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  1. Title: Africa with expedition routes, 1865 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Karte von Afrika nach den neuesten Forschungen : mit Angabe der wichtigsten Entdeckungswege, bearbeitet und gezeichnet von Henry Lange. It was published by Otto Purfurst in 1865. Scale 1:14,250,000. Covers also Madagascar and part of the Arabian peninsula. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to a non-standard 'World Sinusoidal' projection with the central meridian at 25 degrees east. 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, roads, expedition routes, and more. Relief is shown by hachures. Includes legend of expedition routes. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from the Harvard Map Collection and the Harvard University Library as part of the Open Collections Program at Harvard University project: Organizing Our World: Sponsored Exploration and Scientific Discovery in the Modern Age. Maps selected for the project correspond to various expeditions and represent a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and purposes.

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  2. Title: Paris, France, 1744 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan de Paris : divise en seize quartiers en execution de l'ordonnance du bureau de la ville du 24 Fevrier 1744, leve par Mr. l'Abbe Delagrive Geographe de la Ville et de la Societe Roiale de Londres ; Marvye sculp.; Lange inv.; Lattre scrip. It was published by de l'imprimiere Charbonnier in 1744. Scale [ca. 1:10,000]. Covers Paris, France. Map in French.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the European Datum 1950, Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) Zone 31N 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 roads, drainage, built-up areas and selected buildings, ground cover, Quartier numbers, and more. Relief is shown by hachures. 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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  3. Title: A map of the Albert N'yanza and of the routes leading to its discovery in 1864

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Depth by soundings. From: the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 36, (1866), pp. 1-18; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J687 vol.36 1866.

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  4. Title: Map of the overland and ocean North American mail routes

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures.; Outline and routes hand colored. 43 x 37 centimeters Scale approximately 1:12,300,000 General Map Collection

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  5. Title: Outline map of part of British Columbia from the general map prepared by the Royal Engineers under Col. Moody, R.E. at the Office of Lands & Works, New Westminster - Feby. 1863

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    Summary: Outline map shows rivers, lines of mountain ranges and tablelands, roads and trails, and major gold deposits. Reconnaissance sketch [scale ca. 1:471,500] shows physical geography of Cariboo, settlements, and desirable terminus for a coast route. Relief shown by hachures, spot heights, and text. Outline map is damaged; information at approx. 122° W is missing. From: Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 34 (1864), pp. 171-95; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J687 v.34 1864

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  6. Title: Inca Empire, South America, 1873 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Ttahuantin-Suyu, or, the empire of the Yncas (except Quito and Chile) : in its four great divisions of Chincha-Suyu, Cunti-Suyu, Anti-Suyu, Colla-Suyu : with their tribes and ayllus or lineages, also the routes of the Ynca conquerors by Clements R. Markham ; Trel. Saunders Geogr. It was published for the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society in 1873. Scale [ca. 1:3,000,000]. Covers the territory of the former Inca Empire, South America.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the 'World Mercator' 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, Inca territories, routes of conquerors, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown by shading and hachures. Inset: An enlarged map of the cradle of the Ynca race.This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from the Harvard Map Collection and the Harvard University Library as part of the Open Collections Program at Harvard University project: Organizing Our World: Sponsored Exploration and Scientific Discovery in the Modern Age. Maps selected for the project correspond to various expeditions and represent a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and purposes.

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  7. Title: Chicago, Illinois, and vicinity, 1910 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Blanchard's map of Chicago and suburbs. It was published by Rufus Blanchard in 1910. Scale [ca. 1:49,600]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Illinois East State Plane Coordinate System NAD83 (in Feet) (Fipszone 1201). 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, elevated roads, railroads, railroad stations, street car lines, drainage, selected industry locations, parks and boulevards, city limits and ward boundaries, and more. Includes insets: Lake shore north of Chicago -- Cook, Dupage, and Will counties, also parts of Kane County, Ill., and Lake County, Ind.. 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: London, England, 1847 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: London and its environs : containing the boundaries of the metropolitan boroughs, the different railroads & stations, the new cemeteries, roads, docks, canals, and all the modern improvements : this map is chiefly from the Ordinance Survey, the railroads and other improvements are from the official copies, the boroughs of Marylebone from the survey published by M.r Britton, the whole corrected from personal observation & measurement, drawn and engraved by B. R. Davies. It was published by C. F. Cheffins, lithog : Wm. S. Orr & Co., Dec. 1, 1847. Scale [ca. 1:42,000]. Covers a portion of Greater London. 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, railroads, drainage, selected buildings, built-up areas, cemeteries, parks, Borough boundaries, and more. Relief is shown by hachures. Includes legend below lower margin. 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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  9. Title: Lower Manhattan, New York, N.Y., 1808 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan of the city of New York, 1808. It was published by the New York Common Council in the Manual of the corporation of the city of New York, for the years ... 1852. Facsimile copied from D. Longworth's map of 1808. Scale [ca. 1:7,500]. Covers lower Manhattan and portion of Brooklyn. 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, city wards, selected public buildings, ferry lines, wharves, and more. Relief is shown by hachures. Includes index to points of interest. 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: Lynn to Halibut Point, Rockport, Massachusetts, Atlantic Coast, 1873 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Eldridge's new chart from Lynn to Halibut Point : with the harbors of Salem, Beverly, Marblehead, Manchester, Gloucester & Rockport, compiled from the latest surveys, [by George Eldridge] ; G.W. Boynton, sc. It was published by S. Thaxter & Son, 1873. Scale [ca. 1:58,370]. This map is a nautical chart covering the Atlantic Coast of Massachusetts from Lynn to Halibut Point, Rockport, 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 coastal features such as lighthouses, buoys, beacons, rocks, channels, points, coves, islands, and more. Depths are shown by soundings and shading. Includes sailing directions and table of tides. 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: The Sulimani Mountains on the Afghan frontier of British India based on Major Wilson's map, collated with other authorities

