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  1. Title: Map of the Black Hills of Dakota : from explorations made in 1875

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    Summary: 1 in. = 4 miles. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. "Geology of the Black Hills by Henry Newton E.M."--Upper right. 74 x 89 centimeters Scale [1:253,440]. 1 inch = 4 miles General Map Collection

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  2. Title: Dresden, Germany, 1876 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan von Dresden, gezeichnet von Emil Loofs. It was published by Conrad Weiske in 1876. Scale [ca. 1:11,000]. Map in German. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Deutsches Hauptdreiecksnetz (DHDN) 3-degree Gauss-Kruger Zone 5 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, parks, city districts, and more. 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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  3. Title: Karte der Umgegend von Giessen : mit Angabe ròˆmischer und germanischer Antiquitàˆten

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    Summary: Map of Giessen and environs in the German state of Hesse. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Roman and early German antiquities shown in red and blue.

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  4. Title: Plan von Giessen

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    Summary: Map of Giessen in the German state of Hesse. Indexed for points of interest.

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  5. Title: Oslo, Norway

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    Summary: 1951

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  6. Title: Kart over Sarpsborg

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    Summary: Alternate title: Sarpsborg bykart. Municipal boundaries are shown. Street index on margin. Verso: Index of institutions, schools, hotels, etc.; insets: Sarpsborg og omegn at [ca. 1:158,700]; regional road map at [ca. 1:1,000,000]. 1950

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  7. Title: Railroad commissioners' map of Minnesota : corrected to May 1, 1914

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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale approximately 1:633,600. Also shows congressional districts. "Ira B. Mills, Chas. E. Elmquist, O.P.B. Jacobson, Railroad and Warehouse Commissioners; A.C. Clausen, Secretary; Thos. Yapp, Ass't. Sec'y." Insets: Vicinity of Duluth & Superior, Wis. Scale [1:506,880] -- Vicinity of Saint Paul & Minneapolis. Scale [1:316,800] -- Mesaba Range. Scale [1:506,880] -- Cook County. Scale [1:663,600]. Index on verso. 120 x 74 centimeters Scale approximately 1:633,600 Minnesota Transportation Maps

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  8. Title: Railroad commissioners' map of Minnesota : corrected to May 1, 1910

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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale approximately 1:633,600. Also shows congressional districts. "Ira B. Mills, Chas. F. Staples, Chas. E. Elmquist, Railroad and Warehouse Commissioners; A.C. Clausen, Secretary; Thos. Yapp, Ass't. Sec'y." Insets: Vicinity of Duluth & Superior, Wis. Scale [1:506,880] -- Vicinity of Saint Paul & Minneapolis. Scale [1:316,800] -- Mesaba Range. Scale [1:506,880] -- Cook County. Scale [1:663,600]. Index on verso. 120 x 74 centimeters Scale approximately 1:633,600 Minnesota Transportation Maps

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  9. Title: Djibouti, Eritrea, & Eastern Africa, 1895 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Carta della colonia Eritrea coll'Abissinia : e regioni limitrofe tra il Nilo, Suakin e il Golfo d'Aden, costrutta e designata da Guido Cora ; lit[ografia] Salussolia. It was published by Fratelli Bocca in 1895. Scale 1:4,000,000. Covers Djibouti, Eritrea, and portions of Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Yemen, and Saudi Arabia. Map in Italian.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the World Miller Cylindrical 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, roads, railroads, cities and other human settlements, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Includes also inset: 'Parte dell'Italia centrale alla medesima scala.'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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  10. Title: Zurich, Switzerland, 1845 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map (aerial view) entitled: Malerischer plan der Stadt Zurich und ihrer Umgebungen, herausgegeben von H.F. Lenthold in Zurich ; dessine par F. Schmid ; grave par Appert de Paris. It was published by Verlag von Arnold Bopp & Co. in 1922. Scale [ca. 1:4,800]. Covers Zurich, Switzerland, 1845. Map in German and French. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Swiss Grid (CH1903 LV03) 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, fortification, ground cover, and more. 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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  11. Title: Kurdufan Region, Sudan, 1880 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Carta originale della Spedizione Borghese-Matteucci : nel Kordofan e Dar For secondo i rilievi del sottotenente A.M. Massari e le Esplorazioni anteriori, costrutta e disegnata da Guido Cora. It was published by Istituto Geografico Guido Cora in 1881. This dataset is georeferenced for the map covering the Kurdufan region, Sudan. Scale 1:3,000,000. Map in Italian.The original map contains multiple maps on one sheet. Because the map images are non-contiguous and possibly at differing scales, each map image was georeferenced separately. Please see the 'cross references' section for other maps on this sheet.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the 'Africa Lambert Conformal Conic' 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 exploration routes of Giovanni Borghese, Pellegrino Matteucci, and A.M. Massari (with dates of locations), drainage, cities, towns and villages, territorial boundaries, and more. Relief is shown by hachures and spot heights. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from the Harvard Map Collection and the Harvard University Library as part of the Open Collections Program at Harvard University project: Organizing Our World: Sponsored Exploration and Scientific Discovery in the Modern Age. Maps selected for the project correspond to various expeditions and represent a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and purposes.

