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  1. Title: To the Legislature and the Governor of Pennsylvania this map is respectfully inscribed

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures.; Shows minor civil divisions.; Dedicated to the Legislature and the Governor.; From: American State Papers, Class X, Misc 1, opp. p 830.; Wheat and Brun 443. 44 x 65 centimeters Scale approximately 1:760,000 General Map Collection

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  2. Title: To the Legislature and the Governor of Pennsylvania this map is respectfully inscribed

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures.; Shows minor civil divisions.; Dedicated to the Legislature and the Governor.; From: American State Papers, Class X, Misc 1, opp. p 830.; Wheat and Brun 443. 44 x 65 centimeters Scale approximately 1:760,000 General Map Collection

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  3. Title: A map of the State of Pennsylvania

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    Summary: Scale approximately 1:295,000; 1 map: color; 96 x 163 cm Administrative and political divisions.

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  4. Title: A map of the state of Pennsylvania

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    Summary: The dedication below the title cartouche reads "To Thomas Mifflin Governor, the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, this map is respectfully inscribed by the author". Below the dedication is a scene of a dock-side ship named "PENN." At the top center of map is a copyright statement beginning: "District of Pennsylvania to wit. be it remembered, that on the eleventh day of January in the fifteenth year of the independence of the United States of America, came Reading Howell ... " According to Wheat and Brun, the map was published from four plates and each plate was published over a period of time. Relief shown by hachures. Shows county boundaries, towns, villages, forges, mills, houses, some names of property owners, roads and inland navigation. This map was Howell's first map of Pennsylvania, published after the Republic was established. Historic Maps copy has boundaries and names of counties founded after 1792 added in ms. 1 August, 1792.

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  5. Title: Bordeaux, France, 1850 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Bordeaux, drawn by W.B. Clarke, arch[t]; engraved by J. Henshall. It was published by published under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge [by] Charles Knight in 1850. Scale [ca. 1:12,000]. Covers Bordeaux, France. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the 'European Datum 1950 UTM 30N' 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 roads, drainage, built-up areas and selected buildings, fortification, ground cover, parks, and more. Depths shown by soundings. Includes views and 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.

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  6. Title: Imagined San Francisco

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    Summary: This project traces the history of urban planning in San Francisco, placing special emphasis on unrealized schemes. Rather than using visual material simply to illustrate outcomes, Imagined San Francisco uses historical plans, maps, architectural renderings, and photographs to show what might have been. By enabling users to layer a series of urban plans, the project presents the city not only as a sequence of material changes, but also as a contingent process and a battleground for political power. Savvy institutional actors--like banks, developers, and many public officials--understood that in some cases to clearly articulate their interests would be to invite challenges. That means that textual sources like newspapers and municipal reports are limited in what they can tell researchers about the shape of political power. Urban plans, however, often speak volumes about interests and dynamics upon which textual sources remain silent. Mortgage lenders, for example, apparently thought it unwise to state that they wished to see a poor neighborhood cleared, to be replaced with a freeway onramp. Yet visual analysis of planning proposals makes that interest plain. So in the process of showing how the city might have looked, Imagined San Francisco also shows how political power actually was negotiated and exercised.

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  7. Title: Seattle, Washington, 1890 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Whitney's map of Seattle and environs, Washington, compiled from official records by O.P. Anderson and Co., engineers and draughtsmen, 1890. It was published by W.H. Whitney in 1890. Scale [ca. 1:30,600]. Covers portions of Seattle and surrounding cities. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Washington State Plane North Coordinate System HARN NAD83 (in Feet) (Fipszone 4601). 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, railroads, ferry lines, drainage, names of selected landowners, and more. Includes insets of the Seattle region and the state of Washington, and Union Pacific Railroad Co. logo. 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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  8. Title: Whitney's map of Portland and environs

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    Summary: Shows additions, lot numbers, street names, and railroads. Inset: Map showing relation of Oregon City & Vancouver to Portland. "Prepared for Borthwick, Batty & Co., dealers in real estate and loans." City boundary highlighted with red overprint. Map has public land (township, range, and section) grid. Map carries the logo of the Union Pacific Railroad. Includes financial statistics for Portland in the lower right corner. 89 x 61 centimeters Scale approximately 1:22,500. City Maps

