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1. Title: Antiquæ urbis Romæ imago accuratiss. ex vetustis monumentis, ex vestigiis videlicet ædificior., Moeniûm ruinis, fide numismatum, monumentis æneis, plumbeis, saxeis tiglinisq. collecta, veter. deniq

   • Image data
   • 1721

   Contributors:

   • Ligorio, Pirro, approximately 1513-1583

   Summary: Bird's-eye-view map showing buildings and streets of ancient Rome with 269 points of interest. Title cartouche above; cartouche around legend below with a human figure to the left and right. Original edition by Pirro Ligorio, approximately 1552.

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2. Title: Antiquæ vrbis Romæ imago accuratiss. ex vetustis monumentis, ex vestigiis videlicet ædificior., moeniûm ruinis, fide numismatum, monumentis æneis, plumbeis, saxeis tiglinisq[ue] collecta, veter. deniq[ue]

   • Image data
   • 1588

   Contributors:

   • Ligorio, Pirro, approximately 1513-1583

   Summary: Relief shown pictorially. Bird's-eye-view map showing buildings and streets of ancient Rome with 269 points of interest. Title at top of sheet 1; index at bottom of sheet 2. Latin text on verso with caption title: Lectori; p. 54-55. From: Civitates orbis terrarum ... [Cologne : Braun & Hogenberg, 1572-1618]

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3. Title: Regni Neapolitani verissima secundum antiquorum et recentiorum traditionem descriptio

   • Image data
   • 1580

   Contributors:

   • Ligorio, Pirro, approximately 1513-1583

   Summary: Relief shown pictorially. Oriented with north toward upper left. Text in German on verso with caption title: Das Königreich Neapolis; p. 68. From: Theatrum, oder, Schawbuch des Erdtkreys ... In Antorff [Antwerp] : Bey Christoffel Plantin, in Verlegung Abraham Örtell, 1580.

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4. Title: Effigies antiquae Romae ex vestigiis aedificiorum ruinis : testimonio veterum auctorum fide : numismatum monumentis, aeneis, plumbaeis, saxeis, tiglinisque

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   • 1820

   Contributors:

   • Ligorio, Pirro, approximately 1513-1583
   • Ligorio, Pirro, ca. 1513-1583

   Summary: Bird's-eye view of ancient city of Rome as it might have looked at time of Emperor Augustus; relief shown pictorially. "Per xiiii [sic] regiones in quas urbem divisit Imp. Caesar Aug. : Pioque IIII [sic] Pont. Max. dicata excuderunt Romae Michael et Franciscus Tramezini, 1561." Reprint of the 1561 original, sold by Scudellari in 1820-1830.

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5. Title: Descriptio totius Galliae Belgicae

   • Image data
   • 1558

   Contributors:

   • Ligorio, Pirro, approximately 1513-1583
   • Ligorio, Pirro, ca. 1513-1583

   Summary: Relief shown pictorially. Added title in Italian: La noua & uera descrittion della Gallia Beglica [sic]. "Non sine summi Pont. et Veneti Senatus privilegio ad decen[n]ium."

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6. Title: Candia, olim Creta

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   • 1575

   Contributors:

   • Belleforest, François de, 1530-1583

   Summary: Relief shown pictorially. In upper margin: De l'isle de Crete ou Candie. 294-295. On verso: De l'Isle de Crete à present Candie, Antiquité & noms d'icelle, & comme elle est tombee soubs la Seigneurie des Venitiens. Chaptire XXXIII. From: La cosmographie vniuerselle de tout le monde ... Autour en partie Munster, mais beaucoup plus augmentée, ornée & enrichie, par Francois de Belle-Forest ... Paris : Chez M. Sonnius, 1575.

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7. Title: La ville de Londres : Londinum feracissimi Angliae regni metropolis

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   • 1575

   Contributors:

   • Belleforest, François de, 1530-1583

   Summary: Relief shown pictorially. From: La cosmographie vniverselle de tout le monde ... Autour en partie Munster, mais beaucoup plus augmentée, ornée & enrichie, par Francois de Belle-Forest ... Paris : Chez M. Sonnius, 1575. In upper left: Ceste ville se doit mettre apres le feuillet 102. Map mounted on board.

