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  1. Title: Ottoman Empire, ca. 1790 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Empire de la Porte ottomane en Europe, en Asie et en Afrique avec les pays qui lui sont tributaires, dresse par les Freres Lotter. It was published by Freres Lotter ca. 1790. Scale [ca. 1:9,000,000]. Covers the Ottoman Empire. Map in French. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to a modified 'Europe Lambert Conformal Conic' projection with a central meridian of 38 degrees East 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, territorial and provincial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown pictorially. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from the Harvard Map Collection as part of the Open Collections Program at Harvard University project: Islamic Heritage Project. Maps selected for the project represent a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and purposes. The Islamic Heritage Project consists of over 100,000 digitized pages from Harvard's collections of Islamic manuscripts and published materials. Supported by Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal and developed in association with the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program at Harvard University.

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  2. Title: Map of land in the eighth ward of the city of Brooklyn belonging to the heirs of Leffert Bergen dec

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    Summary: Extent: 1 map Abstract: Manuscript property sale map of a portion of the Sunset Park neighborhood of Brooklyn, showing streets and the property lines of parcels, built on land that had been a portion of Bergen family farmland inherited by Leffert Bergen (1789-1856). Coverage area extends from Upper Bay southeast to 3rd Avenue, and from 52nd Street south to 55th Street. Almost half of the map is devoted to seaside property below the high water mark. Shows "Pier Line as Report of Commissioners May 5th 1875" and "Bulkhead Line of April 17th 1857." Mounted on linen and intended to be rolled and tied. Notes: Oriented with north to the upper left. Scale determined from property dimensions given on map. Scale approximately 1:960

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  3. Title: America Septentrionalis, concinnata juxta observationes Dñn Academiæ Regalis Scientiarum et nonnullorum aliorum, et juxta annotationes recentissimas

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. Includes "Annotatio." Historic Maps copy 2 imperfect: upper and lower margins trimmed away.

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  4. Title: America Septentrionalis,: concinnata juxta observationes Dñn Academiæ Regalis Scientiarum et nonnullorum aliorum, et juxta annotationes recentissimas,; per G. de L'Isle, geographum. G.F. Lotter, sculps.

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    Summary: Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Includes "Annotatio." 1 map: col.; 46 x 58 cm.

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  5. Title: Teschen, ca. 1770 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Nova et accurata geographica delineatio Ducatus Teschenensis In Silesia Superiore : cum finitimorum Hungariae et Poloniae Regnorum, ut et Moraviae limitibus. It was published by: sumtibus Tobiae Conradi Lotteri ca. 1770. Scale approximately 1:160,000]. Map in Latin. 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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  6. Title: London, ca. 1760 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Delineatio ac finitima regio Magnae Brittaniae metropoleos Londini, ad novissimam normam repraesentata et excusa à T. Conr. Lotter, augustano chalcogr. et geogr. It was published by Tobias Conrad Lotter ca. 1760. Scale ca. 1:120.000. Map in Latin and English. 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, roads, bridges, park and town views, cities and other human settlements, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown pictorially. Includes also cartouche decorated with the coat of arms of England supported by a lion and a unicorn, includes also the allegory of wealth and Mercury flying over a group of merchants. 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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  7. Title: Gibraltar, 1720 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Castellum Gibraltar in Andalusia situm cum celebri freto inter Europam et Africam : annexis circumjacentibus Portubus et Castellis, accurate designatum cura et sumptibus Tobi? Conradi Lotter Geogr. Aug. Vindel. It was published by Seutter Matthaeus in 1720. The original sheet map contains 2 maps on 1 sheet. This dataset is georeferenced to the larger scale map entitled: Gibraltar. Scale [ca. 1:12,100]. Map in Latin, German, and 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 30N 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, fortification, ground cover, coastal features, and more. Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. Includes indexes.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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  8. Title: Majorca Island, Minorca Island, and Isla de Ibiza, Spain, ca. 1756 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Carte des l'isles de Maiorque, Minorque et d'Yvice, gravee par Matthieu Seutter, Geographe de S.M. Imper. et Cathol. ; Tob. Conr. Lotter, sc. It was published by M. Seutter ca. 1756. Scale [ca. 1:560,000]. Covers Majorca Island, Minorca Island, and Isla de Ibiza, Spain. 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 drainage, cities and other human settlements, road, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown by hachures and pictorially. Includes 2 insets, one showing the islands and the western part of the Mediterranean, and, 'Plan du port et ville de Mahon, du Fort. St. Philippe et ses fortifications.'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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  9. Title: Yemen, 1774 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Terrae Yemen maxima Pars. seu Imperii Imami, Principatus Kaukeban, nec non ditionum Haschid U Bekil, Nehhm, Chaulan, Abu Arisch Et Aden Tabula : ex observationibus astronomicis et hodometricis jussu et suntibus Potentissimor: Daniae Regnum Friderici V et Christiani VII institutis, delineata Auctore C. Niebuhr ; Gustav Conrad Lotter Sculps. It was published by Tob. Conr. Lotter in 1774. Scale [ca. 1,250,000]. Covers a portion of Yemen and Saudi Arabia. Map in Latin. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the World Miller Cylindrical 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, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown by hachures. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from the Harvard Map Collection as part of the Open Collections Program at Harvard University project: Islamic Heritage Project. Maps selected for the project represent a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and purposes. The Islamic Heritage Project consists of over 100,000 digitized pages from Harvard's collections of Islamic manuscripts and published materials. Supported by Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal and developed in association with the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program at Harvard University.

