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  1. Title: Silesia, 1681 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Silesiae ducatus accurata et vera delineateo : viris magnificis ac generosis, D. Valentino a Stössel in Seppa Kawer; D. Sigismundo a Loss, in Simpsen Dammer; D. Caspari a Stosch; D. Davidi Gotfr. a Stosch, Patruelibus in Gross et klein Tschirna; D. Gotfried ab Haugwitz in Brodelwitz, Ziebendorf Equitibus. Patronis. dicat Dedicatq. Jonas Scultetus ,Sprotta Silesius. It was published by: Sumptibus Janssonio Waesbergiorum, Mosis Pitt et Stephani Swart in 1681. Scale approximately 1:1,050,000. Map in Latin. 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.

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  2. Title: Angilae, Scotiae, et Hiberniae, sive Britannicar: insularum descriptio; Amstelodami. Excudebat Ioannes Ianssonius. Anno 1621.

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. Map is oriented with North to the right. Vignette in lower right corner shows three portraits of royalty and two birds with flowers in their beaks, around text, "Ea insula quae hodie duo Regna, Anglicum nempe & Scoticum continet, cum Hibernia illi ab Occidente opposita, e insulis circumjacentibus, ut sunt Orcades, Hebrides, Mondvectis & ceterae, a veteribus communi olim vocabulo Britannicae appellatae fuerunt; nmine uti videtur sumpto ab earum maxima, quam singulariter Britanniam dixe: re. idque ab ejus genuino et antiquissimo autochtho: num vocabulo Prydain, ut Humfredo placet." Coat of arms in the upper left corner, and scattered through the sea are drawings of ships, people or mermen waist-deep in the water blowing shells, and a woman and man holding a trident and riding a reined hippocamp. Thought to be from Atlantis Maioris Appendix, 1:202 in Koeman's. 1 map; 33 x 48 cm.

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  3. Title: Genehoa, Jaloffi, et Sierraliones regna

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    Summary: Extent: 1 map Notes: Relief shown pictorially. Map oriented with north to the left. Includes a decorative title cartouche and compass rose. Scale approximately 3,100,000

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  4. Title: Polus Antarcticus

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    Summary: 500 Hemispherical map centered on the South Pole to the Tropic of Capricorn; includes southern parts of South America and South Africa and the west and south coasts of Australia. Relief and vegetation shown pictorially.; 500 Illustrated corners contain native scenes, including animals, birds, boats and a representation of a penguin.; This is the third state of the Polus Antarcticus map, with text verso: Polus Antarcticus, cum regionibus subjacentibus, & maribus illum alluentibus [Description of the South Pole and the land which lies around it]. 44 x 50 centimeters, on sheet 49 x 57 centimeters Scale not given General Map Collection

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  5. Title: Baltic States, ca. 1732 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Accuratissima Regni Poloniae nova tabula : comprehendens Maioris et Minoris Poloniae Regni, Magni Ducatus Lithuaniae, Ducatus Prussiae, Curlandiae, Samogitiae, Massoviae, Volhyniae, Podoliae, Russiae, Ucraniae et de Moscoviae pars accuratam descriptionem. It was published by: Apud R. et J. Ottens ca. 1732. Scale approximately 1:2,300,000. Map in Latin. 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.

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  6. Title: Nieuwe kaart van t Keyzer Ryk van den Grooten Mogol

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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale approximately 1:13,000,000 (E 59°58'00"--E 97°36'00"/N 35°57'00"--N 5°40'00"). Relief shown pictorially. 27 x 35 centimeters Scale approximately 1:13,000,000 Ames Library of South Asia Maps

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  7. Title: Map showing the different routes surveyed for the Union Pacific Rail Road between the Missouri River and the Platte Valley, 1865

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    Summary: 1 map

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  8. Title: Nieuwe paskaart van het noordelÿkste gedeelte van de Golf van Bengalen : vertoonende de custen van Orixa Bengalen on Arracam

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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale approximately 1:2,300,000 (E 83°34'00"--E 95°23'00"/N 29°05'00"--N 18°30'00"). Date from previous call number. Relief shown pictorially; depth shown by soundings."A. Trÿsz, sculp. 1742." 52 x 59 centimeters Scale approximately 1:2,300,000 Ames Library of South Asia Maps

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  9. Title: Present Sweden & Norway

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially.; "Publish'd by T. Stackhouse Decr. 1st, 1782."; Plate [14] from: An universal atlas; being a set of maps, to illustrate ancient and modern geography / by T. Stackhouse. London : 1782. 36 x 39 centimeters Scale [1:4,800,000] General Map Collection

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  10. Title: Sir John Evelyn's plan for rebuilding the city of London after the Great Fire in 1666

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    Summary: In upper margin: Engrav'd for Harrison's History of London. Includes index to sites. Somewhat similar to sketch #1 in Evelyn's Londinum redivivum; cf. Evelyn, John. London revived. Oxford : At the Clarendon Press, 1938, after p. [28]. From: A new and universal history, description and survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, the Borough of Southwark / by Walter Harrison ... London : printed for J. Cooke, [1776].

