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1. Title: Le Havre to Cherbourg : Normandy at D-Day, June, 1944

   • Image data
   • 2004

   Contributors:

   • McElfresh, Earl B.

   Summary: Shows military sites, cities and villages, roads, and topographical features. Relief shown by spot heights. Color printed reproduction of painted watercolor original. Includes insets: Exit 4 at Utah Beach; Company C, 1st battalion, 502nd parachute infantry, near Utah, June 6, 1944; Last phase of the causeway fight, Normandy, France, 11 June 1944; Pointe du Hoc, 6 June 1944; Omaha Beach; Englsh Channel location map. On verso: text and 5 photographs.

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2. Title: Kansas City, Missouri, 1930 (Raster Image)

   • Raster data
   • 2009

   Contributors:

   • Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library
   • Allen, Earl W.
   • J.C. Nichols Companies.

   Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: A map of the Country Club District, [by Earl W. Allen]. It was published by J.C. Nichols Companies in 1930. Scale [ca. 1:8,000]. Covers portions of Kansas City, Missouri, and Mission Hills, Kansas. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Missouri West State Plane Coordinate System NAD83 (in Feet) (Fipszone 2403). 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 pictorial map shows features such as roads, street cars, drainage, selected buildings, parks, country clubs, golf courses, other places of interest, and more. Includes notes, text, and illustrations. 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: Road map, St. Joseph County

   • Road maps
   • 1934

   Contributors:

   • Feldman, Earl R.

   Summary: At foot of title: Approved March 6, 1933, Board of County Commissioners. At bottom right: Copyrighted 1934 by Roy System. Nov 30 1934. Imprint: South Bend, Indiana : Peerless Press, [1934] Dimensions: 46 x 61 cm; Scale: 1:90,000

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4. Title: Soil map, Indiana, Grant County sheet

   • Thematic maps
   • 1915

   Contributors:

   • Hertenstein, Earl,surveyor.
   • Hurst, Lewis A. (Lewis Alexander),1874-cartographer,surveyor.
   • Middleton, Philip (Soil surveyor),surveyor.
   • Tharp, W. E. (William Edgar),surveyor.
   • Watkins, W. I. (William Isaac),1888-1973,surveyor.

   Summary: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Bureau of Soils [and] State of Indiana, Department of Geology , soils surveyed by Lewis A. Hurst, W.I. Watkins, and W.E. Tharp, of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and Earl Hertenstein and Philip Middleton, of the Indiana Department of Geology. Shows soil types classification by colors and symbols. "Field Operations Bureau of Soils." "Snyder & Black, N.Y." Imprint: [Washington, D.C.?] : Bureau of Soils, [1915] Scale: 1:63,360. 1 inch = 1 mile; Dimensions: 48 x 57 cm Coordinates: W0855200 W0852700 N0403900 N0402300

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5. Title: Geological map of the environs of Marquette, Negaunee and Ishpeming; by C. Rominger.

   • Geological maps
   • 1881

   Contributors:

   • Bien, Julius, 1826-1909
   • De La Vergne, Earl W.
   • Michigan. Geological Survey Division
   • Rominger, Carl Ludwig, 1820-1907

   Summary: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. "Julius Bien, lith. N.Y." From Rominger, Carl Ludwig. Upper Peninsula, 1878-1880, accompanied by a geological map. New York: Julius Bien, 1881. 1 map: hand col.; 46 x 76 cm

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6. Title: A new and general map of the middle dominions belonging to the United States of America

   • Early maps
   • 1794

   Contributors:

   • De La Vergne, Earl W.
   • Kitchin, Thomas, d. 1784

   Summary: Karpinski L. Bibliography of the printed maps of Michigan 1804-1880, no. CX.; Philadelphia and London.;Relief shown pictorially.;1 map, hand colored;48 x 65 cm.;ca. 1:2,300,000;Robert Laurie and James Whittle, 1799.

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7. Title: L'Amerique septentrionale Dressée sur les observations de Mrs. de l'Academie Royale des Sciences & quelques autres, & sur les memoires les plus recens; par G. de L'Isle.

   • Not specified
   • 1708

   Contributors:

   • De La Vergne, Earl W.
   • L'Isle, Guillaume de, 1675-1726
   • Schenk, Peter, 1661-1711

   Summary: Shows routes of explorers of the Pacific Ocean. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: [Ferro]. Includes "Avertissement." 1 map hand col.; 43 x 57 cm.

