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  1. Title: Europa poly glotta : linguarum genealogiam exhibens, una cum literis, scribendiq[ue] modis, omnium gentium

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    • 1741
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    Summary: Linguistic maps of Europe, Asia, Africa, and North and South America; relief shown pictorially. Includes charts showing alphabets used on each continent. From: Synopsis vniversae philologiae ... / a Godofredo Henselio. Norimbergae : Homann, 1741.

  2. Title: Belägerung vnt Eroberung der Stat Magdeburg von Ihrer Exell. Graffen von Tilly geschehen den 10/20 Maÿ 1631

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    • 1648
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    Summary: Pictorial view of Magdeburg, Germany, showing the siege of 1631. Relief shown pictorially. From: Wahrhaffte eigentliche und kurtze Beschreibung aller gedenckwürdigen Historien, Geschichten, und Händel, welche sich ... von dem Jahr 1517 biss auff 1648 ... zugetragen und verlauffen : in vier Theil abgetheilet ... / durch Nicolaum Helvicum. Frankfurt : Johann Gottfried Schönwetter, 1648.

  3. Title: Istanbul Region, Turkey, ca. 1900 (Raster Image)

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    • 2010
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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Karte des Bosporus und der Bithynischen Halbinsel, nach alteren Quellen (v. Moltke, Heinrich Kiepert, Brit. Admiralitatskarten, v. d. Goltz, v. Diest u.a.) und eigenen Aufnahmen im Jahre 1900 gezeichnet von Rudolf Fitzner ; Hof. Stdr. v. J. G. Tiedmann Nachf. It was published by C.J.E. Volckmann-Verlag ca. 1900. Scale 1:150,000. Covers the Istanbul region including portions of ?stanbul ?li, Yalova ?li, Kocaeli ?li, and Sakarya ?li. Map in German. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the World Miller Cylindrical 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, roads, railroads, built-up areas, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by contours and soundings. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from the Harvard Map Collection as part of the Open Collections Program at Harvard University project: Islamic Heritage Project. Maps selected for the project represent a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and purposes. The Islamic Heritage Project consists of over 100,000 digitized pages from Harvard's collections of Islamic manuscripts and published materials. Supported by Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal and developed in association with the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program at Harvard University.

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