553 results returned
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Title: South America, west coast, sheet XVIII : Ecuador, Ayangui Pt. to Verde Pt.
Contributors:- Image data
- 1861
Summary: "Published according to Act of Parliament ... Sepr. 29th. 1847. Corrections to 1861." Covers the coast of northwestern Ecuador, chiefly in Esmeraldas and Manabí Provinces. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Insets: Cape Parado anchorage -- Manta Bay. "1814"--Lower right margin.
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Title: Nouvelle carte des parties, où l'on a cherche le passage de nord-ouest dans les années 1746 et 1747 : représentant la route des vaisseaux dans cette expédition
Contributors:- Image data
- 1749
Summary: Relief shown pictorially. From: Voyage de la baye de Hudson : fait en 1746 & 1747, pour la découverte du passage de nord-ouest ... / traduit de l'anglois de M. Henri Ellis ... Paris : Ballard fils, 1749. In top margin: au frontispice.
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Title: Map of land in the eighth ward of the city of Brooklyn belonging to the heirs of Leffert Bergen dec
Contributors:- Not specified
- 1882
Summary: Extent: 1 map Abstract: Manuscript property sale map of a portion of the Sunset Park neighborhood of Brooklyn, showing streets and the property lines of parcels, built on land that had been a portion of Bergen family farmland inherited by Leffert Bergen (1789-1856). Coverage area extends from Upper Bay southeast to 3rd Avenue, and from 52nd Street south to 55th Street. Almost half of the map is devoted to seaside property below the high water mark. Shows "Pier Line as Report of Commissioners May 5th 1875" and "Bulkhead Line of April 17th 1857." Mounted on linen and intended to be rolled and tied. Notes: Oriented with north to the upper left. Scale determined from property dimensions given on map.
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Title: Map of the northern parts of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois with Michigan and that part of the Ouisconsin territory lying east of the Mississippi River
Contributors:- Not specified
- 1836
Summary: Extent: 1 map Notes: Manuscript note: "To accompany Mr. Thomas' report no. 380, on boundary of Ohio & Michigan.".
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Title: Michigan
Contributors:- Not specified
- 1831
Summary: Extent: 1 map Notes: Prime meridians: Greenwich, Washington. Relief shown by hachures.
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Title: West Africa, 1799 (Raster Image)
Contributors:- Raster data
- 2012
Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Charte des Reisewegs des Herrn Mungo Park : von Pisania am Gambia Fluss, bis Silla am Joliba oder Nieger, nebst seine Ruckreise auf der sudlichen Strasse nach Pisania, nach Her. Parks Beobachtungen, Bemerkungen u. Reisen entworfen von J. Rennell It was published by B.G. Hoffmann in 1799. Scale [ca. 1:5,000,000]. Covers a portion of West Africa. Map in German.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Africa Lambert Conformal Conic 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, roads, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown pictorially. Includes 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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Title: Westford, Massachusetts, 1855 (Raster Image)
Contributors:- Raster data
- 2009
Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Map of Westford Mass, surveyed for the town by Edwd. Symmes, 1853-5. It was published by J. H. Bufford's lith. ca. 1855. Scale [ca. 1:19,800]. 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, public buildings, schools, churches, cemeteries, industry locations (e.g. mills, factories, mines, etc.), private buildings with names of property owners, town and district boundaries, ground cover, and more. Relief shown by hachures. Includes inset: Plan of Chilmsford [sic] 1725 and references and brief historical note. 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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Title: Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1833 (Raster Image)
Contributors:- Raster data
- 2006
Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper manuscript map entitled: Plan of the village in old Cambridge, by Alex. Wadsworth, Boston, Jan. 1833. Scale [ca. 1:1,200]. Manuscript: Pen-and-ink and watercolor on paper. Covers areas surrounding Harvard Square and Harvard Yard, Cambridge, 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 shows roads, properties, landowner names, and building footprints. Property owned by Harvard University is outlined in red. 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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Title: Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge and Watertown, Massachusetts, 1831 (Raster Image)
Contributors:- Raster data
- 2006
Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan of Mount Auburn, by Alexr. Wadsworth. It was published by Pendleton's Lithography in Nov. 1831. Scale [ca. 1:1,490]. This plan of Mount Auburn Cemetery (Cambridge and Watertown, Massachusetts) shows proposed paths, avenues, numbered plots, and diminished size of the ponds. Relief is shown by shading. 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 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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Title: Map of the Great Salt Lake and adjacent country in the territory of Utah : surveyed in 1849 and 1850 under the orders of Col. J.J. Abert
Contributors:- Not specified
- 1852
Summary: Scale 1:240,000 Relief shown by hachures. In: Exploration and survey of the valley of the Great Salt Lake of Utah, including a reconnoissance of a new route through the Rocky Mountains / by Howard Stansbury. 1852. LC copy: Signed in ink script on verso: Millard Fillmore. Utah Salt Lake 1852. No. 134. LC copy: Mounted on cloth backing, sheet sectioned into 25 panels to enable folding. Includes text. by Capt. Howard Stansbury of the Corps of Topographical Engineers ; aided by Lieut. J.W. Gunnison and Albert Carrington ; drawn by Lieut. Gunnison and Charles Preuss.