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  9. Title: Battlefield of Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia and vicinity, 1864 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map: Map of the battle field of Spottsylvania C.H. : showing the field of operations of the Army of the Potomac commanded by Maj. Gen. George G. Meade U.S.A., from May 8th to 21st, 1865 [i.e. 1864], surveyed under the orders of Bvt. Col. J.C. Duane, Major of Engineers, Chief Engineer, Army of the Potomac, by Bvt. Maj. C.W. Howell, 1st Lieut. of Engineers ; assisted by Messrs. L.C. Oswell, L. Bell, and R.B. Talfor ; J. Bien, lithographer, New York. It was published ca. 1865. Scale [1:15,840]. Covers area surrounding Spotsylvania and Spotsylvania Battlefield, 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, drainage, dwellings with names of inhabitants, vegetation, Union and Confederate troop lines and defenses, and more. Relief shown by hachures. Includes note. 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: Zoning Map, Reading, Massachusetts, 1974 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Zoning map of Reading, Mass., drafting by A.C. Kayanan and Edward Y. Wing. It was published by the Planning Board in 1974. Scale [ca. 1:12,000]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Massachusetts State Plane Coordinate System, Mainland Zone (in Feet) (Fipszone 2001). 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, railroads, drainage, cities and other human settlements, schools, parks, cadastral divisions, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Includes also zoning districts, planning board member names, and handwritten notes. 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: Zoning Map, Reading, Massachusetts, 1980 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Zoning map, Reading Planning Board. It was published by the Planning Board in 1980. Scale [ca. 1:12,500]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Massachusetts State Plane Coordinate System, Mainland Zone (in Feet) (Fipszone 2001). 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, railroads, drainage, cities and other human settlements, territorial boundaries, and more. Includes also zoning districts. 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: Reading, Massachusetts, 1973 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Town of Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, prepared by the Board of Public Works, Engineering Division. It was published by Board of Public Works, Engineering Division in 1973. Scale [ca. 1:9,500]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Massachusetts State Plane Coordinate System, Mainland Zone (in Feet) (Fipszone 2001). 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, railroads, drainage, cities and other human settlements, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Includes also names of streets and physical features. 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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  13. Title: Zoning Map, Reading, Massachusetts, 1983 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Zoning map, Reading Planning Board. It was published by the Planning Board in 1983. Scale [ca. 1:12,500]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Massachusetts State Plane Coordinate System, Mainland Zone (in Feet) (Fipszone 2001). 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, railroads, drainage, cities and other human settlements, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Includes also zoning districts. 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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  14. Title: A map of the Britisch [sic] Empire in America with the French, Spanish and the Dutch settlements adjacent thereto

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. Prevailing wind directions in the lower latitudes are also shown. Includes illustrations, inset views and detail maps.

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  15. Title: A map of the Britisch [sic] Empire in America with the French, Spanish and the Dutch settlements adjacent thereto

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. Includes illustrations, 22 inset views and detail maps. Back key state 1; a close copy of C&M key state 2; cf. Babinski.

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  16. Title: A map of the British Empire in America : with the French, Spanish and Hollandish settlements adjacent thereto

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    Summary: Caption title: Carte particuliére de l'Amérique Septentrionale. Relief shown pictorially. Publication date from Babinski. Detached from: Atlas nouveau toutes les parties du monde ... Amsterdam : J. Cóvens & C. Mortier, [1683-1761]. Insets: Fall of Niagara -- Quebec -- New York -- Mexico -- Placentia -- Annapolis Royal -- Boston -- New York -- Charleston -- Bermuda -- S. Augustine -- Providence -- Havana -- S. Jago -- Kingston Hr -- Port Antonio -- Port Royal in Martinica -- Barbadoes -- Antigua -- Cartagene -- Porto Bello. State 1 of the Covens & Mortier key map, a close copy of the key map to Henry Popple's 1733 Map of the British Empire in America (key state 1); cf. Mark Babinski, Henry Popple's Map of the British Empire in America.

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  17. Title: Nouvelle carte particulière de l'Amérique où sont exactement marquées une partie de la baye d'Hudson le pays des Kilostinons, la source de la grande riviere de Mississippi, le pays des Illinois &c.

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    Summary: Inset: Endoresement by Edmund Halley. From Covens, J. & Mortier, C. Atlas nouveau contenant toutes les parties du monde... Amsterdam, 1683-1761. v. 9, no. 41. In lower right margin: J. 1 map: hand col.; 55 x 50 cm

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  18. Title: A map of the British Empire in America with the French and Spanish settlements adjacent thereto

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. Described in Babinski's Henry Popple's 1733 map of the British Empire in America, p. 12. Key map to Henry Popple's 1733 map of the British Empire in America. Includes notes, dedication and compass rose. Insets: Fall of Niagara -- Mexico -- Quebec -- New York -- Placentia -- Annapolis Royal -- Boston -- New York -- Charleston -- Bermuda -- S. Augustine -- Providence -- Havana -- S. Jago -- Kingston -- Port Antonio -- Port Royal in Martinica -- Barbadoes -- Antigua -- Cartagene -- Porto Bello.

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  19. Title: Old Northwest and Great Lakes Region, 1785 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: A map of the north west parts of the United States of America, [by] John Fitch. It was published in 1785. Scale [ca. 1:3,000,000]. Covers the Old Northwest from the Great Lakes to Kentucky and the Mississippi River to the Allegany River and a portion of Lake Ontario. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the USA Contiguous Albers Equal Area Conic projection (Meters). 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 human settlements, forts, Native American lands, roads, drainage, proposed state boundaries, and more. Relief shown by landform drawing. Includes descriptive notes. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps of New England from the Harvard Map Collection. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features. The selection represents a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and purposes.

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  20. Title: A New map of the West Indies for the History of the British Colonies

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    Summary: Uncolored map. Originally published in 2 sheets. Showing West India Islands, the Island of Hispaniola, or St. Domingo, Cuba, Jamaica, and Bahama Islands. Relief shown pictorially. Longitude West from London. 71 x 113 centimeters Scale 1:9,387,000 General Map Collection

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