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  1. Title: Typus orbis terrarum: quid ei potest videri magnum in rebus humanis, cui aeternitas omnis, totius que mundi nota sit magnitudo

    • Early maps ; World maps
    • 1590
    Contributors:

    Summary: 1 map: color; Hand col; "Cum privilegio." Scale approximately 1:81,800,000 (W 180°--E 180°/N 90°--S 90°).

  2. Title: Hierosolyma urbs sancta : Judeae totius que orientis longe clarissima qua amplitudine ac magnificentia hoc nostro aevo conspicua est

    • Image data
    • 1575
    Contributors:

    Summary: From: First Latin edition of Braun, Georg and Hogenber, Franz, Civitates orbis terrarum. Original in Vol. 2 plate No. 54, pub. Cologne 1575. Bird's-eye view of Jerusalem. Relief shown pictorially. Includes index of 48 numbered locations. Text in Latin on verso "Hierosolyma." Title translation: Jerusalem, the Holy City, by far the most famous city of Juda and the East, in her present time, size and greatness. At top of map: Ezechielis. V. Haec eft Jerusalem. Ego eam in medio Gentium posui, et in eius circuitu terras. Translation: This is Jerusalem I have set her in the midst of the nations, and countries are round about her. Prophet Ezekiel.

  3. Title: Cambridge, England, 1574 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2009
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper view entitled: Cantebrigia : opulentissimi Angliae Regni urbs celeberrimi nominis ab Academiae conditore Cantabro cognominata a granta fluuio vicino cairgrant saxonib Grauntecestre et Grantebrige iam olim nuncupata. It was published by George Braun & Franz Hogenberg in 1584. Scale [ca. 1:3,600]. Covers Cambridge, England. Map in Latin and English. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the British National Grid coordinate system (British National Grid, Airy Spheroid OSGB (1936) Datum). 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, built-up areas and selected buildings pictorially, ground cover, and more. Relief shown pictorially. Includes index. 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.

  4. Title: Ellas, seu Graecia universa Laurenbergiana, ca. 1680 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2019
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Ellas, seu Graecia universa Laurenbergiana : multis locis hodiernis recens aúcta et correcta. It was published by: F. de Wit ca. 1680. Scale approximately 1:2,150,000. Map in Greek. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Europe Lambert Conformal Conic (EPSG: 102014) 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.

  5. Title: Wrocław Region, ca. 1641 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2019
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Ducatus Breslanus sive Wratislaviensis. It was published by: sumptibus Joannis Janssonii ca. 1641. Scale approximately 1:220,000, Milliaria Germanica communia, 4 = [12.2 cm]. Map in German. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Europe Lambert Conformal Conic (EPSG: 102014) 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.

  6. Title: Meklenburg ducatus; auctore Ioanne Laurenbergio.; Meklenbvrg dvcatus

    • Not specified
    • 1630
    Contributors:

    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. Includes illustrations of ships on the ocean, the coat of arms of Pomerania, and fruit around the title cartouche. From "Atlantis maioris appendix", Johannes Janssonius, 1630. 1 map; 35 x 45 cm.

  7. Title: Southern, Central, & Eastern Africa, 1655 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2012
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Basse Aethiopie, qui comprend les Royaume de Congo, coste, et pays des Cafres, empires du Monomatapa, Monoemugi : la coste deca le Cap Negre est tiree en partie de Samuel Blommaert ; en dela, avecq l'Isle de Madagascar, de Sanuto ; le dedans du pays, d'autres, par N. Sanson. I. Somer Pruthenus Sculp. It was published by Chez Pierre Mariette in 1655. Scale [ca. 1:11,250,000]. Covers portions of Southern, Central, and Eastern Africa. Map in French.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Africa Sinusoidal 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 boundaries, shoreline features, 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.

  8. Title: North & West Africa, 1655 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2012
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: L'Afrique, ou Lybie ulterieure : ou sont le Saara, ou desert, le pays des Negres, la Guinee, et les pays circonv. tiree en partie de Sanut, et de l'Arabe de Nubie, en partie de diverses cartes veues jusques a present par le S. Sanson d'Abbeville, geog. ordre. du Roy ; I. Somer Pruthenus, sculp. It was published by Chez Pierre Mariette, rue St. Iacques a l'Esperance in 1655. Scale [ca. 1:10,500,000]. Covers portions of North and West Africa. Map in French.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the World Miller Cylindrical 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 boundaries, shoreline features, 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.

  9. Title: Tabula Prussiae: exima cura conscripta per Casparum Henneberch Erlichensem; et denuo edita per Nicolaum Johannidem Piscatorem.