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Title: Map of a reconnoissance between Fort Leavenworth on the Missouri river and the Great Salt Lake in the Territory of Utah, made in 1849 and 1850 under the orders of Col. J.J. Abert ...; by Capt. Howard Stansbury aided by Lieut. J.W. Gunnison ... and Albert Carrington; drawn by Lieut. Gunnison and Charles Preuss.; Map of a reconnaissance between Fort Leavenworth on the Missouri river and the Great Salt Lake in the Territory of Utah, made in 1849 and 1850 under the orders of Col. J.J. Abert, by Capt. Howard Stansbury aided by Lieut. J.W. Gunnison ... and Albert Carrington; drawn by Lieut. Gunnison and Charles Preuss
Contributors:- Not specified
- 1850
- Gunnison, J. W. (John Williams), 1812-1853
- Preuss, Charles, 1803-1854
- Stansbury, Howard, 1806-1863
- United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Outline color. 1 map: hand col., dissected into 18 sections and mounted on linen; 71 x 174 cm, folded to 25 x 29 cm
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Title: Map of the route passed over by an expedition into the Indian country in 1832 to the source of the Mississippi
Contributors:- Not specified
- 1832
Summary: Relief shown by hachures.; Shows the region between the Red River and Lake Superior, featuring the Mississippi River above Lake Pipin, the Sioux Villages and the Falls of St. Anthony. Originally appeared in Henry Schoolcraft and James Allen's "Journal of an Expedition into the Indian Country to the Source of the Mississippi in 1832". 38 x 48 centimeters
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Title: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1849 (Raster Image)
Contributors:- Raster data
- 2008
- Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library
- Traubel, M. H. (Morris H.), 1820-1897.
- McElroy, Archibald, 1800-1875.
- Friend, Norman M., b. ca. 1815.
- P.S. Duval & Co.
Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Philadelphia, M.H. Traubel sct. It was published by A. McElroy in 1849. Scale [ca. 14,000]. Covers Philadelphia and a portion of Camden, New Jersey. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Pennsylvania South State Plane Coordinate System NAD83 (in Feet) (Fipszone 3702). 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 public buildings, wharves, 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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Title: Djebel Rîḥā or Djebel iz-Zâwiyeh
Contributors:- Image data
- 1914
Summary: Relief shown by hachures. In lower margin: Div. II, Sect. B., Pt. 3. Shows route of the American Archaeological Expedition to Syria, 1904-1905, ruins, and places visited or seen by members of the expedition. From: Syria : Publications of the Princeton University archaeological expeditions to Syria in 1904-5 and 1909 ... Leyden, E.J. Brill, 1914-1930.
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Title: Map of the southern coast of Arabia shewing the route of Captain S. B. Miles & Werner Munzinger, in 1870
Contributors:- Image data
- 1872
Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Territories of major tribes are labeled. From: The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 41 (1871), pp. 210-45; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J687
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Title: Deep sea sections to illustrate the paper by Captn. Sherard Osborn, R.N.
Contributors:- Image data
- 1871
Summary: Depth shown in fathoms [vertical scale ca. 1:531,800]. Seafloor composition shown by shading and text. Major islands are shown. Operations in laying transoceanic telegraph cables (1865-69) shown in Sections I and II. From: The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 41 (1871), pp. 46-58; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J687.
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Title: Map of the Afar country and the northern part of the Abyssinian highlands to illustrate the journey of W. Munzinger Esqre., late H. B. M. Consul at Massowa
Contributors:- Image data
- 1870
Summary: Munzinger's route, Col. Phayre's route of 1868, and route of the British expedition in 1868 are shown. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Asali salt plain and other plains of region are shown. Locations of wells along Munzinger's route are shown. From: Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 39 (1869), pp. 188-232; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J687
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Title: Mapa de la República de Bolivia
Contributors:- Image data
- 1859
Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Includes tables showing population of cities and districts and altitudes of major mountains, notes, 4 indexed inset maps and ill. "Mandado publicar pr. el gobierno de la nación en la administración del presidente Doctor José Maria Linares y secretario de instrucción pública Doctor Lucas Mendoza de la Tapial." Originally one map on 4 sheets, each sheet 81 x 60 cm. or smaller. Historic Maps copy is signed by Juan Ondarza and Juan Maro. Mujia.
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Title: A chart showing the favorite resort of the sperm and right whale by M.F. Maury L.L.D. Lieut. U.S. Navy; constructed from Maury's whale chart of the world by Robt. H. Wyman Lieut. U.S.N.
Contributors:- Thematic maps ; World maps
- 1853
- Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873
- Morris, Charles, 1784-1856
- W. Endicott & Co.
- Wyman, R. H. (Robert Harris), 1822-1882
Summary: Greenwich prime meridian. "By authority of Commo: Charles Morris U.S.N., Chief of Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography, 1853." "Lith of Endicott & Co. N.Y." 1 map: col., encapsulated in Mylar; 60 x 93 cm.
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Title: Trade wind chart of the Atlantic Ocean
Contributors:- Image data
- 1851
Summary: "Series B." The trade wind charts were released as series B a part of Maury's "Wind and current charts", series A-F. Two sheets were produced, one for the Atlantic and the other for the Indian Ocean. For complete discussion, see "The wind and current chart series produced by Matthew Fontaine Maury," by Marc I. Pinsel, in Navigation : Journal of the Institute of Navigation, v. 28, no. 2 (Summer, 1981), p. 123-137. Includes notes.