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  1. Title: Map of the north polar regions to illustrate the paper on the origin & migrations of the Greenland Esquimaux

    • Image data
    • 1865
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    Summary: "Places where Esquimaux remains have been found, marked thus [in red]". Limits of the unknown Arctic Regions [ca. 1865] are shown. From: The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 35, (1865), pp. 87-99; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J687 v.35 1865

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  2. Title: Inca Empire, South America, 1873 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2009
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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Ttahuantin-Suyu, or, the empire of the Yncas (except Quito and Chile) : in its four great divisions of Chincha-Suyu, Cunti-Suyu, Anti-Suyu, Colla-Suyu : with their tribes and ayllus or lineages, also the routes of the Ynca conquerors by Clements R. Markham ; Trel. Saunders Geogr. It was published for the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society in 1873. Scale [ca. 1:3,000,000]. Covers the territory of the former Inca Empire, South America.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit 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, cities and other human settlements, Inca territories, routes of conquerors, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown by shading and hachures. Inset: An enlarged map of the cradle of the Ynca race.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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  3. Title: Mining Districts, Victoria, Australia, ca. 1868 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2012
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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Victoria mining districts, mining divisions & the gold fields, engraved by William Slight under the direction of R. Brough Smyth ; colored by Arthur Everett, August 1st, 1868. It was published by Dept of Mines ca. 1868. Scale [ca. 1:1,000,000].The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the 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, administrative boundaries, railroads, gold reefs, mining districts, telegraph lines, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown by hachures. Includes notes.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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  4. Title: Locations of crushed stone operations in Indiana

    • Thematic maps
    • 1968
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    Summary: Blue line print. Includes 2 columnar sections and an index to "Producers of crushed stone." Imprint: [Bloomington] : The Survey, 1968. Dimensions: 52 x 64 cm; Scale: 1:1,000,000

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  5. Title: A sketch of Cockburn, George & Chakchak ports

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    • 1847
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    Summary: At head of map: Hydrographic Office. Africa, east coast. "1812." Hydrographic chart of Pemba Island; relief shown by hachures and bathymetric soundings.

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  6. Title: Boston, Massachusetts, 1872 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2006
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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Map of Boston, published by Sampson, Davenport & Co. in 1872. This edition of the map is overprinted: 'Portions colored blue show improvements in streets and reservations for public grounds, proposed by Robert Morris Copeland ....' Scale [ca. 1:12,000]. 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, railroads, drainage, some public buildings, parks, cemeteries, city ward boundaries and more. Relief is shown by hachures. Includes inset: Plan of East Boston, 1872. 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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  7. Title: [Map of timber land in Western Canada] : to accompany paper on the timber belt of northern Alberta and Saskatchewan and the Northwest Territories west of Hudson Bay

    • Not specified
    • 1908
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    Summary: Relief shown by spot heights.; Color coded for types of forest, numbers indicate average diameter of trees, includes grid lines, bodies of water, and railroads. 96 x 196 centimeters, folded to 33 x 23 centimeters

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  8. Title: Soil map of Clark and a portion of Floyd Counties

    • Thematic maps
    • 1908
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    Summary: Detached from: A soil survey of Clark, Floyd, and Harrison counties / Robert W. Ellis. In Indiana Department of Geology and Natural Resources thirty-second annual report ... 1907. Indianapolis : Wm. B. Burford, 1908. Page 245. Imprint: [Indianapolis] : [Indiana Department of Geology and Natural Resources], [1908] Dimensions: 49 x 64 cm; Scale: Approximately 1:90,000 Coordinates: W0855940 W0852455 N0383624 N0381601

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  9. Title: Soil map of Floyd and Harrison Counties

    • Thematic maps
    • 1908
    Contributors:

    Summary: Detached from: A soil survey of Clark, Floyd, and Harrison counties / Robert W. Ellis. In Indiana Department of Geology and Natural Resources thirty-second annual report ... 1907. Indianapolis : Wm. B. Burford, 1908. Page 248. Imprint: [Indianapolis] : [Indiana Department of Geology and Natural Resources], 1908 Scale: Approximately 1:95,000; Dimensions: 64 x 59 cm Coordinates: W0861947 W0854538 N0382521 N0375728

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  10. Title: Campbell's revised guide map of St. Louis

    • Not specified
    • 1884
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    Summary: Shows concentric circles drawn in one mile intervals from the Court House.; Includes street index, inset map of business center and advertisements.; "Copyright 1882 & 1883 & 1884." 52 x 84 centimeters