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Includes explanation of local geographical terms. From: Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and monthly record of geography. Vol. 1 (1879), no. 1, pp. 38-62; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J6873

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  12. Title: Eldridge's chart from Cape Cod to Belle Isle : including the Bay of Fundy, Gulf of St. Lawrence and banks of Newfoundland, with plans on a large scale of the coast of Nova Scotia from Cape Canso to Pictou, the coast of Cape Breton from Scatari to Sydney, and the harbors of St. Johns N.F. St. John, N.B., Halifax, Miramichi, & Cape Canso

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and depths shown by soundings and isolines.; Insets: Canso Harbor, Halifax Harbor, Miramachi Bay and River, from Cape Canso to Pictou, harbor of St. John, New Brunswick, from Scatari Island to Sydney Harbor. Red dots signify fixed lights and lighthouses.; "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1864 by E.W. Carpenter in the Clerks Office of the District Court for the District of Massachusetts."; Oriented with north to upper left corner.; Label on map verso: "Eldridge's Chart, No. 3. Cape Cod to Bell Isle."; "Sold by S. Thaxter & Son, 125 State St. Boston."; Bookseller's advertisement pasted on map verso. 96 x 157 centimeters, on sheet 101 x 162 centimeters Scale not given General Map Collection

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  13. Title: A map of the northern frontier of Khorassan with parts of Irak & Mazandarán to illustrate reports by Captain the Hon. G. Napier, on special duty in Persia

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    Summary: Relief shown by shading and spot heights. Persian Border Line is shown from Caspian Sea to Sarakhs and thence southward. Mountains, rivers, and salt deserts are shown. Territory of Tekeh Tribe (Túrkmans) is shown. From: The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 46 (1876), pp. 62-171; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J687 v. 46 1876

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  14. Title: The Holy Land at successive periods

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. At head of map: Dr. William Smith's Ancient atlas. 34. From: Atlas of ancient geography, biblical and classical ... / edited by William Smith and George Grove. London : J. Murray, 1874.

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  15. Title: The Holy Land (southern division)

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Depths shown by soundings. Shows biblical, classical, medieval and modern place names. At head of map: Dr. William Smith's Ancient atlas. 36. From: Atlas of ancient geography, biblical and classical ... / edited by William Smith and George Grove. London : J. Murray, 1874.

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  16. Title: Environs of Jerusalem

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. At head of map: Dr. William Smith's Ancient atlas. 38. Shows biblical and modern place names. Includes: Section e. & w. through Jerusalem. From: Atlas of ancient geography, biblical and classical ... / edited by William Smith and George Grove. London : J. Murray, 1874.

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  17. Title: Jerusalem ancient & modern

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. At head of map: Dr. William Smith's Ancient atlas. 37. Shows biblical, classical, medieval and modern place names. From: Atlas of ancient geography, biblical and classical ... / edited by William Smith and George Grove. London : J. Murray, 1874.

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  18. Title: The Holy Land (northern division)

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Depths shown by soundings. Shows biblical, classical, medieval and modern place names. At head of map: Dr. William Smith's Ancient atlas. 35. From: Atlas of ancient geography, biblical and classical ... / edited by William Smith and George Grove. London : J. Murray, 1874.

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  19. Title: Ttahuantin-Suyu, or the empire of the Yncas (except Quito and Chile) in its four great divisions of Chincha-Suyu, Cunti-Suyu, Anti-Suyu, Colla-Suyu, with their tribes and ayllus or lineages, also the routes of the Ynca conquerors

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    Summary: Relief shown by shading. Territories of Inca rulers (Manco Ccapac to Huayna Ccapac) are listed, and routes of their conquests shown by numbered lines. The author's routes shown in red. Dedication above title: "Dedicated to His Excellency Don Manuel Pardo, President of the Republic of Peru." From: The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Volumes: 41(1871), pp.281-338 ; and 42, (1872), pp. 513-16; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J687 v. 41 1871 ; v.42 1872 Companion article by Clements R. Marham includes bibliographic sources written during the Spanish conquest or soon after used for geographic names and their localion.

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  20. Title: Blanchard's township map of Illinois : showing all the rail roads, stations, and towns, being a complete shippers guide to the state with parts of Iowa and Missouri. Drawn from plats of each county by official authority.

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    Summary: 1 map, colored;60 x 93 cm. (Folded to 14.5 x 10 cm.);1:760,320 or 12 miles to 1 inch.

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