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  1. Title: Imperii Sinarum nova descriptio; auctore Joh. van Loon.

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. From Jan Jansson's "Atlas Novus", c.1680. 1 map: hand col.; 46 x 51 cm.

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  2. Title: Paris, France, 1700 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan de la ville, cite, universite, et faubourgs de Paris avec ses environs : augmenter de plusieurs bastiments et remarques que l'on y a fait de puis peu tres exactement dessines sur les lieux par *...*****, van Loon, sculp. It was published by chez le Sr. Jaillot Geographe du Roy, pres les Grands Augustins aux duex Globes in [1700]. Scale [ca. 1:7,200]. 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, fortifications, ground cover, and more. Relief is shown by hachures. Includes indexes and text.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: Quebec, Canada, 1694 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Quebec : ville de l'Amerique septentrionale dans la Nouvelle France avec titre d' eveche situee sur le fleuve de St. Laurent a 310 degz 17 minutes de longitudes et 46 degr. 55 minutes de latitudes : elle fut assiegee par les Anglois sur les Francois par qui elle est encore possedee l'an 1670 depuis le 16.e Octobre jusqu'a 22 du meme mois, monsr. de Frontenac estant pour lors gouverneur du paijs qui leur fit honteusement lever le siege, H.v. Loon fecit. It was published Chez le Sr. de Fer in 1694. Scale [ca. 1:23,000]. Map in French. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) Zone 19N NAD 1983 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, selected buildings with names of landowners, fortification, English ships and lines-of-fire, ground cover, and more. Relief is shown by hachures. Includes index and notes. 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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  4. Title: Quebec, Canada, 1694 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Quebec : ville de l'Amerique septentrional dans la Nouvelle France avec titre d'evehe situe [sic] sur le fleuve de St. Laurent a 310 degrez 17 min. de la longitudes et 46 degrez 55 min. de latitudes : elle fut assiegee [sic] par les Anglois les Francois [sic] par qui elle est encore possedee [sic] l'an 1670 depuis le 16 Octobre jusqu 'au [sic] 22 du meme mois, monsieur de Frontenac etant pour lors gouverneur du pais, qui leur fit honeteusement lever le siege. Scale [ca. 1:24,000]. Map in French. Manuscript copy after Fer's Quebec map of 1694, engraved by H.v.Loon. Unknown copy date. Made for Francis Parkman. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) Zone 19N NAD 1983 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, selected buildings with names of landowners, fortification, ground cover, and more. Relief is shown by hachures. Includes index. 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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  5. Title: Van Loon's geography : [map of the world]

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    Summary: Scale not given; 1 map: color; 40 x 50 cm, on sheet 55 x 61 cm World maps--Facsimiles

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  6. Title: Nieuwe kaart van Choromandel ende Malabar

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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale approximately 1:2,300,000 ; (E 72°17'00"--E 84°50'00"/N 19°00'00"--N 8°00'00"). Relief shown pictorially. Date from previous call number. Shows southern India and northern Sri Lanka. In Dutch. 50 x 58 centimeters Scale approximately 1:2,300,000 Ames Library of South Asia Maps

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  7. Title: La principaute de Dombes; J. van den Eynde sculpit.; La Principavte de Dombes

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. North oriented to the left. Includes French coat of arms and two figures on title cartouche, one holding a sword and the other a mirror, and a third face on the top of the title cartouche. From the Composite Atlas of France, title created to represent a unique collection within the Clark Library, University of Michigan. 1 map; 35 x 46 cm.

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  8. Title: L'Europe, 1700 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: L'Europe : dressée sur les observations de Mrs. del'Academie Royale des Sciences et quelques autres : sur les memoires le plus recens. It was published by: Chez l'Auteur, Rue des Canettes prez de St. Sulpice in 1700. Scale ca. 1:10,750,000. Map in French. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Europe Lambert Conformal Conic (EPSG: 102014) coordinate system. All map features and collar and inset information are shown 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 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 geographies, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and map purposes.

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  9. Title: Plan de Narva, 1702 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan de Narva : assiegé par 80 000 Moscovites, qui furent attaqués et deffaits dans leurs lignes par Charles XII. Roy de Suede, commandant son Armée en personne a l'age de dix-huit ans, le 30. Novembre 1705 [sic., i.e.1700. It was published by: chez le Sr. De Fer, dans l'Isle du Palais a la Sphere Royale, avec Privl. du Roy in 1702. Scale not given.. Map in French. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the WGS 1984 UTM Zone 35N (EPSG: 32635) coordinate system. All map features and collar and inset information are shown 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 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 geographies, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and map purposes.

