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  1. Title: South America

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially.; Prime meridians: Washington and Greenwich. Scale approximately 1:28,512,000 General Map Collection

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  2. Title: Michigan Ter drawn & published by F. Lucas, Jr.; B. T. Welch, sc.; Michigan Territory

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    Summary: Meridians: Washington.--Greenwich. Relief shown pictorially. 1 map: hand col.; 23 x 30 cm

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  3. Title: West Indies

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    Summary: In: Carey, Henry Charles. A complete historical ... American atlas, 1822, no. 39. Below neat line at left: Drawn by F. Lucas Jr. Engraved by: Young & Delleker. Enclosed in large text block providing information on West Indies.

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  4. Title: British possessions in North America

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    Summary: Label on verso: "Published by Carey & Lea, Philadelphia, Penna., 1820-1823."; Relief shown by hachures.; In lower left: "Drawn by F. Lucas Jr."; In lower right: "Engraved by Young & Delleker." 24 x 35 centimeters Scale approximately 1:8,600,000 General Map Collection

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  5. Title: British possessions in North America

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    Summary: Label on verso: "Published by Carey & Lea, Philadelphia, Penna., 1820-1823."; Relief shown by hachures.; In lower left: "Drawn by F. Lucas Jr."; In lower right: "Engraved by Young & Delleker."; Title above border: "British Possessions in North America."; Borders of North West Territory and United States tinted in green. 24 x 35 centimeters Scale approximately 1:8,600,000 General Map Collection

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  6. Title: The West India islands

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    Summary: Longitude west from Greenwich. Probably issued in: Union atlas, containing new and improved maps of all the empires, kingdoms & states in the known world ... London : William Darton, 1812.

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  7. Title: A New map of the province of Maryland in North America.

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    Summary: Scale approximately 1:1,170,000; 1 map; 27 x 32 cm Maryland--Maps--Early works to 1800

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  8. Title: A New and accurate map of the province of Georgia in North America.

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    Summary: Scale [ca. 1:1,650,000]; 1 map; 31 x 27 cm Georgia--Maps--Early works to 1800

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  9. Title: Héhenschichten-karte von Japan.

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    Summary: Japan--Maps

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  10. Title: Milan, Italy, 1820 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Pianta della citta di Milano : anno 1820, Anto. Tua Pt. Archo. Geogo. dis. ; Gasp. Cagnoni inc in Milo. It was published by presso Ferdo. Artaria in 1820. Scale [ca. 1:800]. Covers Milan, Italy. Map in Italian.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the 'European Datum 1950 UTM Zone 32N' 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, parks, and more. Includes index and inset view: Il Duomo di Milano. 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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  11. Title: Stockholm, Sweden, 1771 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Grundritning ofver Stockholms stad.med Kongl. May[tts] allern ?digste privilegio utgifven ar. 1771, och underdanigst tillagnad Hans May[tt] Konung Gustaf III af Jonas Brolin, ingenieur i Kongl. Landtmaleri Cont.; graverad af Carl Bergquist och Fred. Akrel. It was published by Jonas Brolin in 1771. Scale [ca. 1:21,500]. Covers a portion of Stockholm, Sweden.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Rikets Koordinatsystem 1990 (ESRI: 'RT90 25 gonV' ) 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, and more. 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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  12. Title: Louisbourg and Louisbourg Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada, 1745 (John Hinton ed.) (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: A plan of the city and fortifications of Louisburg from a survey made by Richard Gridley, Lieut. Col. of the train of of artillery in 1745, this important fortress was taken on June 17th 1745 after a seige of 49 days by nine regiments that were raised & equiped in 50 days in New England and commanded by Sr. Willm. Pepperill assisted by a fleet under the command of Commodore Warren with the loss of 101 men kill'd & 30 that died by sickness this place was afterwards restored to the French by the Treaty of Aix la Chapelle ; A plan of the city and harbour of Lousiburg with the French batteries that defended it and those of the English shewing that part of Gabarus Bay in which they landed & the ground on which they escaped during the seige in 1745. It was published by J. Hinton in 1758. Scale [ca.1: 36,000]. This image contains 2 maps, the smaller scale map of Louisbourg Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada is the portion that is georeferenced. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the UTM Zone 20N NAD83 (meters) 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 coastal features such as harbors, inlets, rocks, channels, points, coves, shoals, islands, and more. Includes also selected land features such as roads, cities and towns, fortifications, troop dispositions, and other points of military interest. Relief is shown pictorially. Depths are shown by soundings. Includes a list of explanations, notes, profile, and inset: A map of Gabarus bay adjoining to Louisburg. 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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  13. Title: The United States from the latest authorites

