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  1. Title: Friesland

    • Image data
    • 1898
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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Originally issued folded in cover 21 x 11 cm. Historic Maps copy has ms. annotations in English, showing route taken by water from Leeuwarden to the Zuider Zee.

  2. Title: Charleston, South Carolina, 1790 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2013
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan of the city of Charleston, South Carolina, from a survey taken by E. Petrie, 1788 ; Abernethie scu.t. It was published by J. Milligan in 1790. Scale not given. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the South Carolina State Plane NAD 1983 coordinate system (Fipszone 3900). 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 cadastral divisions, drainage, cities and other human settlements, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. 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.

  3. Title: North America, 1853 (Image 4 of 4) (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2010
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: New map of that portion of North America, exhibiting the United States and territories, the Canadas, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Mexico, also Central America, and the West India Islands : compiled from the most recent surveys and authentic sources. It was published by Jacob Monk in 1853. Scale [ca. 1:3,168,000]. This layer is image 4 of 4 total images, representing the southeast portion of the four sheet source map.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the North America Lambert Conformal Conic 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 drainage, cities and other human settlements, stage roads, railroads, canals, territorial and administrative boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Includes list of U.S. counties and county towns, table of distances, explanation legend, and inset map: New map of the World on Mercator[s] projection.This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps of North America 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.

  4. Title: North America, 1853 (Image 1 of 4) (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2010
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: New map of that portion of North America, exhibiting the United States and territories, the Canadas, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Mexico, also Central America, and the West India Islands : compiled from the most recent surveys and authentic sources. It was published by Jacob Monk in 1853. Scale [ca. 1:3,168,000]. This layer is image 1 of 4 total images, representing the southwest portion of the four sheet source map.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the North America Lambert Conformal Conic 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 drainage, cities and other human settlements, stage roads, railroads, canals, territorial and administrative boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Includes list of U.S. counties and county towns, table of distances, explanation legend, and inset map: New map of the World on Mercator[s] projection.This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps of North America 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.

  5. Title: North America, 1853 (Image 3 of 4) (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2010
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: New map of that portion of North America, exhibiting the United States and territories, the Canadas, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Mexico, also Central America, and the West India Islands : compiled from the most recent surveys and authentic sources. It was published by Jacob Monk in 1853. Scale [ca. 1:3,168,000]. This layer is image 3 of 4 total images, representing the northeast portion of the four sheet source map.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the North America Lambert Conformal Conic 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 drainage, cities and other human settlements, stage roads, railroads, canals, territorial and administrative boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Includes list of U.S. counties and county towns, table of distances, explanation legend, and inset map: New map of the World on Mercator[s] projection.This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps of North America 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.

  6. Title: North America, 1853 (Image 2 of 4) (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2010
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: New map of that portion of North America, exhibiting the United States and territories, the Canadas, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Mexico, also Central America, and the West India Islands : compiled from the most recent surveys and authentic sources. It was published by Jacob Monk in 1853. Scale [ca. 1:3,168,000]. This layer is image 2 of 4 total images, representing the northwest portion of the four sheet source map.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the North America Lambert Conformal Conic 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 drainage, cities and other human settlements, stage roads, railroads, canals, territorial and administrative boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Includes list of U.S. counties and county towns, table of distances, explanation legend, and inset map: New map of the World on Mercator[s] projection.This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps of North America 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.

  7. Title: Lancaster (including Clinton), Massachusetts, 1831 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2006
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: A map of Lancaster : reduced from the plan made by Jacob Fisher, Esq., from actual survey A.D. 1830, by James G. Carter. It was published by Pendleton's Lithography in 1831. Scale [ca. 1:29,700]. Covers the towns of Lancaster and Clinton, 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 features such as roads, drainage, public buildings, schools, churches, cemeteries, industry locations (e.g. mills, factories, mines, etc.), private buildings with names of property owners, town boundaries and more. Relief is shown by hachures. 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.

  8. Title: De heylige en wytvermaerde stadt Jerusalem, eerst genaemt Salem : Genesis 14 vers 18

    • Image data
    • 1948
    Contributors:

    Summary: Imaginary plan of ancient Jerusalem; relief shown pictorially. Dutch text on verso with caption title: Beschrijvinge van Jerusalem. Drawn after Visscher's original published in 1643. Indexed for points of interest. Probably from an unidentified Dutch Bible. "Dese Kaerte wert gestelt voor het 3 Cap. Nehemia."