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  10. Title: Totius Lemovici et confinium provinciarum quantum ad dioecesin lemovicensen spectant novissima et fidissima descriptio, 1611 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Totius Lemovici et confinium provinciarum quantum ad dioecesin lemovicensen spectant novissima et fidissima descriptio. It was published by: sumptibus & typis aeneis Iudoci Hondij in 1611. Scale approximately 1:480,000. Map in Latin. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the WGS 1984 UTM Zone 31N (EPSG: 32631) coordinate system. All map features and collar and inset information are shown 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 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 geographies, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and map purposes.

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  11. Title: Great Britain, 1642 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Insularum Britannicarum acurata Delineatio, ex geographicis conatibus Abrahami Ortelii ; Petrus Kaerius caelavit. It was published after Ioannem Ianssonium in 1642. Scale [ca. 1:2,500,000]. Map in Latin. 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 drainage, cities and other human settlements, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief and political borders shown pictorially. Includes also notes and illustrations of sailing ships, sea creatures, and people. On verso: text in French. 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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  12. Title: Nova totius terrarum orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabula

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. Includes inset maps of North and South Poles. The fourth state of Keere's map, without border. cf. Shirley, R. The mapping of the world, p. 283.

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  13. Title: Germaniae veteris, typus; Joannes Janssonius excud.

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. Includes a dedication to Iacobus Monavius Silesius patricius by Abraham Ortelius. From "Atlantis maioris appendix", Johannes Janssonius, 1630. 1 map; 36 x 46 cm.

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  14. Title: Erpach comitatus; Petrus Kaerius Caelavit.

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. Includes coat of arms in upper left hand corner and fruit around the title cartouche. From "Atlantis maioris appendix", Johannes Janssonius, 1630. 1 map; 34 x 45 cm

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  15. Title: Aracam

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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale 1:13,000,000 (E 90°41'00"--E 97°55'00"/N 28°00'00"--N 15°00'00"). Relief shown pictorially. Shows roads, railroads, lighthouses, passes, forts, and administrative divisions. On verso: French text, entitled: Description de Bengala. Oriented with north to the left. Page number in upper right: 69. Likely from: Thresor De Chartes, Contenant Les Tableaux De Tous Les Pays Du Monde / Barent Langenes. Amsterdam: Christoffle Guyot, 1602. 9 x 13 centimeters Scale 1:13,000,000 Ames Library of South Asia Maps

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  16. Title: Baltic States, ca. 1708 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: La Pologne : dressée sur ce qu'en ont donée Starovolsk, Beauplan, Hartnoch, et autres auteurs, rectifiee par les observations d'Hevelius, etc. It was published by: Chez l'auteur, sur le Quai de l'Horloge a l'Aigle d'Or ca. 1708. Scale ca. 1:2,550,000. Map in French. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Europe Lambert Conformal Conic (EPSG: 102014) coordinate system. All map features and collar and inset information are shown 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 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 geographies, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and map purposes.

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  17. Title: Russiae, Moscoviae et Tartariae descriptio

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. From: Theatrum orbis terrarum Abrahami Ortelii Antuerp. geographi regii ... Antuerpiæ : apud Ioannem Bapt. Vrintium, 1603. Latin text and p. 107 on verso. Ortelius based his map on Jenkinson's 1562 map, Nova absolutaque Russiae, Moscoviae, et Tartariae descriptio. cf. Tooley's dictionary of mapmakers, v. 2, p. 437.

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  18. Title: Indexed guide map and key to World's fair buildings, grounds, and exhibits [of the Columbian Exhibition held in Chicago]

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    Summary: 1 map : colored ; 50 x 32 cm, folded to 14 x 7 cm. At head of title: With compliments of C. J. VanHouten & zoon. On verso: Map of Chicago.

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  19. Title: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1750 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: A map of Philadelphia and parts adjacent : with a perspective view of the State-House, by N. Scull and G. Heap. Facsimile of a 1750 map republished by Benj. R. Boggs in 1893. Scale [ca. 1:65,000]. 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, selected rural buildings with occupants' names, and more. Relief is shown pictorially. Includes text, distance table, ill., and ground-level view of the Statehouse (later Independence Hall). Facsimile of state showing estate of Wm. Allen near Germantown with his name added to the 'Table of distances'. 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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  20. Title: To the Honourable Thomas Penn and Richard Penn, Esqrs., true & absolute proprietaries & Governours of the Province of Pennsylvania & counties of New-Castle, Kent & Sussex on Delaware this map of the improved part of the Province of Pennsylvania

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    Summary: Facsim. of: Philadelphia : sold by the author, Nicholas Scull, 1759. Relief shown pictorially. Shows county boundaries.

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