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  11. Title: Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1844 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Amsterdam, von Baarsel & Tuyn, del. & sculps. It was published by G. W. Tielkemeijer in 1844. Scale [ca. 1:12,500]. Covers a portion of Amsterdam. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Dutch National Grid: RD (Rijksdriehoekstelsel) GCS Amersfoort (Bessel 1841) 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, bridges, drainage, canals, dikes, wharves, docks, built-up areas and selected buildings, city district boundaries, water mills, and more. Map in Dutch, English, and French. 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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  12. Title: I. De Sifanto et de Milo

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    Summary: Pictorial view of the Greek islands of Melos and Siphnos; relief shown pictorially. In upper margin: Die Inseln Sifano und Milo. Fig. LXXVI. From: Beschreibung des ganzen Welt-Kreisses ... / von Allain Manesson Mallet. Franckfurt am Mayn : in Verlegung Johann David Zunners, 1684-1685.

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  13. Title: Is. de Nicaria et Patmos

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    Summary: Pictorial view of the Greek islands of Ikaria and Patmos; relief shown pictorially. In upper margin: Die Insul Nicaria et Patmos. Fig. CXXXI. From: Beschreibung des ganzen Welt-Kreisses ... / von Allain Manesson Mallet. Franckfurt am Mayn : in Verlegung Johann David Zunners, 1684-1685.

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  14. Title: I. d'Andro et de Tine

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    Summary: Pictorial view of the Greek islands of Andros and Tinos; relief shown pictorially. In upper margin: Die Inseln Andro und Tine etc. Fig. LXX. From: Beschreibung des ganzen Welt-Kreisses ... / von Allain Manesson Mallet. Franckfurt am Mayn : in Verlegung Johann David Zunners, 1684-1685.

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  15. Title: Candie

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    Summary: Pictorial view of Heraklion, the capital of Crete; relief shown pictorially. In upper margin: Die Stadt Candia. fig. LXXIX. From: Beschreibung des ganzen Welt-Kreisses ... / von Allain Manesson Mallet. Franckfurt am Mayn : in Verlegung Johann David Zunners, 1684-1685.

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  16. Title: Isle de Stalimene

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    Summary: Pictorial view of the Greek island of Limnos; relief shown pictorially. In upper margin: Die Insel Stalimene. Fig. LXVI. From: Beschreibung des ganzen Welt-Kreisses ... / von Allain Manesson Mallet. Franckfurt am Mayn : in Verlegung Johann David Zunners, 1684-1685.

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  17. Title: Isles de Salomon

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    Summary: In upper margin: Die Inseln Salomonis. Fig. 3. From: Beschreibung des ganzen Welt-Kreisses ... / von Allain Manesson Mallet. Franckfurt am Mayn : in Verlegung Johann David Zunners, 1684-1685.

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  18. Title: Rhodes

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    Summary: Pictorial view of port of Rhodes; relief shown pictorially. In upper margin: de l'Asie. Figure CXXVI. "285." Text on verso, with title: De l'Asie. Estat de l'Isle des Rhodes. 286. From: Description de l'univers ... Paris : Chez D. Thierry, 1683.

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  19. Title: Isle de Stampalia

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    Summary: Pictorial view of the Greek island of Astypalaia; relief shown pictorially. In upper margin: De l'Asie. Figure CXXIX. "291." Text on verso, with title: De l'Asie. De l'Isle d'Amorgo, & des petites qui l'environnent. 270. From: Description de l'univers ... par Allain Manesson Mallet ... Paris : Chez D. Thierry, 1683.

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  20. Title: Is. de Nisaro et de Piscopia

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    Summary: Pictorial view of the islands of Nisyros and Telos; relief shown pictorially. In upper margin: Die Insel Nisaro und Piscopia. Fig. CXXIV. From: Beschreibung des ganzen Welt-Kreisses ... / von Allain Manesson Mallet. Franckfurt am Mayn : in Verlegung Johann David Zunners, 1684-1685.

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