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  10. Title: Carte geographique representant le cours entier du Rhin, de la Moselle, de la Meuse et de l'Escaut avec les pays confins specialement l'etat actuel de toutes les possessions de la Maison d'Autriche dans les Pays Bas et une grande partie de la France

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Unidentified meridian.

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  11. Title: A new and correct map of North America with the West India Islands : divided according to the last Treaty of Peace, concluded at Paris the 20th of Jan. 1783. wherein are particularly distinguished the thirteen provinces wich [sic] compose the United States of North America

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    Summary: Shows the north american continent from New South Wales to Central America including boundaries of the original thirteen United States, European possessions in the West Indies, towns, forts, indian villages, roads, rivers and mines.; Title from title block.; Relief shown pictorially.; Hand colored.; Prime meridian: London (W 1150∞0'--W 430∞0'/N 484∞5'--N 33∞0').; Includes additional longitudinal coordinates measured west from Ferro (W 97∞-W 25∞).; Insets: A particular map of Baffin and Hudson's Bay -- The passage by land to California discover'd by Father Eusebius Francis Kino a Jesuit; between the years 1698 and 1701, before which, and for a considerable time since California has always been described in all charts & maps as an island.; "N.B. The letters E, F, S, D, Da, annexed to the names of the islands, denote them to belong either to the English, French, Spanish, Dutch, or Danes, &c."; Includes illustrations, compass rose, and decorative spray which borders "The Scales" and "Explanation."; Includes key to symbols, "Explanation." 97 x 112 centimeters on sheets 585 x 72.3 centimeters Scale varies approximately 1:9,504,000-1:5,702,400 General Map Collection

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  12. Title: Carte de l'océan Pacifique au nord de l'Equateur, et des côtes qui le bornent des deux côtés: d'aprés les dernieres découvertes faites par les Espagnols, les Russes et les Anglois, jusqu'en 1780.; Alternate title: Charte des Stillen Weltmeers in nördlichen Aequator und der küsten die es auf beiden seiten einschroenken: nach den neuesten, von den Spaniern, Russen und Engelloendern bis 1780 , gemachten entdeckungen

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    Summary: Shows North Pacific and surrounding coastlines with tracks of various Spanish, Russian, and English voyages. Explanatory text at bottom is signed T.A. Mann, 1781. 1 map: col.; 36 x 50 cm.

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  13. Title: Carte nouvelle de l'Amerique Angloise contenant tout ce que les Anglois possedent sur le continent de l'Amerique Septentrionale, savoir le Canada, la Nouvelle Ecosse ou Acadie, les treize provinces unies qie sont les quartes colonies de la Nouvelle Angleterre ...; Gravée exactement ... par Matthieu Albert Lotter Augsbourg.

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    Summary: Listed as map no. 93 in T.C. Lotter's Atlas Géographique...[Nurnberg] 1778; Phillips no. 3517. 1 map: col.; 60 x 47 cm

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  14. Title: Pensylvania, Nova Jersey et Nova York cum regionibus ad fluvium Delaware in America sitis

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. Shows middle Atlantic colonies and badly distorted New England. Probably issued in: Atlas géographique du cent et huit cartes générales et spéciales / par les géographes Tobie Conrad Lotter, Matthieu Seutter, et Jan-Michel Probst .... Augsburg : Tobie Conrad Lotter, Matthieu Seutter, et Jan-Michel Probst ; Nuremburg : Heritiers de Homan], 1778.

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  15. Title: America Meridionalis : concin[n]ata juxta observationes Dnñ. Acad. Regalis Scientiarum et nonnullorum aliorum, et juxta annotationes recentissimas

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    Summary: Five scales: Milliaria communia Francica, Milliaria marima Gallica, Milliaria marima Hispanica et Portugallica, Milliaria communia Germanica, Millaria diurna communa. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: Ferro. From: Lotter, T.C. Atlas novus, sive, Tabulae geographiae. Augustae Vindelicorum [Augsburg, 1772?]. "Observatio: Reddo rationem in nova Introductione mea ad Geographiam de variationibus quae occurrent in hac mappa".

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  16. Title: Novissima et accuratissima delineatio Status Ecclesiæ et magni ducatus Hetruriæ

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. "Cum Gratia et Priuil. S.R. Vicariatus, in partib[us] Rheni, Sueuiae, et Juris Franconici."

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  17. Title: Recens edita totius Novi Belgii in America Septentrionali siti

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. "Cum gratia et privil. S.R.I. Vicariat in part. Rheni, Sveviae, et Juris Franconici." State 4 with Boston still spelled Briston. Reissue of Mathew Seutter map from Jansson prototype. Inset view shows New York. Shows names of Indian tribes.

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  18. Title: Saxoniæ Superioris, præsertim Electoralis Circulus : cum adjacentibus Ducatibus et Provinciis, simulque diligentissime annotatis postarum cursus et stationes

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    Summary: Map of the former region of Upper Saxony. Relief shown pictorially.

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  19. Title: Partie orientale de la Nouvelle France ou du Canada avec l'Isle de Terre-Neuve et de Nouvelle Escosse, Acadie et Nouv. Angleterre avec Fleuve de St. Laurence

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    Summary: 1 map : hand col. ; 56 x 48 cm. Relief shown pictorially. Includes decorative cartouche and ill. of ships.

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  20. Title: Partie orientale de la Nouvelle France ou du Canada avec l'Isle de Terre-Neuve et de Nouvelle Escosse, Acadie et Nouv. Angleterre avec Fleuve de St. Laurence

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    Summary: 1 map : col. ; 48 x 56 cm Relief shown pictorially. See British Museum Cat. of Printed Maps... vol. 13, col. 245. Includes decorative cartouche and ill. of ships.

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