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  1. Title: To his Excellency George Clinton Esqr., Captain General and Governur in Chief of the State of New-York and the territories depending thereon, Chancellor and Vice Admiral of the same, This plan of the city of New-York and its environs is most humbly dedicated by his Excellency's most obedt. humble servant, John Hills

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Facsimile. "Copy of the original map presented by John Lozier, Esqr. to the Corporation of New York." "Lith. for D.T. Valentine's Manual, 1857, by G. Hayward ..." Oriented with north to the upper right. Includes "Reference" key.

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  2. Title: A plan of the city of Philadelphia and environs

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Shows names of landowners. "The distance between the circles is one mile." "Published May 1st 1808, as the act directs and sold by the author, and principal booksellers in Philadelphia." Circular map with ill. Includes dedication, and note by J.B. Varnum, dated Feb. 1st, 1809.

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  3. Title: City of New York

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and land forms. Redrawing of topographical survey of 1782. Above neat line at lower left: Drawn by J. Calvin Smith, from a manuscript in the possession of John Lozier, Esq. Table of references identifies major buildings and areas of the city burned in fires of 1776 and 1778. The so-called Hills plan, drawn in 1785 but depicting New York City in 1782, was given to the city in 1847 by John Lozier and deposited at the New-York Historical Society. cf. Cohen & Augustyn, Manhattan in maps, p. 88-89.

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  4. Title: A map exhibiting the different stage routs [sic], between the cities of New-York, Baltimore, and parts adjacent

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    Summary: In lower margin: Post road from New-York to Newark 9 miles, Elizabethtown 6, Rahway 6, Woodbridge 4, Brunswick 10, Princeton 18, Trenton 12, Bristol 10, Philadelphia 20, Chester 15, Wilmington 13, Newport 3, Christiana Bridge 6, Elkton 12, Charleston 10, Havre de Grace 6, Hartford 12, Baltimore 25, total 197 miles. Historic Maps copy has ms. annotation in a contemporary hand on verso: Map of the Road between New-York & Baltimore.

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  5. Title: A chart of the bar of Sandy Hook, the entrance of Hudsons River in the Province of New Jersey

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings.

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  6. Title: The city of New York

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    Summary: Scale approximately 1:12,000; 1 map; 32 x 30 cm New York (N.Y.)--Maps--Early works to 1800

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  7. Title: Dorset, United Kingdom, 1796 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: The county of Dorset : reduced from the large map in six sheets and planned by a scale of two statute miles to one inch / surveyed by Isaac Taylor. It was published by Wm. Faden, Geographer to His Majesty ... on July 1st, 1796. Scale ca. 1:123,000; 10 statute miles = 13.1 cm. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the 'British National Grid' 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, roads, forests, cities and other human settlements, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief and depths 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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  8. Title: Carte routière des environs de Paris avec les départements, préfectures, sous-préfectures, cantons ou justices de paix, comprenant en outre les relais et leurs distances comptées en postes

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    Summary: Historic Maps copy has label on verso of map with title: Environs de Paris.

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  9. Title: Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, and vicinity, 1862 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the untitled historic paper manuscript map: [Map of the country between Harpers Ferry and Leesburg, 1862]. It was sketched by Union General John White Geary, Oct. 21st, 1862. Scale not given. Covers Harpers Ferry region, West Virginia, including portions of Loudoun County, Virginia, Frederick and Washington Counties, Maryland, and Jefferson County, West Virginia. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Virginia State Plane North Coordinate System (in Meters) (Fipszone 4501). 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 shows features such as roads, towns and villages, drainage, and more. Relief shown by form lines. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps of the Civil War from the Harvard Map Collection. Many items from this selection are from a collection of maps deposited by the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States Commandery of the State of Massachusetts (MOLLUS) in the Harvard Map Collection in 1938. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features, in particular showing places of military importance. The selection represents a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and purposes.

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  10. Title: Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, 1856 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper nautical chart entitled: Preliminary chart of Charleston harbor and its approaches. A trigonometrical survey under the direction of A.D. Bache, superintendent of the Survey of the Coast of the United States ; triangulation by C.O. Boutelle ; topography by S.A. Gilbert ; hydrography by the party under the command of J.N. Maffitt ; engd. by F. Danworth, J. Knight, E. Yeager & G. Mc Coy. It was published by U.S. Coast Survey Office in 1856. Scale 1:30,000. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the South Carolina State Plane NAD 1983 coordinate system (Fipszone 3900). 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, built-up areas and selected buildings, docks, wharves, shoreline features (rocks, shoals, anchorage points, ports, inlets, etc.), and more. Relief shown by hachures; depths shown by contours and soundings. Includes 2 views, notes, sailing directions, tides' table, table of currents, list of buoys and of beacons. Images includes manuscript additions and newspaper clippings.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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  11. 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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  12. 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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  13. 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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  14. 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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  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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