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  1. Title: Estonia & Latvia, 1791 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Livland nach der Eintheilung Heinrich des Letten : und zu den Zeiten der Bischoffe u. Ordensmeister bis 1562, entworffen von W. C. Friebe ; gezeichnet von J. W. Krause ; gestochen von F. Ramberg. It was published by J. F. Hartknoch, ca. 1791. Scale [ca. 1:880,000]. Covers Estonia and a portion of Latvia. Map in German.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Europe Lambert Conformal Conic 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, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown by hachures.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: Tabula mundi geographico zoologica sistens quadrupedes : hucusque notos sedibus suis adscriptos

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    Summary: World map showing distribution of mammals ; relief shown by hachures. In lower right margin: Joseph Marianus sculp. Aug. Vind. Probably issued in: Geographische Geschichte des Menschen, und der allgemein verbreiteten vierfüssigen Thiere ... / von E.A.W. Zimmermann ... Leipzig : In der Weygandschen Buchhandlung, 1778-1783.

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  3. Title: Map to illustrate the explorations in Eastern Africa

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Includes mountains, rivers, streams (c̆hors), settlements, and Krockow's routes. From: Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 36 (1866), pp. 298-200; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J687 v.36 1866

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  4. Title: Map of Washtenaw County Michigan; drawn and compiled by Frank Krause, C.E.

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    Summary: Shows townships, sections, roads, railroads, rivers,, locations of some churches, and some land cover. Advertisements on verso. 1 map: col.; 33 x 39 cm.

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  5. Title: The city of Ann Arbor drawn and compiled by F. Krause.; South half of the city of Ann Arbor;North half of the city of Ann Arbor

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    Summary: Shows plats, some land ownership, buildings, ward boundaries. Maps of Dexter, Delhi, Mooreville, Milan, Chelsea and Salem on verso. 1 map on 2 sheets: col., encapsulated in mylar; 77 x 66 cm.

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  6. Title: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1828 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan von Pittsburg und Umgebungen. It was published by Wilhelm Hoffman in 1828. Scale [ca. 1:19,500]. Title in German; map in English. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Pennsylvania South State Plane NAD 1983 coordinate system (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, drainage, built-up areas, selected buildings and property lots, industry and mining locations, and more. Relief is 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 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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  7. Title: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1828 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan von Philadelphia, Carl Metzeroth, sc. It was published by Wilhelm Hoffmann in 1828. Scale [ca.1:15,000]. 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, drainage, canals, wharves, selected public buildings, and more. Title in German; index and references in English. 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: Topographischer Plan der Umgegend von Dresden : im Massstabe von 1:134400 natürlicher Grösse

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    Summary: Map of Saxony centered on Dresden. Relief shown by hachures. Date from Tooley.

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  9. Title: Übersichts Charte von Europa und den angrenzenden Ländern in Nord Africa und West Asien in 9 Blatt

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    Summary: Map of Europe and Turkey with parts of North Africa and the Middle East. Relief shown by hachures. Wall map. Historic Maps copy has label on verso: Ch. Picquet, géographe du Roi ... , Paris; title in ms. on label: Europe, Rühl de Lilienstern.

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  10. Title: Nord-Amerika und West Indien; entworfen und gezeichmet von Dr. F. W. Streit.

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. 1 map: hand col.; 38 x 45 cm

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  11. Title: Prospect de la ville et residence de Carols-rou = Prospect der Fürstl. Residenz Stadt Karls-Ruhe

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    Summary: Bird's-eye view of Karlsruhe; relief shown pictorially. Indexed for points of interest. Includes "Explication" and "Erklärung."

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  12. Title: [Europe as a woman].

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    Summary: Map of Europe in the form of a woman, with her head facing Africa and labled as Hispania and the bottom of the woman's dress labled as Greece, Bulgaria, and Scythia. Relief shown pictorially. Text in German. Title provided by cataloger. Detached sheet, p. xxxix-xlii, from book with running title: Das Ander Buch der Cosmography. Date from dealer's catalog. Oriented with north to the right. Includes text. On verso: Text and 1 ill. From Münster's "Cosmographia". 1 map; 26 x 17 cm., on sheet 33 x 42 cm., folded to 33 x 22 cm.