  9. Title: Princeton University : a map showing the campus and its buildings : with the dates of their construction and certain other more or less important information

    • Image data
    • 1932
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    Summary: "This map designed by J. Riegel, Jr., class of 1912." Insets: Palmer Stadium -- The Graduate College.

  10. Title: New map of that portion of North America, exhibiting the United States and territories, the Canadas, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Mexico, also Central America, and the West India Islands : compiled from the most recent surveys and authentic sources

    • Image data
    • 1854
    Contributors:

    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington, D.C. Includes world map inset, notes, list of U.S. counties and county towns, table of distances, and ill.

  11. Title: Soil map, Marion County sheet

    • Thematic maps
    • 1912
    Contributors:

    Summary: Detached from: Soil survey of Marion County, Indiana / W.J. Geib and Frank C. Schroeder. In Thirty-sixth annual report of Department of Geology and Natural Resources, Indiana, 1911. Indianapolis: Wm. B. Burford, 1912. Page 456. Imprint: [Indianapolis] : [Wm. B. Burford], [1912]; Imprint: [Indianapolis] : [Department of Geology and Natural Resources], [1912] Scale: Approximately 1:63,360; Dimensions: 53 x 53 cm Coordinates: W0861941 W0855614 N0395538 N0393755

  12. Title: Soil map, Indiana, Marion County sheet

    • Thematic maps
    • 1907
    Contributors:

    Summary: Shows soil types classification by colors and symbols. "Field Operations, Bureau of Soils, 1907." "Julius Bien & Co. Lith. N.Y." Imprint: [Washington, D.C.?] : The Bureau, [1907?] Dimensions: 51 x 50 cm; Scale: 1:63,360 Coordinates: W0862000 W0855700 N0395600 N0393800

  13. Title: Archaeologic chart of the region from Prairie Island to Lake Pepin along both banks of the Mississippi River

    • Not specified
    • 1903
    Contributors:

    Summary: Relief shown by hachures.; Shows locations of "ancient village sites," mounds, "differentiated earthworks," lodge circles, stone cairns, and natural features on either side of the Mississippi River and surrounding area.; From J.V. Brower's Minnesota : discovery of its area, 1540-1665, published in 1903.; "Hydrography and topography only approximately sketched in as incidental features of this chart."; "Modern industrial and economic modifications are principally omitted." 27 x 36 centimeters

  14. Title: Detailed hydrographic and topographic chart of the Itasca State Park: at the source of the Mississippi River, state of Minnesota

    • Not specified
    • 1895
    Contributors:

    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale [1:21,120]. Three in. to each statute mile. Relief shown by hachures. Includes descriptive text of the land's physical characteristics, table of geographic position with distances to significant locations, list of "original discoveries" pertaining to features of the region, list of altitudes of selected natural features, and surveyed measurements of the mapped area. 38 x 24 centimeters

  15. Title: Britain, or the United Kingdom of England, Scotland and Ireland

    • Image data
    • 1821
    Contributors:

    Summary: From: School atlas to Cummings' ancient & modern geography. Boston : Cummings and Hilliard, [1821?]

  16. Title: Africa

    • Image data
    • 1821
    Contributors:

    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. "H. Morse sc." Probably issued in: School atlas to Cummings' ancient & modern geography. Boston : Cummings & Hilliard, 1821.

  17. Title: The world

    • Image data
    • 1821
    Contributors:

    Summary: Double hemispherical world map with outline color; relief shown pictorially. Probably issued in: School atlas to Cummings' ancient & modern geography. Boston : Cummings & Hilliard, 1821.

  18. Title: South America

    • Image data
    • 1821
    Contributors:

    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. Probably issued in: School atlas to Cummings' ancient & modern geography. Boston : Cummings & Hilliard, 1821.

  19. Title: Europe

    • Image data
    • 1821
    Contributors:

    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. Probably issued in: School atlas to Cummings' ancient & modern geography. Boston : Cummings & Hilliard, 1821.

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