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  1. Title: Mississippi River Valley & Ohio River Valley, 1778 (Image 1 of 4) (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: A new map of the western parts of Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and North Carolina : comprehending the River Ohio, and all the rivers, which fall into it; part of the River Mississippi, the whole of the Illinois River, Lake Erie; part of the lakes Huron, Michigan &c. and all the country bordering on these lakes and rivers, by Thos. Hutchins ; engrav'd by T. Cheevers. It was published by T. Hutchins in 1778. Scale [ca. 1:1,270,000]. This layer is image 1 of 4 total images of the four sheet source map, representing the northwest portion of the map. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Albers (NAD 1983) 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, Native American villages, and other human settlements, forts, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, roads, portages, and more. Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Includes descriptive and historical 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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  2. Title: Mississippi River Valley & Ohio River Valley, 1778 (Image 4 of 4) (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: A new map of the western parts of Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and North Carolina : comprehending the River Ohio, and all the rivers, which fall into it; part of the River Mississippi, the whole of the Illinois River, Lake Erie; part of the lakes Huron, Michigan &c. and all the country bordering on these lakes and rivers, by Thos. Hutchins ; engrav'd by T. Cheevers. It was published by T. Hutchins in 1778. Scale [ca. 1:1,270,000]. This layer is image 4 of 4 total images of the four sheet source map, representing the southeast portion of the map. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Albers (NAD 1983) 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, Native American villages, and other human settlements, forts, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, roads, portages, and more. Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Includes descriptive and historical 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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  3. Title: Mississippi River Valley & Ohio River Valley, 1778 (Image 2 of 4) (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: A new map of the western parts of Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and North Carolina : comprehending the River Ohio, and all the rivers, which fall into it; part of the River Mississippi, the whole of the Illinois River, Lake Erie; part of the lakes Huron, Michigan &c. and all the country bordering on these lakes and rivers, by Thos. Hutchins ; engrav'd by T. Cheevers. It was published by T. Hutchins in 1778. Scale [ca. 1:1,270,000]. This layer is image 2 of 4 total images of the four 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 Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Albers (NAD 1983) 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, Native American villages, and other human settlements, forts, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, roads, portages, and more. Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Includes descriptive and historical 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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  4. Title: A new map of the western parts of Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland and North Carolina; : comprehending the river Ohio, and all the rivers, which fall into it; part of the river Mississippi, the whole of the Illinois River, Lake Erie; part of the lakes Huron, Michigan &c. and all the country bordering on these lakes and rivers.

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    Summary: Scale approximately 1:1,270,000; 1 map 92 x 109 cm Ohio River Valley--Maps--Early works to 1800

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  5. Title: A topographical description of Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and North Carolina : comprehending the rivers Ohio, Kenhawa, Sioto, Cherokee, Wabash, Illinois, Mississippi, &c. the climate, soil and produce, whether animal, vegetable, or mineral ; the mountains, creeks, roads, distances, latitudes, &c. and of every part laid down in the annexed map / published by Thomas Hutchins, captain in the 60th regiment of foot ; with a plan of the rapids of the Ohio, a plan of the several villages in the Illinois country, a table of the distances between Fort Pitt and the mouth of the Ohio, all engraved upon copper ; and an appendix, containing Mr. Patrick Kennedy's Journal up the Illinois River, and a correct list of the different nations and tribes of Indians, with the number of fighting men, &c.

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    Summary: Brown, Lloyd Arnold. Early maps of the Ohio Valley. no. 51.;LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, no. 789.; Philadelphia and London.;Relief shown pictorially and by hachures.;Shows military bounty lands.;1 map, hand colored;91 x 109 cm.;ca. 1:1,270,000;Thos. Hutchins, 1778.

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  6. Title: A new mapp of the city of London &c. : with the many additionall buildings and new streets anno 1723 in a playne (Raster Image).