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  13. Title: South America, 1825 (Image 2 of 2) (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: General-Charte von Sud-America = Carte generale de L'Amerique Meridionale : en deux grandes feuilles. d'apres les observations et les cartes speciales, rapportees du Voyage dans l'interieur du Bresil, pendant les annees 1817-1820..., par les Docteurs de Spix et de Martius, Chevaliers de L'Ordre civil de la Couronne de Baviere, membres de L'Academie Royale de Munich ; gestochen von Joh. Bapt. Seitz, Kupferstecher im topographischen Bureau des Kon. baier. General-Quartiermeister Stab. It was published by [M. Lindauer] in 1825. Scale [ca. 1:7,000,000]. This layer is image 2 of 2 total images of the two sheet source map, representing the northern portion of the map. Map in German and French.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the South America 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 by hachures.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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  14. Title: South America, 1825 (Image 1 of 2) (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: General-Charte von Sud-America = Carte generale de L'Amerique Meridionale : en deux grandes feuilles. d'apres les observations et les cartes speciales, rapportees du Voyage dans l'interieur du Bresil, pendant les annees 1817-1820..., par les Docteurs de Spix et de Martius, Chevaliers de L'Ordre civil de la Couronne de Baviere, membres de L'Academie Royale de Munich ; gestochen von Joh. Bapt. Seitz, Kupferstecher im topographischen Bureau des Kon. baier. General-Quartiermeister Stab. It was published by [M. Lindauer] in 1825. Scale [ca. 1:7,000,000]. This layer is image 1 of 2 total images of the two sheet source map, representing the southern portion of the map. Map in German and French. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the South America 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 by hachures.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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  15. Title: Map of Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., Minn., 1897. Plate no. 55, Water mains

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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale [1:24,000]. 2,000 ft. to 1 in. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. Shows existing and proposed water mains, street car lines and railroads, and parks. On verso: "Plate Number 55. Water Mains." 72 x 47 centimeters 1:24,000 Minneapolis and St. Paul Maps and Atlases

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  16. Title: Map of Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., Minn., 1895. Plate 22 b, Water mains

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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale [1:24,000]. 2,000 ft. to 1 in. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. Shows existing and proposed water mains, street car lines and railroads, and parks. "Plate 22 b.--Water Mains." 72 x 47 centimeters Minneapolis and St. Paul Maps and Atlases

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  17. Title: Plan af Helsingfors

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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale approximately 1:8,500. Facsimile. Relief shown by hachures. Cadastral map. Includes indexes and inset of Helsinki region. 1 map : color ; 39 x 53 centimeters Scale approximately 1:8,500 General Map Collection

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  18. Title: Bonn, Bad Godesberg. : mit Beuel und Königswinter

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    Summary: "Bearbeitet auf Grund neuester amtlicher Unterlagen des Städt. Vermessungsamtes." Map shows administrative boundaries, street names, railways, trams, bus routes, churches, and parks. Principal buildings are listed and located. Inset map: Innenstadt. Massstab 1:7, 500. In bottom left corner: "11.DG61EF7". Accompanied by booklet: Stadplan Grossraum Bonn mit Bad Godesberg, Beuel und Königswinter. Massstab 1:15 000 mit ausfürlichem Behördenführer, Strassenverzeichnis und Verkehrsverbindungen. 11. Auflage. Bonn : Wilhelm Stollfuss Verlag , 1961. 5NjP

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  19. Title: Map of Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., Minn. Plate 56, Water mains

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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale approximately 1:24,000. 2000 ft. to one in. Shows water mains. On verso: Plate 56. -- Water Mains. Relief shown by contours. 81 x 48 centimeters Minneapolis and St. Paul Maps and Atlases

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  20. Title: Map of Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., Minn., 1897. Plate no. 34, Sewer map

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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale [1:24,000]. 2,000 ft. to 1 in. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. Shows sewers and sewer tunnels, street car lines and railroads, and parks. On verso: "Plate Number 34. Sewer Map." 72 x 47 centimeters 1:24,000 Minneapolis and St. Paul Maps and Atlases

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