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8. Title: Carte des Etats-Unis : provinces méridionales

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   • 1799

   Contributors:

   • Capitaine, Louis, approximately 1749-approximately 1797

   Summary: Shows states from Virginia to Georgia; relief shown pictorially. From La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt's Voyage dans les États-Unis d'Amérique fait en 1795, 1796 et 1797. By Louis Capitaine. cf. McCorkle, New England in early printed maps, who attributes a similar map to Capitaine.

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9. Title: Carte des Etats-Unis : provinces septentrionales

   • Image data
   • 1799

   Contributors:

   • Capitaine, Louis, approximately 1749-approximately 1797

   Summary: Shows states from Maine sosuth to Maryland and west to New York and Pennsylvania; relief shown pictorially. From La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt's Voyage dans les États-Unis d'Amérique fait en 1795, 1796 et 1797.

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10. Title: Carte générale des Etats-Unis de l'Amérique Septentrionale : divisée en ses 17 provinces

    • Image data
    • 1799

    Contributors:

    • Capitaine, Louis, approximately 1749-approximately 1797

    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. From La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt's Voyage dans les États-Unis d'Amérique fait en 1795, 1796 et 1797.

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11. Title: Nouvelle carte de l'Afrique: avec des remarques et des tables pour trouver sans peine les differents peuples de cette partie du monde par les renvois alphabetiques suivant les plus nouvelles observations de messieurs de l'Academie des sciences.

    • Early maps
    • 1719

    Contributors:

    • Chatelain, Henri Abraham
    • Gueudeville, Nicolas, approximately 1654-approximately 1721

    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: Ferro. Includes tables and notes. Pencilled attribution on verso: Chatelain, 1719. MiU "Tom.1. No.4." 1 map: hand col.; 44 x 46 cm

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12. Title: Apuliae quae olim Iapygia, nova corographia

    • Image data
    • 1573

    Contributors:

    • Gastaldi, Giacomo, approximately 1500-approximately 1565

    Summary: North oriented toward left. Verso blank. From an unidentified edition of the Theatrum; Broecke does not identify any variant with a blank verso.

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13. Title: Pedemontanae vicinorumque regionum

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    • 1572

    Contributors:

    • Gastaldi, Giacomo, approximately 1500-approximately 1565

    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. "Cum priuilegio." Historic Maps copy 1 in uncolored. German text on verso with caption title: Piemondt; p. 34. Probably issued in: Theatrum oder Schawplatz des Erdbodems ... [Antorff : Gielis von Diest, 1572] This map was used in German editions of the Theatrum in 1572 and 1573. cf. Broecke, M.P.R. van den. Ortelius atlas maps.

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14. Title: Soria et Terra Santa nuova tavola

    • Image data
    • 1564

    Contributors:

    • Gastaldi, Giacomo, approximately 1500-approximately 1565
    • Gastaldi, Giacomo, ca. 1500-ca. 1565

    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. An enlargement of Gastaldi's map of 1548. Latin text on verso with caption title: Syriae, et Terrae Sanctae noua tabula; p. 46. Probably issued in: La geografia di Claudio Tolomeo Alessandrino ... In Venetia : Appresso Giordano Ziletti, 1564.

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15. Title: Il disegno de geografia moderna del regno di Polonia, e parte del ducado di Moscouia, con parte della Scandia, e parte de Sueuia, con molte regioni, in quelli et la prouincia de Vstiuga e quella di Seuera in sino al mare maggiore

    • Image data
    • 1562

    Contributors:

    • Gastaldi, Giacomo, approximately 1500-approximately 1565

    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. "Con gratia et priuilegio del sumo po[n]tifice papa pio iiij per anni x e del sere.mo senato di Vene[ti]a p[er] anni xv."

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16. Title: Geographia particolare d'una gran parte dell'Europa nouame[n]te descritta co i confini suoi, e prima uerso leua[n]te e il meridiano di Consta[n]tinopoli, e da pone[n]te il meridiano della magca. cita di Venetia, et da tramo[n]tana il parallelo di Vienna in Austria, e uerso Ostro il parallelo che passa per il mezzo dell'isola di Candia, et in torno ui sono i gradi e minuti delle longhezze, et larghhezze, con lamisura de le miglia italiani

    • Image data
    • 1560

    Contributors:

    • Gastaldi, Giacomo, approximately 1500-approximately 1565

    Summary: Map of central and southern Italy, Siciliy and part of the Balkans. Relief shown pictorially. South-west sheet of a larger map of south-east Europe which consists of 4 sheets; in most collections these sheets are separated, not only from one another, but distributed in different places in atlases. cf. Tooley, R.V. Maps in Italian atlases of the sixteenth century. Engraver taken from south-east sheet; imprint from north-east sheet. cf. Tooley. From: Geografia, Tavole moderne di geografia de la maggior parte del mondo di diversi autori raccolte et messe secondo l'ordine di Tolomeo con idisegni di molte citta et fortezze di diverse provintie stampate in rame con studio et diligenza in Roma.