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures.; Shows western trails and Indian tribes.; Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington.; From Hayward's Gazetteer of USA 1853. 53 x 99 centimeters Scale approximately 1:5,000,000 General Map Collection

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  14. Title: Map of the country between the Atlantic & Pacific Oceans : included within the latitudes 25 & 42 & the longitudes 75 & 123 West, shewing the proposed route of a rail road from the Mississippi Valley to the ports of St. Diego, Monterey, & St. Francisco on the Pacific coast also the connection of this road with those of the Atlantic States leading West as far as the Mississippi

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. "S. Rep. Com. No. 344 -- 1st. Sess. 32d. Cong."

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  15. Title: Map of the United States road from Ohio to Detroit as lately located by Messrs. A. Edwards, S. Vance and Philu E. Judd (the last of whom died before the survey was completed), commissioners appointed by the president of the U.S. agreeable to act of Congress; drawn by J. Farmer of Detroit, 1825.

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    Summary: Prime meridian: Washington. Oriented with north toward the upper right. 1 map: photocopy; 21 x 79 cm

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  16. Title: Pompei, Italy, 1829 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan de Pompei, de Mr. le Chanoine D. Andre de Joric ; Na. Riccio inc. ; Giosue Russo dis. It was published by Imprimerie Francaise in 1829. Scale [ca. 1:2,500]. Covers Pompei, Italy. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the 'European Datum 1950 UTM Zone 33 North' 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 and plans of ancient sites, ground cover, and more. Relief 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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  17. Title: Afrique (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced image of an historic continental map of Africa from 1840. Originally created by Victor Levasseur, this map depicts landscapes, fruit, foliage and animals, with descriptive text and statistical information on towns and islands. The map contains 3 insets of Alexandria, Cairo, and Algiers. 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 was georeferenced by the Stanford University Geospatial Center using a Sinusoidal projection. This map is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps of Africa held at Stanford University Libraries. This historic paper map provides an historical perspective of the cultural and physical landscape during this time period. The wide range of information provided on these maps make them useful in the study of historic geography. As this map has been georeferenced, it also can be used as a background layer in conjunction with other GIS data. The horizontal positional accuracy of a raster image is approximately the same as the accuracy of the published source map. The lack of a greater accuracy is largely the result of the inaccuracies with the original measurements and possible distortions in the original paper map document. There may also be errors introduced during the digitizing and georeferencing process. In most cases, however, errors in the raster image are small compared with sources of error in the original map graphic. The RMS error for this map is 4463.56 meters. This value describes how consistent the transformation is between the different control points (links). The RMS error is only an assessment of the accuracy of the transformation. Levasseur, Victor, Bonheur, Raimond, and Stanford Geospatial Center. (2013). Afrique (Raster Image). Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/xw368cf0253. For more information about Stanford's Maps of Africa Collection, see here: https://exhibits.stanford.edu/maps-of-africa. 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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  18. Title: Battle of Quebec, Canada, 1759 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan of the military & naval operation under the command of the immortal Wolfe, & vice admiral Saunders, before Quebec, J. Wyld, Sculp. ; Alfred Hawkins. It was published by Jas. Wyld, May 1, 1841. Scale [ca. 1:23,700]. 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, built-up areas and selected buildings, fortifications, troop and ship dispositions and places of military interest for the Battle of Quebec, 1759, and more. Relief is shown by hachures. Includes indexes, notes, tables, views, and inset: Detail of the action fought on the plains of Abraham Septr. 13th. 1759. 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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  19. Title: Groton and Ayer, Massachusetts, 1829 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: A map of the town of Groton, Middlesex County, Mass. : from a survey made in the years 1828 & 1829, by Caleb Butler, surveyor. It was published by Pendleton's Lithography, ca. 1832. Scale [ca. 1:20,500]. Covers also the town of Ayer, 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 features such as roads, drainage, public buildings, schools, churches, industry locations (e.g. mills, factories, mines, etc.), private buildings with names of property owners, town boundaries, and more. Relief shown by hachures. Includes notes. 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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  20. Title: Map of the canal at the Saut Ste. Mary from a survey by Captain Canfield and Judge Burt; John Holcroft, assistant; drawn by John Holcroft.

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    Summary: Bathymetry shown by soundings and contours in feet. Shows "proposed canal" and surrounding cultural features. Includes profile. Vertical scale [ca. 1:245]. 1 map; 31 x 45 cm

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