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  1. Title: The Bermuda Islands : reduced from a survey made between the years 1783 & 97

    • Image data
    • 1827
    Contributors:

    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. "360."

  2. Title: Detroit 1818: historically correct in every point of detail.; Detroit 1908: same area as view above.

    • Aerial views
    • 1907
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    Summary: Bird's-eye view of Detroit in 1818 and 1908. 2 picture maps mounted on 1 sheet; 54 x 39 cm.

  3. Title: Cleveland and Vicinity, Ohio, Railroads and Industries, 1913 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2009
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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Cleveland, sixth city : railroad and industrial map issued by the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce Transportation Committee; prepared under the direction of D.F. Hurd, traffic commissioner. It was published by Cleveland Chamber of Commerce Transportation Committee in 1913. Scale [1:158,400]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to Ohio North State Plane NAD 1983 coordinate system (in Feet) (Fipszone 3401). 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, freight, passenger, and dock line railway stations, street car lines, drainage, industry locations (e.g. mills, factories, mines, etc.), docks, city boundaries, and more. Includes index to industries.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.

  4. Title: The place of Paradise, the habitation of Adam and Seth, and the Land of Nod

    • Image data
    • 1752
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    Summary: Maps shows parts of Turkey, Iran, Armenia and the Caucasus; relief shown pictorially. From: Stackhouse, Thomas. A new history of the Holy Bible, London, 1752, Vol.I, p.24.

  5. Title: Northeastern United States, 1799 : showing township grants and land purchases in New York (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2007
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Map of the middle states of North America : shewing the position of the Geneseo country comprehending the counties of Ontario & Steuben as laid off in townships of six miles squar[e] each, Maverick, sculpt. It was printed by T. & J. Swords for Charles Williamson's Description of the settlement of the Genesee country, in the state of New-York, 1799. Scale [ca. 1:2,250,000]. Partial cadastral map showing large land purchases and township grants in New York State. Covers New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Washington, D.C. and portions of Maryland, Delaware, and West Virginia. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) Zone 18N NAD83 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 roads, drainage, major cities and towns, land purchases, township grants, state boundaries, and more. Includes key to 'principal villages in Ontario & Steuben counties.' 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.

  6. Title: Die Vereinigten Staaten von Nord-Amerika.

    • Early maps
    • 1798
    Contributors:

    Summary: Ferro.;Relief shown by hachures.;1 map, colored;18 x 21 cm.;ca. 1:13,500,000

  7. Title: Tabula peculiaris regionum, quas Apostoli perlustrarunt, et celebriorum locorum, in quibus Euangeliu[m] praedicarunt

    • Image data
    • 1726
    Contributors:

    Summary: Map of the Mediterranean Region showing the travels of the Apostles. Relief shown pictorially. Copperplate. From: Calmet, Augustin Antoine. Dictionarium historicum ... Sacrae Scripturae, Venezia, Sebastian Coleti, 1726, Vol. I, p.69.

  8. 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.

  9. 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.

  10. 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.

  11. 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.

  12. 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.

  13. 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.

  14. 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.

  15. Title: Carte de la Finlande, 1808 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2019
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Carte de la Finlande. It was published by: no publisher in 1808. Scale approximately 1:2,450,000. 12 myriamètres [= 4.9 cm]. Map in French. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the EUREF FIN TM35FIN (EPSG: 3067) 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.

  16. Title: Paris region, France, 1740 (Image 5 of 9) (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2015
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Environs de Paris : leves geometriquement par M. l'Abbe de la Grive de la Societe Roiale de Londres & geographe de la Ville de Paris. It was published by De l'imprimerie de Charbonnier, rue S. Jacques au Chariot d'or in [1740]. Scale [ca. 1:18,500]. Covers Paris, France region. This layer is image 5 of 9 total images, representing the southwestern portion of the nine sheet source map, V feuille.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the European Datum 1950, Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) Zone 31N 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, and more.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.

  17. Title: Paris region, France, 1740 (Image 3 of 9) (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2015
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Environs de Paris : leves geometriquement par M. l'Abbe de la Grive de la Societe Roiale de Londres & geographe de la Ville de Paris. It was published by De l'imprimerie de Charbonnier, rue S. Jacques au Chariot d'or in [1740]. Scale [ca. 1:18,500]. Covers Paris, France region. This layer is image 3 of 9 total images, representing the southeastern portion of the nine sheet source map, III feuille.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the European Datum 1950, Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) Zone 31N 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, and more.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.

  18. Title: Paris region, France, 1740 (Image 8 of 9) (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2015
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Environs de Paris : leves geometriquement par M. l'Abbe de la Grive de la Societe Roiale de Londres & geographe de la Ville de Paris. It was published by De l'imprimerie de Charbonnier, rue S. Jacques au Chariot d'or in [1740]. Scale [ca. 1:18,500]. Covers Paris, France region. This layer is image 8 of 9 total images, representing the north central portion of the nine sheet source map, VIII feuille.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the European Datum 1950, Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) Zone 31N 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, and more.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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