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  1. Title: Guatemala, 1902 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Guatemala : from official and other sources, prepared in the Bureau of the American republics, William Woodville Rockhill, director, compiled and drawn by M. Hendges, 1902. It was published by Andrew B. Graham, photo-litho. in 1902. Scale 1:792,000. Covers Guatemala and portions of Mexico, Belize, Honduras, and El Salvador. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the 'World Mercator' 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 drainage, cities and other human settlements, ruins, territorial boundaries including Departamentos, roads, railroads, telegraph stations, mines and minerals, ports of entry, shoreline features, lighthouses, 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 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.

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  2. Title: United States. General Land Office.

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    Summary: (W 104°03ʹ--W 96°33ʹ/N 49°00ʹ--N 45°56ʹ). At head of title: Department of the Interior, General Land Office, Fred Dennett, Commissioner. Relief shown by shading and hachures. Prinicpal meridian: Greenwich and Washington. 74 x 93 centimeters

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  3. Title: Map of the state of Colorado

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    Summary: Extent: 1 map Abstract: Map of Colorado showing land grants, forest reserves, railroads, land offices, etc. Notes: Relief shown by shading. Map detached from a United States Senate document in the United States congressional serial set (Serial Set 4220 S.doc.34): Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and accompanying draft of a bill providing for an appropriation to compensate the Confederated Bands of Ute Indians for the lands of their reservation in Colorado.

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  4. Title: Guatemala, from official and other sources : prepared in the Bureau of the American Republics ...

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    Summary: Relief shown by shading and spot heights.; Approximate location of minerals shown in red. 61 x 59 centimeters

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  5. Title: Guatemala, from official and other sources

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    Summary: Relief shown by gradient tints and spot heights. 64 x 62 centimeters, on sheet 70 x 68 centimeters

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  6. Title: Map of Alaska

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights.; Shows land offices and reservations, transportation routes, mineral deposits, reported gold regions, and missions.; Includes insets of "From Juneau to Forty Mile Creek" and Aleutian Islands and distance table. 64 x 93 centimeters

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  7. Title: State of Indiana

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    Summary: Prime meridians: Greenwich, Washington. At head of title: Department of the Interior, General Land Office, Wm. A.J. Sparks, Commissioner. Related names: Mayo, Geo. U. (George U.) United States. General Land Office. A.B. Graham Co. Imprint: [Washington, D.C.] : General Land Office, 1886 Dimensions: 62 x 43 cm

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  8. Title: Guatemala, From Official and Other Sources, 1902

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    Summary: This is a scanned version of the 1902 paper map entitled: Guatemala, From Official and Other Sources. The map was scanned at 300 dots per inch and is in the TIFF format.

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  9. Title: Guatemala, From Official and Other Sources, 1902

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    Summary: This is a scanned version of the 1902 paper map entitled: Guatemala. The map was scanned at 300 dots per inch and is in the TIFF format.

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  10. Title: State of Oregon; compiled from the official records of the General Land Office and other sources under the direction of Harry King, chief of Drafting Division, G.L.O.; compiled, lettered and drawn by M. Hendges.

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    Summary: Shows rail roads completed, rail roads proposed, life saving stations, county seats, light houses, military roads and trails and roads. Relief shown by shading and spot heights. Also available via the Internet. 1 map: col.; 70 x 89 cm.

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  11. Title: Denver, Colorado, 1904 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Map of the city of Denver : showing the lines of the Denver City Tramway Co. It was published by Smith-Brooks Co., engravers and printers in 1904. Scale [ca. 1:21,000]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the HARN State Plane Colorado Central Zone NAD 1983 coordinate system (in Feet) (Fipszone 0502) 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 is a partial cadastral map showing features such as roads, railroads, existing and proposed tramway lines, property lots with numbers and names of selected property owners, drainage, selected buildings, parks, and more.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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  12. Title: San Francisco, California 1859 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: City of San Francisco and its vicinity, California, U.S. Coast Survey ; topography by A.F. Rodgers, sub-assistant ; hydrography by the party under the command of Lieut. R.M. Cuyler, N.S.N. assistant. It was published by The Survey in 1859. Scale 1:10,000. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the California Zone III State Plane Coordinate System NAD83 (in Feet) (Fipszone 0403). 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 coastal features such as lighthouses, buoys, beacons, rocks, channels, points, coves, islands, bottom soil types, wharves, and more. Includes also selected land features such as roads, railroads, drainage, land cover, selected buildings, towns, and more. Relief shown by coutours (20 foot intervals) and spot heights; depths by soundings. Includes table of references (public buildings, etc.). 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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  13. Title: Washington, D.C., 1840 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Map of the city of Washington, drawn by F.C. De Krafft, city surveyor ; eng'd by Mrs. W.I. Stone. It was published by Wm. M. Morrison in 1840. Scale [ca. 1:18,400]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Maryland State Plane Coordinate System Meters NAD83 (Fipszone 1900). 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, block numbers, city wards, selected government buildings, and more. 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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  14. Title: Part of Princeton

