapp of the kingdom of Ireland : newly corrected & improv'd by actual observations : divided into its provinces, counties, & baronies, and supply'd with many market towns & other places of note omitted in former mapps ... : together with plans of the citys and fortified towns, as allso a short description of the kingdom by Henry Pratt ; to this map is added a large index of the measur'd distances of ev'ry town from Dublin, of the burroughs, barracks, and post towns with many other improuements and emendations ; I. Harris, sculp. It was published by H. Pratt in 1708. Scale [ca. 1:385,000]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Irish Grid (Transverse Mercator 1965 (TM-65)) 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, major roads, territorial and administrative boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown pictorially. Includes also text, index, 16 ancillary town maps, and inset: The sea coasts of Great Britain and Ireland.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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  2. Title: A view of the world in divers projections

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    Summary: World map on an oval projection. Relief shown pictorially. Includes ancillary maps of the two polar hemispheres and and a twin-hemispherical world map. Includes 10 astronomical diagrams: Ptolemy's system -- Copernic system -- Tycho's system -- The face of the sun / by Fa. Kircher -- Saturn / by Mr. Hook -- Mars / by Cassini -- Jupiter / by Mr. Hook -- The face of the moon -- The sun enlightening the earth -- The sun enlightening the moon, the moon enlightening the earth. Above neat line of map: This projection by equidistant meridians & parallels shews the naturall bearing, distance & proportion of countryes more exactly then that wherein ye distance of the meridians & parallels differ as they do in the stereographick projections, as may be seen above by the two smaller hemispheres.

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  3. Title: Plans of the old & new city of Peking ye. metropolis of China

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    Summary: In upper right-hand corner: Vol. 2. Page 962. Indexed for points of interest. From: Navigantium atque itinerantium bibliotheca ... / John Harris. -- London : T. Woodward, 1744-1748.

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  4. Title: A prospect of the city of Genoa

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    Summary: Bird's-eye view of Genoa, Italy; relief shown pictorially. In upper right-hand corner: Vol. II. page 584. Indexed for points of interest. From: Navigantium atque itinerantium bibliotheca ... / John Harris. -- London : T. Woodward, 1744-1748.

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  5. Title: The Gallapagos Islands : discovered and described by Capt. Cowley in 1684

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. In upper right-hand corner: Vol. 1. Page 79. From: Navigantium atque itinerantium bibliotheca ... / John Harris. -- London : T. Woodward, 1744-1748.

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  6. Title: A plan of the city of Canton on the river Ta ho

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    Summary: Bird's-eye view of Canton, now Guangzou, China; relief shown pictorially. In upper right-hand corner: Vol. 1. pa. 359. Indexed for points on interest. From: Navigantium atque itinerantium bibliotheca ... / John Harris. -- London : T. Woodward, 1744-1748.

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  7. Title: A new map of the English Empire in the Ocean of America or West Indies

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    Summary: West Indies--Maps

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  8. Title: Peters Creek, Mount Pleasant, Washington County survey, May 7, 1785

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    Summary: Scale not given; 1 map: color; 11 x 11 cm, on sheet 37 x 25 cm Real property--Pennsylvania--Washington County--Maps--Early works to 1800--Facsimiles

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  9. Title: John McCulloch's land survey, situtated on the east side of Monongahela River between Great Redstone and Dunlap's Creek

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    Summary: Scale not given; 1 map: color; 15 x 14 cm, on sheet 39 x 25 cm Real property--Pennsylvania--Fayette County--Maps--Early works to 1800--Facsimiles

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  10. Title: Coxburg survey, Notingham Township, Washington County, Jan. 25, 1780

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    Summary: Scale not given; 1 map: color; 11 x 11 cm, on sheet 41 x 25 cm Real property--Pennsylvania--Washington County--Maps--Early works to 1800--Facsimiles

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  11. Title: Pennsylvania Land Company in London survey, Sept. 12-15, 1760

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    Summary: Scale not given; 1 map: color; 23 x 32 cm Real property--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County--Maps--Early works to 1800--Facsimiles

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  12. Title: Africa, 1792

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. "Engrav'd for Jackson's edition of Payne's new System of universal geography." Prime meridian: London. Has watermarks.

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  13. Title: A chart of the north east coast of Great Britain, 1821 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: A chart of the north east coast of Great Britain : including the islands of Orkney and Shetland : from the best authority. It was published by: Norie & Co. at the Navigation Warehouse and naval Academy, No. 167, leadenhall Street in 1821. Scale undetermined. Map in English. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the British National Grid (EPSG: 27700) coordinate system. All map features and collar and inset information are shown 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 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 geographies, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and map purposes.

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  14. Title: Africa (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced image of an historic continental map of Africa from 1831, originally created by Henry Teesdale. 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 4137.66 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. Teesdale, Henry, Dower, John, and Stanford Geospatial Center. (2013). Africa (Raster Image). Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/qj152rq1246. 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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  15. Title: A mapp of New England

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    Summary: Facsimile.; Pictorial map; shows New England from the Penobscot River (Maine) region in the east to the Hudson River (New York) in the west, incorporating all of the New England Seacoast and including Long Island and States (Staten) Island.; Relief shown pictorially; depths shown by soundings.; "Special edition printed for National Travel Club"--lower left. 37 x 46 Centimeters Scale approximately 1:250,000 General Map Collection

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  16. Title: Betts's new map of India, Birmah, the Punjaub and part of Afghanistan.

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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale approximately 1:5,000,000 ; (E 67°--E 96°/N 38°--N 5°). Relief shown by hachures. Indicates British Posessions, States Under British Protection, and Independent States. Shows roads, railroads, and telegraph lines. 66 x 74 centimeters Scale approximately 1:5,000,000 Ames Library of South Asia Maps

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  17. Title: Bradshaw's new railway map of Gt. Britain and Ireland, shewing the stations, distance &c. : with enlarged plans of the principal towns, 1857

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    Summary: Insets: Glasgow -- Dublin -- Manchester -- Birmingham -- London -- Edinburgh -- Leeds -- Liverpool.

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  18. Title: British India

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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale Relief shown by hachures. 30 x 22 centimeters Scale approximately 1:11,520,000 Ames Library of South Asia Maps

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  19. Title: California, Mexico, Guatimala, &c.

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. In upper margin: XL. Plate 40 from: A new general atlas of modern geography, comprised in fifty one maps / compiled from the latest and best authorities by John Dower. London : Wm. S. Orr & Co., [1850?]. Includes profile of mountain ranges.

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  20. Title: Betts's new map of England & Wales : compiled from the latest Parliamentary documents

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures.; Inset: Scilly Isles. 77 x 64 centimeters Scale approximately 1:820,000 General Map Collection

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