    • Not specified
    • 1630
    Contributors:

    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. Includes inset view of Konigsberg. Includes illustrations of ships on the ocean and a face in the cartouche. Does not match any states listed in Van der Krogt. From "Atlantis maioris appendix", Johannes Janssonius, 1630. 1 map; 44 x 52 cm.

  10. Title: Nova Franconiae descriptio; Apud Joannem Janssonium.

    • Not specified
    • 1630
    Contributors:

    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. Border includes examples of local costumes, coats of arms, and views of cities. From "Atlantis maioris appendix", Johannes Janssonius, 1630. 1 map; 33 x 40 cm.

  11. Title: Carte des Etats-Unis : provinces méridionales

    • Image data
    • 1799
    Contributors:

    Summary: Shows states from Virginia to Georgia; relief shown pictorially. From La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt's Voyage dans les États-Unis d'Amérique fait en 1795, 1796 et 1797. By Louis Capitaine. cf. McCorkle, New England in early printed maps, who attributes a similar map to Capitaine.

  12. Title: Carte des Etats-Unis : provinces septentrionales

    • Image data
    • 1799
    Contributors:

    Summary: Shows states from Maine sosuth to Maryland and west to New York and Pennsylvania; relief shown pictorially. From La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt's Voyage dans les États-Unis d'Amérique fait en 1795, 1796 et 1797.

  13. Title: Carte générale des Etats-Unis de l'Amérique Septentrionale : divisée en ses 17 provinces

    • Image data
    • 1799
    Contributors:

    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. From La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt's Voyage dans les États-Unis d'Amérique fait en 1795, 1796 et 1797.

  14. Title: Apuliae quae olim Iapygia, nova corographia

    • Image data
    • 1573
    Contributors:

    Summary: North oriented toward left. Verso blank. From an unidentified edition of the Theatrum; Broecke does not identify any variant with a blank verso.

  15. Title: Pedemontanae vicinorumque regionum

    • Image data
    • 1572
    Contributors:

    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. "Cum priuilegio." Historic Maps copy 1 in uncolored. German text on verso with caption title: Piemondt; p. 34. Probably issued in: Theatrum oder Schawplatz des Erdbodems ... [Antorff : Gielis von Diest, 1572] This map was used in German editions of the Theatrum in 1572 and 1573. cf. Broecke, M.P.R. van den. Ortelius atlas maps.

  16. Title: Soria et Terra Santa nuova tavola

    • Image data
    • 1564
    Contributors:

    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. An enlargement of Gastaldi's map of 1548. Latin text on verso with caption title: Syriae, et Terrae Sanctae noua tabula; p. 46. Probably issued in: La geografia di Claudio Tolomeo Alessandrino ... In Venetia : Appresso Giordano Ziletti, 1564.

  17. Title: Geographia particolare d'una gran parte dell'Europa nouame[n]te descritta co i confini suoi, e prima uerso leua[n]te e il meridiano di Consta[n]tinopoli, e da pone[n]te il meridiano della magca. cita di Venetia, et da tramo[n]tana il parallelo di Vienna in Austria, e uerso Ostro il parallelo che passa per il mezzo dell'isola di Candia, et in torno ui sono i gradi e minuti delle longhezze, et larghhezze, con lamisura de le miglia italiani

    • Image data
    • 1560
    Contributors:

    Summary: Map of central and southern Italy, Siciliy and part of the Balkans. Relief shown pictorially. South-west sheet of a larger map of south-east Europe which consists of 4 sheets; in most collections these sheets are separated, not only from one another, but distributed in different places in atlases. cf. Tooley, R.V. Maps in Italian atlases of the sixteenth century. Engraver taken from south-east sheet; imprint from north-east sheet. cf. Tooley. From: Geografia, Tavole moderne di geografia de la maggior parte del mondo di diversi autori raccolte et messe secondo l'ordine di Tolomeo con idisegni di molte citta et fortezze di diverse provintie stampate in rame con studio et diligenza in Roma.

  18. Title: United States, 1839 (Image 5 of 5) (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2013
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Chapin's ornamental map of the United States : with plans of the world, British Possessions, West Indies, & Colombia geographical part engraved by J. B. Taylor & H.F. Wheeler. It was published by W. Chapin & J.B. Taylor in 1839. Scale [ca. 1:158,000,000]. This layer is image 5 of 5 total images of the 6 sheet source map, representing the northeast portion of the map.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the North American Lambert Conformal Conic 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, railroads, cities and other human settlements, administrative and territorial boundaries, fortification, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown by hachures. Includes also insets, portrait engravings (with text), and border scenes.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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