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17. Title: United States, 1839 (Image 5 of 5) (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2013

    Contributors:

    • Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library
    • Chapin, William, 1802-1888.
    • Wheeler, H. F., engraver.
    • Taylor, J. B., engraver.
    • Neale, Wm.
    • Dick, Archibald L., approximately 1805-approximately 1855.
    • Prud'homme, John Francis Eugene, 1800-1892.
    • Osborne, engraver.
    • Smith, W. D., engraver.

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Chapin's ornamental map of the United States : with plans of the world, British Possessions, West Indies, & Colombia geographical part engraved by J. B. Taylor & H.F. Wheeler. It was published by W. Chapin & J.B. Taylor in 1839. Scale [ca. 1:158,000,000]. This layer is image 5 of 5 total images of the 6 sheet source map, representing the northeast portion of the map.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the North American 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, roads, railroads, cities and other human settlements, administrative and territorial boundaries, fortification, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown by hachures. Includes also insets, portrait engravings (with text), and border scenes.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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18. Title: United States, 1839 (Image 3 of 5) (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2013

    Contributors:

    • Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library
    • Chapin, William, 1802-1888.
    • Wheeler, H. F., engraver.
    • Taylor, J. B., engraver.
    • Neale, Wm.
    • Dick, Archibald L., approximately 1805-approximately 1855.
    • Prud'homme, John Francis Eugene, 1800-1892.
    • Osborne, engraver.
    • Smith, W. D., engraver.

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Chapin's ornamental map of the United States : with plans of the world, British Possessions, West Indies, & Colombia geographical part engraved by J. B. Taylor & H.F. Wheeler. It was published by W. Chapin & J.B. Taylor in 1839. Scale [ca. 1:158,000,000]. This layer is image 3 of 5 total images of the 6 sheet source map, representing the north-central portion of the map.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the North American 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, roads, railroads, cities and other human settlements, administrative and territorial boundaries, fortification, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown by hachures. Includes also insets, portrait engravings (with text), and border scenes.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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19. Title: United States, 1839 (Image 2 of 5) (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2013

    Contributors:

    • Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library
    • Chapin, William, 1802-1888.
    • Wheeler, H. F., engraver.
    • Taylor, J. B., engraver.
    • Neale, Wm.
    • Dick, Archibald L., approximately 1805-approximately 1855.
    • Prud'homme, John Francis Eugene, 1800-1892.
    • Osborne, engraver.
    • Smith, W. D., engraver.

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Chapin's ornamental map of the United States : with plans of the world, British Possessions, West Indies, & Colombia geographical part engraved by J. B. Taylor & H.F. Wheeler. It was published by W. Chapin & J.B. Taylor in 1839. Scale [ca. 1:158,000,000]. This layer is image 2 of 5 total images of the 6 sheet source map, representing the southwest portion of the map.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the North American 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, roads, railroads, cities and other human settlements, administrative and territorial boundaries, fortification, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown by hachures. Includes also insets, portrait engravings (with text), and border scenes.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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20. Title: United States, 1839 (Image 4 of 5) (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2013

    Contributors:

    • Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library
    • Chapin, William, 1802-1888.
    • Wheeler, H. F., engraver.
    • Taylor, J. B., engraver.
    • Neale, Wm.
    • Dick, Archibald L., approximately 1805-approximately 1855.
    • Prud'homme, John Francis Eugene, 1800-1892.
    • Osborne, engraver.
    • Smith, W. D., engraver.

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Chapin's ornamental map of the United States : with plans of the world, British Possessions, West Indies, & Colombia geographical part engraved by J. B. Taylor & H.F. Wheeler. It was published by W. Chapin & J.B. Taylor in 1839. Scale [ca. 1:158,000,000]. This layer is image 4 of 5 total images of the 6 sheet source map, representing the south-central portion of the map.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the North American 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, roads, railroads, cities and other human settlements, administrative and territorial boundaries, fortification, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown by hachures. Includes also insets, portrait engravings (with text), and border scenes.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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