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  12. Title: Darfur Region, Sudan, 1880 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Carta originale della Spedizione Borghese-Matteucci : nel Kordofan e Dar For secondo i rilievi del sottotenente A.M. Massari e le Esplorazioni anteriori, costrutta e disegnata da Guido Cora. It was published by Istituto Geografico Guido Cora in 1881. This dataset is georeferenced for the map covering the Darfur region, Sudan. Scale 1:3,000,000. Map in Italian.The original map contains multiple maps on one sheet. Because the map images are non-contiguous and possibly at differing scales, each map image was georeferenced separately. Please see the 'cross references' section for other maps on this sheet.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the 'Africa Lambert Conformal Conic' 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 exploration routes of Giovanni Borghese, Pellegrino Matteucci, and A.M. Massari (with dates of locations), drainage, cities, towns and villages, territorial boundaries, and more. Relief is shown by hachures and spot heights. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from the Harvard Map Collection and the Harvard University Library as part of the Open Collections Program at Harvard University project: Organizing Our World: Sponsored Exploration and Scientific Discovery in the Modern Age. Maps selected for the project correspond to various expeditions and represent a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and purposes.

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  13. Title: Carta geometrica della Toscana

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    Summary: Relief shown by shading and hachures. Originally issued folded to 23 x 14 cm. Originally issued by Giovanni Inghirami in 1830. cf. Tooley's dictionary of mapmakers.

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  14. Title: Township no. 74 [i.e. 47] N. range no. 1 E. Mer. Mich.; Township no. 74 N. range no. 1 E. Mer. Mich.;Township no. 47 N. range no. 1 E. Mer. Mich.

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. "Lucius Lyon, surr. genl." "January 31, 1846." From Report of the Secretary of the Treasury communicating a report from the acting commissioner of the General Land Office...Washington, D.C., 1847 (S. Doc. 221, 29th Congress, 2d session) 1 map; 35 x 27 cm

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  15. Title: Map of the State of New-York with part of the states of Pennsylvania, New-Jersey, &c.

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    Summary: Shows county and township boundaries. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridians: New York and Greenwich. Wall map. Inset: East end of Long Island.

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  16. Title: Madagascar, 1891 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Madagascar. It was published by E. Stanford in 1891. Scale 1:2,661,120.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Africa Lambert Conformal Conic 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, forts, roads, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown by shading and spot heights.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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  17. Title: Eastern Africa showing expedition route of Speke and Grant, 1863 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Map of the route explored by Captns. Speke & Grant from Zanzibar to Egypt : showing the outfall of the Nile from the Victoria Nyanza (Lake) and the various Negro territories discovered by them. It was published by Edward Stanford in 1863. Scale [ca. 1:5,800,000]. Covers portions of north and eastern Africa including parts of Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and projected to the 'World Mercator' 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, expedition routes of John Speke and James Grant, cities and other human settlements, tribe and territorial boundaries, and more. Relief is shown by hachures. Includes location map and text. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from the Harvard Map Collection and the Harvard University Library as part of the Open Collections Program at Harvard University project: Organizing Our World: Sponsored Exploration and Scientific Discovery in the Modern Age. Maps selected for the project correspond to various expeditions and represent a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and purposes.

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  18. Title: Saint Petersburg, Russia, 1860 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: [St. Petersburg = Sanktpeterburga], published under the superintendance of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge ; drawn by W.B. Clarke ; engraved by B.R. Davies. It was published by Edward Stanford ca. 1860. Scale [ca. 1:31,000]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the 'Pulkovo 1995 Gauss Kruger Zone 6N' 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, ground cover, and more. Includes index and inset view: Isakiefskoi Bridge. 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: Chicago, Illinois, and vicinity, 1910 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Blanchard's map of Chicago and suburbs. It was published by Rufus Blanchard in 1910. Scale [ca. 1:49,600]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Illinois East State Plane Coordinate System NAD83 (in Feet) (Fipszone 1201). 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, elevated roads, railroads, railroad stations, street car lines, drainage, selected industry locations, parks and boulevards, city limits and ward boundaries, and more. Includes insets: Lake shore north of Chicago -- Cook, Dupage, and Will counties, also parts of Kane County, Ill., and Lake County, Ind.. 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: London, England : water companies' districts, 1884 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Map of London and its environs : shewing the boundary of the jurisdiction of the metropolitan board of work, also the boundaries of the city of London, and of the water companies' disticts. It was published by Edward Standford, April 21, 1884. Scale [ca. 1:31,680]. This map is part of a 5 map set showing various thematic districts and boundaries of the London region. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the British National Grid coordinate system (British National Grid, Airy Spheroid OSGB (1936) Datum). 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, drainage, selected private and public buildings, towns and villages, cemeteries, parks, farms, water district boundaries, and more. Relief is 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 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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