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    Summary: In upper margin: Plate 22. From: Atlas of the City of Trenton and Borough of Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey / compiled and drawn from official records, private plans and actual surveys by and under the direct management and supervision of J.M. Lathrop, C.E. Philadelphia : A.H. Mueller, 1905. Map shows Princeton University, the Theological Seminary, and Princeton west to the borough line and north to Hodge Ave.

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  15. Title: Properties west of Princeton

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    Summary: In upper margin: Plate 24. From: Atlas of the City of Trenton and Borough of Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey / compiled and drawn from official records, private plans and actual surveys by and under the direct management and supervision of J.M. Lathrop, C.E. Philadelphia : A.H. Mueller, 1905. Map shows properties of Junius S. Morgan, A.D. Russell, Henry B. Owsley, M. Taylor Pyne and others.

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  16. Title: Part of Princeton

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    Summary: In upper margin: Plate 21. From: Atlas of the City of Trenton and Borough of Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey / compiled and drawn from official records, private plans and actual surveys by and under the direct management and supervision of J.M. Lathrop, C.E. Philadelphia : A.H. Mueller, 1905. Map shows Princeton borough west to borough line, north to proposed A.S. Leigh subdivision, east to cemetery and south to Wiggins St.; includes "Westland," the home of Grover Cleveland. Inset: Index map of the borough of Princeton, showing lines and numbers of the plates in the atlas. North oriented towards upper right.

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  17. Title: Part of Princeton

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    Summary: In upper margin: Plate 23. From: Atlas of the City of Trenton and Borough of Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey / compiled and drawn from official records, private plans and actual surveys by and under the direct management and supervision of J.M. Lathrop, C.E. Philadelphia : A.H. Mueller, 1905. Map shows Princeton Borough north, south and east to the borough line and west to Washington St.

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  18. Title: Map "Bone Bank" Posey Co., Ind.

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    Summary: 1 map and 1 section on 1 sheet. Surveyed and drawn by G.M. Levette Nov. 1873. Shows the "probable western outline of the 'Bone Bank' within the memory of the present inhabitants." "Section through A. B. Bluff 35 ft. above water 12th Nov. 1873." Cover illustration for Fifth annual report. Detached from: Fifth annual report of the Geological Survey of Indiana, made during the year 1873. Indianapolis : Sentinel Company, Printers, 1874. Cover. Imprint: Inds. : Braden & Burford Steam Lith. [1874]; Imprint: [Indianapolis] : [Geological Survey of Indiana], [1874] Dimensions: on sheet 20 x 12 cm

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  19. Title: Map of Pike and Dubois Counties, Indiana

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures.; Shows cities and towns, railroads, geology of the region, mines and mineral resources.; Originally included with three other maps in folder: Maps for Geological Survey of Indiana, 1872, E.T. Cox. on sheet 67 x 92 centimeters

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  20. Title: Vertical section of the geological formations from Green Castle to Terre Haute : made from outcrops and sections of bores along the line of T.H. & I.R. Railroad

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    Summary: Geological cross section. Relief shown by profile. Detached from: First annual report of the Geological Survey of Indiana ... 1869. Indianapolis : Alexander M. Conner, 1869. Imprint: [Indianapolis] : [Alexander M. Conner], [1869]; Imprint: [Indianapolis] : [Geological Survey of Indiana], 1869 Dimensions: 34 x 117 cm; Scale: Approximately 1:95,040. 1 1/2 miles to 1 in. Vertical scale approximately 1:2,400. 200 ft. to 1 in.

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