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  1. Title: Rail road and sectional map of Wisconsin

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    Summary: 64 x 67 centimeters

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  2. Title: Atlas of Benton County, Iowa, 1872

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    Summary: (Harrison & Warner, 1872, Atlas of Benton County, Iowa); 1 atlas; b&w.; 32 X 39 cm. Material in the public domain. No restrictions on use. State Historical Society of Iowa (Iowa City)

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  3. Title: (Composite image of) Views 1-164 San Francisco Aerial Views. 1937-1938 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a composite image of a set of 164 spectacular, large format, sharp, black and white vertical aerial photographs partially overlapping images covering San Francisco north of a line approximately between Merced Lake and Candlestick Point. Resolution generally better than one meter and much higher with high contrast features, for example the paint striping on a basketball court. Relative heights frequently discernible based on shadow cast of objects and structures. Handwritten date on index map indicates photographs taken in August, 1938. Owned by the San Francisco Public Library. (Authorship almost certainly incorrectly spelled in handwriting on index sheet as Harrison-Rikker). He married Charlotte Seward in the mid-1920s; after divorcing, he married Esther Miriam Munson in 1936 Aerial Photographer Harrison Clay (Chesley) Ryker (1898-1981) was born in Oakdale, CA. . He served in the U.S. Army for several years in Germany with the post-World War I occupational forces, and partook of educational opportunities at the University of California, Berkeley. Expanding on his hobby in photography, Mr. Ryker teamed with various pilots beginning aerial photography services out of the Oakland Airport and throughout the West. Colleagues included Lage Wernstedt of the U.S. Forest Service. He also worked with the Fairchild Aerial Camera Company (including an aerial survey of Puerto Rico) and Clyde Sunderland of Pacific Aerial Surveys. As well, he took photographs of the devastating 1923 Berkeley Fire, archived in The Bancroft Library. By 1938 Mr. Ryker was listed in business as a map publisher (see Polk's Oakland 1938 Street and Avenue Guide) based at 1924 Franklin St., Oakland. At that time, he had at least one patent pending for a stereoscope used for aerial photograph interpretation. The historic map layers in the Google Earth Rumsey Map Collection have been selected by David Rumsey from his large collection of historical maps, as well as some from other collections with which he collaborates. All the maps contain rich information about the past and represent a sampling of time periods, scales, and cartographic art, resulting in visual history stories that only old maps can tell. Each map has been georeferenced by Rumsey, thus creating unique digital map images that allow the old maps to appear in their correct places on the modern globe. Some of the maps fit perfectly in their modern spaces, while othersgenerally earlier period mapsreveal interesting geographical misconceptions of their time. Cultural features on the maps can be compared to the modern satellite views using the slider bars to adjust transparency. The result is an exploration of time as well as space, a marriage of historic cartographic masterpieces with innovative contemporary software tools.

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  4. Title: South India, 1800 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: The peninsula of India : from the Kistnah River to Cape Comorin : exhibiting the partition of the territories of the late Tippoo Sultaun, according to the treaty of 1792, made by the Marquis Cornwallis, and that of 1799, made by the Marquis Wellesley by J. Rennell ; writing b W. Harrison. It was published by J. Rennell : sold by G. Nicol in 1800. Scale [ca. 1:2,300,000]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Kalianpur 1975 India Zone III 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, administrative and colonial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown by hachures.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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  5. Title: The Conquered Provinces on the South of Bahar: Containing Ramgur, Palamow & Chuta-Nagpour with Their Dependencies, 1779(Scanned Map)

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    Summary: This is a scanned version of the paper map entitled: The Conquered Provinces on the South of Bahar: Containing Ramgur, Palamow & Chuta-Nagpour with Their Dependencies. The map was scanned at 300 dots per inch and is in the TIFF format.

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  6. Title: Map of Allamakee Co. Iowa

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    Summary: Image from Warner & Foote's 1886 Plat book of Allamakee County, Iowa p.5, showing a map of Allamakee County

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  7. Title: Plat of Post Township

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    Summary: Image from Warner & Foote's 1886 Plat book of Allamakee County, Iowa p.7, showing a plat map of Post township

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  8. Title: Geological map of Allamakee County, Iowa

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    Summary: Image from Warner & Foote's 1886 Plat book of Allamakee County, Iowa showing a geological map of Allamakee County

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  9. Title: Plat of French Creek Township

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    Summary: Image from Warner & Foote's 1886 Plat book of Allamakee County, Iowa p.16, showing a plat map of French Creek township

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  10. Title: Plat of Lansing Township

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    Summary: Image from Warner & Foote's 1886 Plat book of Allamakee County, Iowa p.22-23, showing a plat map of Lansing township

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  11. Title: Plat of Lansing

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    Summary: Image from Warner & Foote's 1886 Plat book of Allamakee County, Iowa p.26-27,

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  12. Title: Plat of Lafayette Township; Village Creek; Ly Brand

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    Summary: Image from Warner & Foote's 1886 Plat book of Allamakee County, Iowa p.42-43, showing plat maps of Village Creek, Ly Brand, and a plat map of Lafayette township

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  13. Title: Plat of Makee Township

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    Summary: Image from Warner & Foote's 1886 Plat book of Allamakee County, Iowa p.14, showing a plat map of Makee township

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  14. Title: Plat of Center Township

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    Summary: Image from Warner & Foote's 1886 Plat book of Allamakee County, Iowa p.20, showing a plat map of Center township

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  15. Title: Plat book of Allamakee County, Iowa, 1886

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    Summary: Warner and Foote's 1886 Plat book of Allamakee County, Iowa.; 1 atlas: 55 p; 44 cm. Material in the public domain. No restrictions on use. University of Iowa. Libraries. Map Collection

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  16. Title: Plat of Waterloo Township

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    Summary: Image from Warner & Foote's 1886 Plat book of Allamakee County, Iowa p.11, showing a plat map of Waterloo township

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  17. Title: Plat of Paint Creek Township

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    Summary: Image from Warner & Foote's 1886 Plat book of Allamakee County, Iowa p.19, showing a plat map of Paint Creek township

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  18. Title: Plat of Iowa Township; Plat of New Albin

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    Summary: Image from Warner & Foote's 1886 Plat book of Allamakee County, Iowa p.30-31, showing a plat map of Iowa township and a plat of New Albin

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  19. Title: Plat of Union Prairie Township

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    Summary: Image from Warner & Foote's 1886 Plat book of Allamakee County, Iowa p.9, showing a map of Union Prairie township

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  20. Title: Plat of Taylor Township; Plat of Harper's Ferry

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    Summary: Image from Warner & Foote's 1886 Plat book of Allamakee County, Iowa p.38-39, showing a plat map of Harpers Ferry; and a plat map of Taylor township

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