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  1. Title: South & Southeast Asia, 1846 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: India and countries adjacent : to accompany Symond's Introduction to the geography of India, G.W. Mahon 1846 ; J. Sinclair, del. It was published by R. Twigg in 1847. Scale [ca. 1:8,750,000]. Covers portions of South and Southeast Asia and China. 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, cities and other human settlements, territorial and administrative boundaries, shoreline features, the Great Wall of China, 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. 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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  2. Title: Sketch map of central and southern Africa : showing the main lines of migration followed by the various races now inhabiting the southern portion of the continent

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    Summary: Relief shown by shading. From: The native races of South Africa ... / By George W. Stow ... London : Swan Sonnenschein & Co., Limited ... , 1905.

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  3. Title: Map of Utah Territory

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures.; In top margin: Geology of the high plateaus of Utah by Capt. C.E. Dutton, U.S.A.; Includes "note."; In top margin: Atlas sheet number 8. 90 x 71 centimeters Scale approximately 1:630,000 General Map Collection

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  4. Title: Bacon's new large scale atlas of London and suburbs : with additional road maps of the home counties and a series of seventeen special maps showing the different areas controlled by government departments, local authorities, and supply companies having statutary powers in and around the City and County of London.

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    Summary: Cover title: Bacon's atlas of London and suburbs. Includes index. New enl. and improved ed.. 1 atlas (xxv, 34p., 46 double leaves) : color maps ; 36 cm. Historical Atlases

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  5. Title: Map of the country twenty miles round Wells : taken from Bacon's county map of Somersetshire, for F. George's, Swan Hotel, visitors' guide

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Advertisements on verso. Includes illustration of Wells Cathedral. Probably issued in: The Swan Hotel visitors' guide to Wells. Rev. ed. Bath : W. Lewis, 1880.

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  6. Title: Tiverton, Rhode Island, 1854 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Map of the town of Tiverton, Newport County, R.I., by Wm. G. Borden, civil engineer. It was published in 1854 by Friend & Aub. Scale [ca. 1:21,200]. Covers Tiverton, Rhode Island and a portion of Fall River, Massachusetts. 'Note: this map is partly from note furnished by H.F. Walling, civil engineer, and partly from original surveys.' The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Rhode Island State Plane Coordinate System (Feet) (FIPS 3800). 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, selected private buildings labeled with owners' names, public buildings, churches, schools, industry locations (e.g. mills, factories, mines, etc.), cemeteries, town and school district boundaries, and more. Relief shown by hachures. Includes table and view of Oliver Chace's Thread Mill. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps of New England 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, scales, and map purposes.

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  7. Title: Egypt (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of an historic regional map of Egypt originally created by George Long in 1831. 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 Transverse Mercator 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 889.175 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. Long, George and Stanford Geospatial Center. (2013) Egypt (Raster Image). Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/zp052wn6600. 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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  8. Title: Oil and gas fields of Ohio including underground storage areas

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    Summary: Scale [1:380,160] revised by ... George G. Shearrow and Theodore DeBrosse ; drafting by Harold J. Flint and Fletcher W. Twitty. Includes table of "Oil and gas pools." Includes: Generalized section of rocks of Ohio.

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  9. Title: The Eastern part of the Ancient Persian Empire by G. Long.

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Printed by Edward Stanford. "Engraved by J. & C. Walker". 1 map: col.; 30 x 36 cm

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  10. Title: Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1844 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Amsterdam, von Baarsel & Tuyn, del. & sculps. It was published by G. W. Tielkemeijer in 1844. Scale [ca. 1:12,500]. Covers a portion of Amsterdam. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Dutch National Grid: RD (Rijksdriehoekstelsel) GCS Amersfoort (Bessel 1841) 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, bridges, drainage, canals, dikes, wharves, docks, built-up areas and selected buildings, city district boundaries, water mills, and more. Map in Dutch, English, and French. 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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  11. Title: The principal motor roads of Europe and Northern Africa

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    Summary: Dissected and mounted on linen. 103 x 88 centimeters Scale approximately 1:2,500,000 General Map Collection

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  12. Title: The principal motor roads of Europe and Northern Africa

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    Summary: Label affixed to verso has imprint: Paris : Brentano's. 103 x 88 centimeters Scale approximately 1:2,500,000 General Map Collection

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  13. Title: Main automobile routes of the British Isles, Central Europe, Algeria and Tunisia

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    Summary: Relief shown by contour lines and hachures.; "Original survey 1885. Principal features revised 1904." 86 x 104 centimeters Scale approximately 1:2,500,000 General Map Collection

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  14. Title: The principal motor roads of Europe and Northern Africa

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    Summary: Label affixed to verso has imprint: Paris : Brentano's. 103 x 88 centimeters Scale approximately 1:2,500,000 General Map Collection

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  15. Title: Map of Monticello, Jones Co., Iowa, 1864

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    Summary: 1 map

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  16. Title: Scarborough Port

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures; depths shown by soundings. At head of title: West Indies, Tobago. "1821." Historic Maps copy has label on verso: From a sketch. Scarborough Port. 1821.

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  17. Title: Railroad System, United States, 1861

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    Summary: This line shapefile represents the railroad network of the United States in 1861. This layer is part of the Railroads and the Making of Modern America project. This project seeks to document and represent the rapid and far-reaching social effects of railroads and to explore the transformation of the United States to modern ideas, institutions, and practices in the nineteenth century. University of Nebraska. Lincoln. (2006). Railroad System, United States, 1861. University of Nebraska Lincoln. Available at: https://purl.stanford.edu/nh989wx0112. 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: Railroad System, United States, 1840

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    Summary: This line shapefile represents the railroad network of the United States in 1840. This layer is part of the Railroads and the Making of Modern America project. This project seeks to document and represent the rapid and far-reaching social effects of railroads and to explore the transformation of the United States to modern ideas, institutions, and practices in the nineteenth century. University of Nebraska. Lincoln. (2006). Railroad System, United States, 1840. University of Nebraska Lincoln. Available at: https://purl.stanford.edu/st852jv1039. 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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  19. Title: Railroad System, United States, 1855

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    Summary: This line shapefile represents the railroad network of the United States in 1855. This layer is part of the Railroads and the Making of Modern America project. This project seeks to document and represent the rapid and far-reaching social effects of railroads and to explore the transformation of the United States to modern ideas, institutions, and practices in the nineteenth century. University of Nebraska. Lincoln. (2006). Railroad System, United States, 1855. University of Nebraska Lincoln. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/sg805fy3196. 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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  20. Title: Railroad System, United States, 1870

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    Summary: This line shapefile represents the railroad system of the United States in 1870. This layer is part of the Railroads and the Making of Modern America project. This project seeks to document and represent the rapid and far-reaching social effects of railroads and to explore the transformation of the United States to modern ideas, institutions, and practices in the nineteenth century. University of Nebraska. Lincoln. (2006). Railroad System, United States, 1870. University of Nebraska Lincoln. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/tb303xn7959. 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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