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  1. Title: Zoho Edo oezu : saru sangatsu aratame gomon eiri. Enpo 8 [1680] (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced image of a map of Tokyo created in 1680. The original map is a hand-colored woodblock print. The map is oriented with north to the right and shows land tenures of daimyo with crests. Also shows temples and shrines pictorially. This historical cartographic image is part of the Japanese Map Collection of the UC Berkeley East Asian Library. 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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  2. Title: Shinsen zoho Kyo oezu. Hoei 6 [1709] (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced image of a map of Kyoto. The original map is a hand-colored wood block print. Relief shown pictorially. Includes distance chart and index. Includes text on main temples and shrines. This historical cartographic image is part of the Japanese Map Collection of the UC Berkeley East Asian Library.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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  3. Title: Ky?to-shi, Japan, 1696 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: [Ky?to ezu]. It was published by Goezusho in Genroku 9 [1696]; reprinted ca. 1860. Scale [ca. 1:10,000]. Covers Ky?to-shi, Japan. Map in Japanese.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Tokyo Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) Zone 53N 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, streets, mountains, selected buildings including Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples, and more. Relief shown pictorially.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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  4. Title: Zōho saihan Kyō ōezu: Kita-sanjō yori Minami-fushimi made: Kon; Kyō ōezu

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    Summary: Wood block print, hand colored. Cover title. Relief and major temples shown pictorially. Originally published: Jōkyō 3 [1686] Includes zodiac chart, residences of daimyo, descriptions of points of interest, etc. 1 map: col.; 88 x 121 cm., folded in covers 23 x 16 cm.

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  5. Title: 新選増補京大繪圖.

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    Summary: Wood block print, hand colored. Title from title piece. Relief shown pictorially. Shows selected landowners and points of interest. Includes distance chart and index. Includes text on main temples and shrines. "御繪圖所林氏吉永"--Colophon.

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  6. Title: Satsuma kokusei saikenzu: tsuketari ryakushi; Kashihara Yoshinaga seizu.

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    Summary: Copperplate print. Oriented with north to the left. Relief shown pictorially. Inset: Kagoshima no zu, 1:36,453. Includes distance chart, list of population and number of households, area geography, etc. 1 map: col.; 47 x 65 cm., folded to 18 x 10 cm.

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  7. Title: Higo kokusei saikenzu: tsuketari ryakushi; Kashihara Yoshinaga seizu.

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    Summary: Copperplate print. Oriented with north to the left. Relief shown pictorially. Inset: Kumamoto no zu, 1:18,000. Includes distance chart, list of population and number of households, area geography, etc. Engraved by Ōju. 1 map: col.; 47 x 66 cm., folded to 17 x 10 cm.

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