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  1. Title: Map of Lenawee County; S. W. Higgins, topographer to Geol. Surv.; C. C. Douglass and Bela Hubbard, assistant geologists.

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian: Washington. Shows locations of railroads, villages, post offices, saw mills, flour mills, roads and contains a description of some soils and surface features. "W. J. Stone sc. Washn. City." "S.W. Higgins Draft." "Bela Hubbard Del." 1 map: hand col.; 47 x 53 cm.

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  2. Title: Map of Washtenaw County; S. W. Higgins, topographer to Geol. Surv.; C. C. Douglass and Bela Hubbard, assistant geologists.

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian: Washington and Greenwich. Shows locations of railroads, villages, post offices, saw mills, flour mills, roads and contains a description of some soils and surface features. "W. J. Stone sc. Washn. City." Includes a profile of the Central Railroad. 1 map: hand col.; 42 x 55 cm.

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  3. Title: Athens, Greece, 1878 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Athen mit Umgebung, aufgenommen und gezeichnet von J.A. Kaupert 1875; herausgegeben vom Kaiserl. deutschen archaologischen Institute; (mit Nachtragen bis 1877). It was published by Dietrich Reimer in 1878. Scale 1:125,000. Covers the Athens, Greece region.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Greek Geodetic Reference System (also called the Greek Grid). 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, built-up areas, selected buildings, historic sites and points of interest, and more. Relief is shown by hachures and spot heights. Includes indexes.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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  4. Title: Addis Ababa Region, Ethiopia, 1886 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Le regioni a libeccio dello Scioa occupate da Re Menilek : secondo l'itinerario del Cap. A. Cecchi e dell'Ing. G. Chiarini costrutto nel 1883 dal Cap. Antonio Cecchi ; disegnato dall'Ing. R. Mengaroni. It was published by Societa geografica italiana in 1886. Scale 1:1,000,000. Covers the Addis Ababa, Shewa region, Ethiopia. Map in Italian.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, forests, and more. Shows the travel routes of Antonio Cecchi and Giovanni Chiarini, 1878-1879. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights.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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  5. Title: Hamburg Region, Germany, 1896 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Entwurf des generalplanes fur die stadtweiterung, Blatt 1, [by] Andreas Meyer. It was published by Photolithographie v. Strumper & Co. in 1896. Scale 1:20,000. Map in German. Covers Hamburg region, Germany. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the WGS84 UTM Zone 32N 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 exisiting and projected roads, railroads and railroad stations, drainage, built-up areas and selected buildings, and more. Relief is shown by contours. 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: Karte des nördlichsten Theiles von Syrien

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    Summary: Map of northern Syria and southern Turkey, showing routes of C. Humann (1883), O. Puchstein (1882), E. v. Luschan (1883), M. Hartmann (1882-85) and B. Moritz (1883); relief shown by contours and spot heights. In upper margin: Reisen in Kleinasien und Nordsyrien. From: Reisen in Kleinasien und Nordsyrien ... / beschrieben von Karl Humann und Otto Puchstein. Berlin : Dietrich Reimer, 1890. Historic Maps copy has stamp in lower margin: Edward Stanford, 26 & 27 Cockspur St., Charing Cross, London, S.W.

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  7. Title: This map of the city of New York and island of Manhattan : as laid out by the commissioners appointed by the Legislature, April 3d. 1807 is respectfully dedicated to the mayor, aldermen and commonnalty thereof

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. "Reduced to 1/2 scale and lith. by G. Hayward for D.T. Valentine's manual, 1853." Oriented with north toward upper right corner.

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  8. Title: R. Leuzinger's Billige Karte der Schweiz un der angrenzenden Länder : mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der im Betrieb und im Bau befindlichen Eisenbahnen : nach Dufour's Topographischer Karte der Schweis bearbeitet.

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    Summary: Switzerland--Maps

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  9. Title: Map of the rivers Canumá, Abacaxis, & Maué-Assú & its tributaries (Brazil) reduced from the original map

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Waterfalls on the Mau Includes inset: Sketch map showing the connection of the rivers Canumá &c. with the River Amazon. From: The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 40, (1870), pp. 419-32; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J687 v.40 1870.

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  10. Title: Map showing the localities of the principal mineral and vegetable products of India and the course of the trunk railways

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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale approximately 1:8,750,000 (E 70°--E 100°/N 35°--N 5°) Relief shown by hachures. In right upper margin: Report--Colonization and settlement (India). In right lower margin: Number 326. Ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 10. June 1858. On cover: Ordered by the House of Commons, to be printed, 6 May 1858. At head of cover title: Colonization, &c. (India). Errata included. 37 x 40 centimeters Scale approximately 1:8,750,000 Ames Library of South Asia Maps

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  11. Title: Moosehead Lake Region, Maine, 1879 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Map of Moosehead Lake and northern Maine : embracing the headwaters of the Penobscot, Kennebec and St. John rivers, specially adapted to the uses of sportsmen and lumbermen. It was compiled and published by Lucius L. Hubbard. in 1879 for the author's: Summer vacations at Moosehead Lake and vicinity. Scale [ca. 1:310,000]. Covers the Moosehead Lake region of northern Maine. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to Universal Transverse Mercator projection (UTM Zone 19N, meters, NAD 83). 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, winter roads, railroads, farms, taverns, carries, drainage, and land grant, town, county, state, and national boundaries, and more. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. 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 map purposes.

