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  1. Title: London; Visscher delineavit.

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    Summary: Alternate title: View of London by C. J. Visscher, A.D. 1616. Title from title sheet: View of London, A.D. 1616. By Nicholas John Visscher. "A facsimile of the probably unique example of the original edition in the King's Library, British Museum." Has watermark. Panorama. "Reproduced by the Typographic Etching Company"--sheet 1. Includes 2 texts in Latin and 2 coats of arms. Accompanied by title sheet with text. 1 l. 1 view on 4 sheets; 43 x 216 cm, sheets 59 x 80 cm

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  2. Title: Liverpool, England, 1900 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: City of Liverpool : area 14,909 acres (exclusive of half of River Mersey). It was published by George Philip & Son L[td], The London Geographical Institute in 1900. Scale [ca. 1:15,400]. Covers portions of Liverpool and Birkenhead, England. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the 'British National Grid' 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, railroads and stations, drainage, built-up areas and selected buildings and industries, canals, docks, wharves, parks, administrative boundaries, and more. Includes index to public parks, gardens, and recreation grounds, and inset: Extension of the Garston on same scale. 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: Russia in Europe

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. North sheet includes inset of Leningrad. South sheet includes inset of "Baghdad to the Persian Gulf." Also shows railroads and steamship and ferry lines. Publisher's lists of maps, with prices, on inside of covers. Historic Maps copy imperfect: South sheet wanting.

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  4. Title: Daily Telegraph war map of the Western Front

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    Summary: 1 inset: Europe.; Shows belligerant and neutral countries, the Maginot Line and the Siegfried Line.; Printed by George Philip & Son, Limited, London. 69 x 88 centimeters Scale approximately 1:633,000; 10 miles = 1 inch General Map Collection

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  5. Title: The Japanese empire : The London Geographical Institute

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights.; Includes insets of Tokyo Bay and Kwan Tung. 64 x 48 centimeters Scale 1:5,000,000; 80 miles = 1 inch General Map Collection

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  6. Title: (Composite Map) (Facsimile) Rocque's Map of London. 1746 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This raster layer is a georeferenced image of a map titled "Composite Map: (Facsimile) Rocque's Map of London. 1746." Published in 1919, this composite map is considered one of the best facsimiles of the original Rocque Map ("A plan of the cities of London and Westminster, and borough of Southwark"), created by John Rocque and first published in 1746. A scanned version of this map available from The David Rumsey Map Collection was georeferenced by the Kindred London mapping project. The broad goal of the Kindred London project is to create four digitized road networks from four historic maps of London that will be used for an online, interactive web platform that will allow users to experience what it would have been like to travel the streets of London.

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  7. Title: Road Network, London, 1746

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    Summary: This line shapefile contains the road network digitized from a map entitled "Composite Map: (Facsimile) Rocque's Map of London. 1746." Published in 1919, this composite map is considered one of the best facsimiles of the original Rocque Map ("A plan of the cities of London and Westminster, and borough of Southwark"), created by John Rocque and first published in 1746. A scanned version of this map available from The David Rumsey Map Collection was georeferenced by the Kindred London mapping project. Segments of roads, paths, bridges, tunnels, water crossings, and stairs, were digitized using route name and type, traffic volume, and access. The broad goal of the Kindred London project is to create four digitized road networks from four historic maps of London that will be used for an online, interactive web platform that will allow users to experience what it would have been like to travel the streets of London. Kindred London Mapping Project. (2017). Road Network, London, 1746. Center for Spatial and Textual Analysis, Stanford University. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/wx413hq1837. This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.

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  8. Title: Explore London with Santander cycles

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    Summary: Title from panel. © Copyright Transport for London 2016. © Crown copyright and database rights 2016 Ordnance Survey. Map locates Santander cycles docking stations, cycling superhighways, and leisure routes. On verso: information on "Santander London's self-service bike-sharing scheme for short journeys : hire, ride, return - your three step guide", and suggested points of interes, recommended cycling routes with approximate time duration.