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: A new mapp of the city of London c. : with the many additionall buildings and new streets anno 1723 in a playne. It was printed and sold by Thomas Taylor at the Golden Lyon in Fleet Street, 1723. 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 as part of the Authorial London project, an application which allows users to visualize the spatial overlap of varios authors who lived in and traveled through London over the last 600 years. 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 221.645 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. A new mapp of the city of London &c. : with the many additionall buildings and new streets anno 1723 in a playne (Raster Image). Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: https://purl.stanford.edu/zd451rk7545 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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  7. Title: London, England, 1723 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: A new mapp of the city of London &c. : with the many additionall buildings and new streets anno 1723 in a playne. It was printed and sold by Thomas Taylor at the Golden Lyon in Fleet Street, 1723. Scale [ca. 1:7,300]. 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, selected buildings (some shown pictorially), churches, built-up areas, docks, city district boundaries, and more. Includes illustrations and 5 indices or tables: The names of the severall wards into which this city is divided -- The rates for watermen as they are set forth by the Lord Mayer and court of Aldermen -- The rates of hackney-coaches and chairs, according to Act of Parliament -- Refferences to letters to find the most publick buildings -- References by figures to the severall churches in and about this city. 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: A Map of Lewis and Clark's Track, Across the Western Portion of North America From the Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean; By Order of the Executive of the United States, in 1804, 5 & 6. Copied by Samuel Lewis from the Original Drawing of Wm. Clark. Smal. Harrison fct (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced image of a map of the track of Lewis and Clark in the western United States, created in 1804. The original map appears in 'History Of The Expedition Under The Command Of Captains Lewis And Clark, To The Sources Of The Missouri, Thence Across The Rocky Mountains And Down The River Columbia To The Pacific Ocean. Performed During The Years 1804-5-6. By order of the Government Of The United States. Prepared For The Press By Paul Allen, Esquire. In Two Volumes. Vol. I. Philadelphia: Published By Bradford And Inskeep, New York. J. Maxwell, Printer. 1814 ... Vol. II.'The historic map layers in the Google Earth Rumsey Map Collection have been selected by David Rumsey from his large collection of historical maps, as well as some from other collections with which he collaborates. All the maps contain rich information about the past and represent a sampling of time periods, scales, and cartographic art, resulting in visual history stories that only old maps can tell. Each map has been georeferenced by Rumsey, thus creating unique digital map images that allow the old maps to appear in their correct places on the modern globe. Some of the maps fit perfectly in their modern spaces, while othersgenerally earlier period mapsreveal interesting geographical misconceptions of their time. Cultural features on the maps can be compared to the modern satellite views using the slider bars to adjust transparency. The result is an exploration of time as well as space, a marriage of historic cartographic masterpieces with innovative contemporary software tools.

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  9. Title: New York, 1833 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Map of the state of New York, Saml. Maverick, sc. It was published by Andrus & Judd in 1833. Scale [ca. 1:2,000,000].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, canals, cities and towns, counties, and more. Includes inset elevation profiles: Profile of the Champlain Canal from Lake Champlain tot he Hudson River -- Profile of levels of the Grand Canal. Also includes ill. and table of distances.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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  10. Title: Massachusetts Bay and the New England coast, 1853 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: A new chart of Massachusetts Bay, and part of the coast of Maine, by Samuel Lambert, hydrographer, Salem, 1822 ; New edition published by Henry Whipple, 1853. Scale [ca. 1:200,000]. Covers the coast of New England from Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts to Monhegan Island, Maine. 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 nautical chart shows coastal features such as rocks, channels, points, coves, harbors, islands, lighthouses, and more. Depths are shown by soundings and shading. It also shows land features such as settlements and more. 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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  11. Title: Annatto Bay

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. "1379." Includes 2 coastal profiles: From the anchorage -- Mark when on the Point A of Schoolmaster Shoal.

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  12. Title: St. Lucea harbour

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. At head of title: Jamaica, north-west end. "448." Includes coastal profile: View of the entrance of St. Lucea. Historic Maps copy has label on verso: West Indies. St. Lucea Harbor. 448.

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  13. Title: Green Island harbour, in the northwest angle of Jamaica

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. "447."

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  14. Title: Map of the United States : corrected from the most authentic sources and published for Darby and Dwight's Gazetteer.

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    Summary: E. Huntington, sc.;Includes "A Table showing the distance from Washington to the capital or largest town of each state..."; Oregon Territory.;Relief shown by hachures.;1 map, colored;33 x 50 cm.;ca. 1:8,000,000

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  15. Title: Principal seat of the Revolutionary War in the southern section of the U.S.

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. "To accompany Willard's History of the United States." Inset: Principal seat of the Revolutionary War in the northern section of the U.S. Appears in Emma Willard's Series of maps to Willard's History of the United States, or Republic of America. New York : White, Gallaher, & White, 1829.

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  16. Title: England and Wales

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Inset: Scilly Isles.

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  17. Title: The Seven United Provinces

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    Summary: Map of the Netherlands; relief shown by shading.

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  18. Title: Peters Creek, Mount Pleasant, Washington County survey, May 7, 1785

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    Summary: Scale not given; 1 map: color; 11 x 11 cm, on sheet 37 x 25 cm Real property--Pennsylvania--Washington County--Maps--Early works to 1800--Facsimiles

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  19. Title: John McCulloch's land survey, situtated on the east side of Monongahela River between Great Redstone and Dunlap's Creek

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    Summary: Scale not given; 1 map: color; 15 x 14 cm, on sheet 39 x 25 cm Real property--Pennsylvania--Fayette County--Maps--Early works to 1800--Facsimiles

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  20. Title: Coxburg survey, Notingham Township, Washington County, Jan. 25, 1780

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    Summary: Scale not given; 1 map: color; 11 x 11 cm, on sheet 41 x 25 cm Real property--Pennsylvania--Washington County--Maps--Early works to 1800--Facsimiles

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