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  12. Title: A chart of Basses Strait between New South Wales and Van-Diemen's Land, 1800 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: A chart of Basses Strait between New South Wales and Van-Diemen's Land : surveyed by Lieut. Flinders of His Majesty's ship Reliance, by order of His Excellency Governor Hunter, 1798-9. It was published by: A. Arrowsmith No. 24 Rathbone Place in 1800. Scale ca. 1:1,130,000. Map in English. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the GCS GDA 1994 (EPSG: 4283) 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: Fort Wagner, Morris Island, South Carolina,1863 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper manuscript map: Battery Wagner, Morris Isld., Francis D. Lee, Capt. Engrs. ; Langdon Cheves, Asst. Engr. in charge of work ; drawn by F.W. Bornemann, C.S. Engr. Office. It was drawn Nov 26, 1863. Scale [1:480]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the South Carolina State Plane Coordinate System (in Meters) (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, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows features such as Fort dimensions and structures, landscape of area surrounding Fort, drainage, and more. 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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  14. Title: Partie du plan général de Paris : ou l'on a tracé les differents emplacemens qui ont été choisis pour placer la statue equestre du roi

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    Summary: Facsim. of: [S.l. : s.n, 1765?]. From Pierre Patte's Monumens erigés en France á la gloire de Louis XV. "Edition limited to 500 copies." Includes index to the plans for city. 4 Inset maps: Projet d'embelissemens pour le quartier de la cité et de ses environs -- Projet pour de Carefour de Bussi -- Projet pour le Quai Malaquet -- Projet vis a vis la Colonade du Louvre. Historic Maps copy is no. 69.

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  15. Title: Map of Labrador Peninsula compiled by D.I.V. Eaton; drawn for photo-lithography by C.O. Senécal.

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    Summary: Geological Survey of Canada, Report by A. P. Low, Part L, Vol. viii, (New Series) p. 585-588. 1 map on 4 sheets: col.; 95 x 111 cm, sheets 61 x 72 cm

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  16. Title: A map of the back settlements.

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    Summary: London.;1 map;19 x 23 cm.;ca. 1:6,336,000

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  17. Title: Provincetown Harbor, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 1799 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: This chart of Cape Cod and Harbour is dedicated to the Boston Marine Society by their friend & brother, John Foster Williams. It was published in 1799. Scale [ca. 1:6,450]. Covers Cape Cod from Truro to Provincetown including Provincetown Harbor, Massachusetts. 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, or other information associated with the principal map. This map is a nautical chart showing coastal features such as anchor points, currents, points, inlets, coves, and more. Shows also land features: windmills, lighthouse, and buildings pictorially. Harbor depths are shown by soundings. Includes text 'Directions for sailing by Cape-Cod Light-House and into Cape-Harbour.' This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps of Massachusetts 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 (1755-1922), scales, and purposes. The digitized selection includes maps of: the state, Massachusetts counties, town surveys, coastal features, real property, parks, cemeteries, railroads, roads, public works projects, etc.

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  18. Title: Liverpool, ecclesiastical and social

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    Summary: "First exhibited before the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science; October, 1858." Removed from: Condition of Liverpool ... / by the Rev. A. Hume. Liverpool : T. Brakell, 1858 (1447.999 v. 76). Includes inset: Liverpool, showing the locality of pauperism, cholera & violent deaths.

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  19. Title: A chart of the northern part of the Bay of Bengal : between Point Palmiras and the Aracan shore

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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale approximately 1:880,000 (E 85°50'00"--E 93°15'00"/N 23°30'00"--N 19°10'00"). Depth shown by soundings. Inset: Chittigong River. Includes table: Astronomical Observations. Includes 4 coastal profiles. 56 x 87 centimeters Scale approximately 1:880,000 Ames Library of South Asia Maps

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  20. Title: A chart of the coast of Pegu : with the adjacent coast of Arakan and Tanasserim

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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale approximately 1:1,100,000 (E 93°10'00"--E 98°35'00"/N 21°00'00"--N 13°30'00"). Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. Insets: Plan of Martaban River -- Plan of Arakan River -- Plan of Sirian River -- Plan of the Entrance of Perseen River. In upper right: 38. 54 x 76 centimeters Scale approximately 1:1,100,000 Ames Library of South Asia Maps

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