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  9. Title: Northwestern Canada

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    Summary: In upper margin: Department of the Interior, Canada ... Topographical Survey of Canada.; Includes index map showing lines along which survey monuments have been established, north of the 60th parallel. 64 x 55 centimeters Scale approximately 1:3,168,000; 1 inch = 50 miles General Map Collection

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  10. Title: Map of The Pas mineral area and adjacent territory to the north, Manitoba and Saskatchewan

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    Summary: Relief shown by spot heights.; Includes notes on landscape features.; Inset: Location of The Pas mineral area. 55 x 79 centimeters Scale 1:380,160; 1 inch to 6 miles. City Maps

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  11. Title: Map of Mackenzie River : Norman to Hume River, Northwest Territories

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    Summary: Rellief shown by spot heights. Depths shown by soundings.; Includes table of distances and 2 inset maps.; "1923 edition, corrected to 1st December 1922."; At head of title: "Topographical Survey of Canada." 54 x 79 centimeters Scale 1:253,440; 1 inch = 4 miles. General Map Collection

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  12. Title: Map of Mackenzie River : Wrigley to Norman, Northwest Territories

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    Summary: Relief shown by spot heights. Depths shown by soundings.; Includes table of distances, notes, sources of information and 2 inset maps.; At head of title: "Department of the Interior." 80 x 54 centimeters Scale 1:253,440; 1 inch = 4 miles. General Map Collection

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  13. Title: Map of Mackenzie River : Thunder River to McPherson, Northwest Territories

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    Summary: Relief shown by spot heights. Depths shown by soundings.; Includes table of distances, notes, source information and 1 inset map.; At head of title: "Department of the Interior." 54 x 79 centimeters Scale 1:253,440; 1 inch = 4 miles. General Map Collection

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  14. Title: Map of Mackenzie River : Simpson to Wrigley, Northwest Territories

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    Summary: Relief shown by spot heights. Depths shown by soundings.; Includes table of distances, notes, source information and 2 inset maps.; At head of title: "Department of the Interior." 79 x 54 centimeters Scale 1:253,440; 1 inch = 4 miles. General Map Collection

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  15. Title: Map of the Mackenzie and Slave Rivers, Northwest Territories

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    Summary: Base map from chief cartographer's map of Canada; corrected to January 1921.; Includes location map. 74 x 60 centimeters Scale [1:2,217,600] 35 miles to 1 inch General Map Collection

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  16. Title: A map of England & Wales : divided into counties, parlimentary divisions, & dioceses; shewing the principal roads, railways, rivers, & canals and the seats of the nobility and gentry; with the distance of each town from the general post office of London

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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale [1:316,800]. 1 in. = 5 mi. (W 5°--E 2°N 56°--N 50°). Relief shown by hachures. Projected from the triangulation for the survey made under the direction of the honorable the Board of Ordnance, on a scale of five miles to an inch, and corrected to the present time. Illustration: View of the general post office London / drawn by T. Allom, engraved by H. Griffiths. Continuation inset: Scilly Islands. Includes table of distances by sea, and chart of dioceses with coats of arms. Originally published in 1 sheet (?). color, dissected, mounted on cloth, and bound in 4 volumes ; 202 x 167 cm.; sheet Scale [1:316,800]. 1 inch = 5 miles General Map Collection

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  17. Title: A map of Scotland : divided into counties, shewing the principal roads, railways, rivers, canals, lochs, mountains, islands, &c

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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale [1:316,800]. 1 in. = 5 mi. (W 8°--W 2°N 60°--N 54°).Relief shown by hachures. Illustration: View of Melrose Abbey / drawn by T. Allom, engraved by H. Griffiths.Originally published in 1 sheet (?). color, dissected, mounted on cloth, and bound in 3 volumes ; 179 x 124 cm.; sheet Scale [1:316,800]. 1 inch = 5 miles General Map Collection

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  18. Title: Preliminary chart: lower reach of Saginaw River and bar in front, (Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron); surveyed under the direction of Captain J.N. Macomb, T.E., by W.H. Hearding, J.H. Forster, I.L. Beghein, 1856.; Lower reach of Saginaw River and bar in front (Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron)

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    Summary: Depths shown by soundings and isolines. At head of title: seal with "United States Lake Survey 1867." "Additions and Corrections to June 1st 1893." "Made in obedience to acts of Congress under the direction of the Bureau of Topographical Engineers of the War Department." Also shows mills and other points of interest along the bay including composition of river bottom. Includes "Sailing directions." 1 map; 57 x 96 cm, on sheet 66 x 106 cm.

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  19. Title: Map of the United States and their territories between the Mississippi and the Pacific Ocean, and part of Mexico

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures.

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  20. Title: Distribution of Ricketsial Disease: Tick and Mite Born Vectors (1954)

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    Summary: 1954

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