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  11. Title: Vienna, Austria, 1870 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2008
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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Neuester plan von Wien : mit der Stadterweiterung un den neuen Gassenbenennungen, Lith. Anst. v. F. Koke in Wien. It was published by Beck'schen Universitats-Buchhandlung (Alfred Holder) in [1870]. Scale [ca. 1:12,000]. Map in German. Covers Vienna, Austria. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the MGI 3-Degree Gauss Kruger 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, 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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  12. Title: Map showing contours on the bedrock surface in West-Central Ohio

    • Thematic maps
    • 1951
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    Summary: Scale not given. Library's copy 2 mounted on cloth backing. "April 1951." Relief shown by contours; contour interval 100 feet. Includes index map. geology by S.E. Norris ; drafting by J.C. Krolczyk.

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  13. Title: Descriptive map of London poverty, 1889

    • Thematic maps
    • 1887
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    Summary: 1 map on 4 sheets : col. ; 92 x 119 cm, sheets 57 x 62 cm Charles Booth's cartographic survey of London poverty was used as an illustration to his written survey entitled Labour and life of the people : London continued.

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  14. 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.

    • Not specified
    • 1852
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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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  15. Title: Shore front of the Delaware Bay and River, in the County of Cumberland showing the exterior wharf lines established there by the Riparian Commissioners of the State of New Jersey, 1877

    • Image data
    • 1877
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    Summary: Depths shown by soundings.

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  16. Title: Map of Philadelphia.

    • Not specified
    • 1889
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    Summary: Show street grids, railroads, towns with population, and rivers. Removed from: Philadelphia and its environs : a guide to the city and surroundings / by George Abishai Woodward. 49 x 35 centimeters

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  17. Title: Baie d' Opunohu, Moorea, French Polynesia, 1872 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2015
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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of a portion of the untitled, historic paper map: [Islands of the Pacific], R.H. Wyman Commo. U.S.N. Hydrographer to the Bureau of Navigation. It was published by the Hydrographic Office in 1872. This image is georeferenced for the map entitled: Taloo Harbour, Island of Eimeo, by the U.S. Ex.Ex. 1839 ; corrected to 1872. Scale [ca. 1:28,000]. Covers Baie d' Opunohu, Moorea, French Polynesia. 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 World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS 84) coordinate system. All map collar and inset information is also available as part of the raster image, including any ancillary maps, inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, index maps, legends, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows shoreline features such as islets, sand banks, entrances, inlets, points, reefs, human settlements, and more. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings.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: Wake Island, 1872 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2015
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of a portion of the untitled, historic paper map: [Islands of the Pacific], R.H. Wyman Commo. U.S.N. Hydrographer to the Bureau of Navigation. It was published by the Hydrographic Office in 1872. This image is georeferenced for the map entitled: Wakes Island, by the U.S. Ex.Ex. 1841. Scale [ca. 1:50,000]. Covers Wake Island. 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 World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS 84) coordinate system. All map collar and inset information is also available as part of the raster image, including any ancillary maps, inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, index maps, legends, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows shoreline features such as islets, sand banks, entrances, ground cover, and more.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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  19. Title: Vatoa Island and Vuata Vatoa, Fiji, 1872 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2015
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of a portion of the untitled, historic paper map: [Islands of the Pacific], R.H. Wyman Commo. U.S.N. Hydrographer to the Bureau of Navigation. It was published by the Hydrographic Office in 1872. This image is georeferenced for the map entitled: Vatoa or Turtle Island and Vuata Vatoa, surveyed by Capt. Denham R.N. 1856. Scale [ca. 1:70,000]. Covers Vatoa Island and Vuata Vatoa, Fiji.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 World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS 84) coordinate system. All map collar and inset information is also available as part of the raster image, including any ancillary maps, inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, index maps, legends, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows shoreline features such as islets, sand banks, reefs, entrances, tidal directions, and more. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings.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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  20. Title: Athens, Greece, 1853 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2015
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Athens, from the authorities of Colonel Leake and C.R. Cockerell, Esqre.; drawn by W.B. Clarke, archt. ; engraved by J. Henshall. It was published under the auspices of the Society of the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge [by] George Cox in Jany. 1st, 1853. Scale [ca. 1:8,250]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Greek Geodetic Reference System (also called the Greek Grid). 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, modern and historic walls, historic roads and routes, selected buildings, historic sites and points of interest, and more. Relief is shown by hachures. Includes illustrations, views, notes, and inset of Acropolis.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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