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8. Title: Battles of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico, 1848 (Raster Image)

   • Raster data
   • 2011

   Contributors:

   • Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library
   • McClellan, George Brinton, 1826-1885.
   • Turnbull, Wm. (William), 1800-1857.
   • Hardcastle, E. L. F. (Edmund Lafayette), 1824-1899.
   • Graham, C. B. (Curtis B.)
   • United States. Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers.

   Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Battles of Mexico : survey of the line of operations of the U.S. Army, under command of Major General Winfield Scott, on the 19th & 20th August & on the 8th, 12th & 13th September, 1847, made by Maj. Turnbull, Capt. McClellan & Lieut. Hardcastle, Topl. Engs. ; drawn by Capt. McClellan. It was published by C.B. Graham in 1848. Scale [ca. 1:31,680]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM Zone 14N, meters, WGS 1984) 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, built-up areas, selected buildings with names of landowners, drainage, canals, troop disposition, movements, and lines of defenses, fortifications, ground cover, and more. Relief shown by hachures and pictorially. Includes positions and numbers of troops, and casualty statistics for the battles of Contreras, Churubusco, Molino del Rey, and Chapultepec, and inset: Part of the Valley of Mexico. 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: Handy indexed map of the city of Detroit showing complete street railway systems to date October, 1895.

   • Thematic maps
   • 1888

   Contributors:

   • Williams, F. B. (Frank B.)

   Summary: Title from cover. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Street index on verso. "Copyright 1888, F. B. Williams." Includes description of street railway lines. 1 map: col.; 19 x 32 cm., folded in cover 16 x 9 cm.

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10. Title: "A" diagram of a portion of Oregon Territory

    • Image data
    • 1851

    Contributors:

    • Preston, Jno. B. (John B.)

    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. "Surveyor General's Office, Oregon City, October 20th, 1851."

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11. Title: Soil map, Indiana, Starke County sheet

    • Thematic maps
    • 1916

    Contributors:

    • Barrett, Wendell
    • Bushnell, T. M. (Thomas Mark),1889-1976
    • Grimes, E. J. (Earl Jerome),1893-cartographer.

    Summary: Detached from: Soil survey of Starke County, Indiana / E.J. Grimes, Wendell Barrett, and T.M. Bushnell. In 40th Annual report of Department of Geology and Natural Resources, Indiana. From page 157 of the 40th Annual Report. Imprint: [Indianapolis] : State of Indiana, Department of Geology, [1916] Scale: 1:63,360 Coordinates: W0865548 W0862758 N0412558 N0411016

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12. Title: Soil map, Indiana, Starke County sheet

    • Thematic maps
    • 1915

    Contributors:

    • Grimes, E. J. (Earl Jerome),1893-cartographer.

    Summary: Relief shown by contours. Shows distribution of soil types by colors and symbols. In lower margin: A. Hoen & Co. Baltimore, Md. Imprint: [Washington] : The Bureau, 1915. Scale: 1:63,360; Dimensions: 48 x 63 cm Coordinates: W0865548 W0862758 N0412558 N0411016

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13. Title: Soil map, Indiana, Warren County sheet

    • Thematic maps
    • 1914

    Contributors:

    • Grimes, E. J. (Earl Jerome),1893-cartographer.
    • Stevens, E. H. (Edmund H.),1892-cartographer.

    Summary: Shows soil types classification by colors and symbols. "Field Operations, Bureau of Soils, 1914." "Snyder & Black, N.Y." Imprint: [Washington, D.C.?] : The Bureau, [1914] Dimensions: 62 x 60 cm; Scale: 1:63,360 Coordinates: W0873200 W0870600 N0402800 N0400700

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14. Title: Soil map, Indiana, Tipton County sheet

    • Thematic maps
    • 1913

    Contributors:

    • Grimes, E. J. (Earl Jerome),1893-cartographer.
    • Hurst, Lewis A.(Lewis Alexander), 1874-cartographer.

    Summary: Detached from: Soil survey of Tipton County, Indiana / Lewis A. Hurst and E.J. Grimes. In Thirty-seventh annual report of Department of Geology and Natural Resources, Indiana ... 1912. Indianapolis : Wm. B. Burford, 1913. Page 38. Imprint: [Indianapolis] : State of Indiana, Department of Geology, [1913] [Indianapolis] : [Wm. B. Burford], [1913] Dimensions: 33 x 51 cm; Scale: Approixmately 1:63,360 Coordinates: W0860411 W0860109 N0401751 N0401602

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15. Title: Soil map, Indiana, Hamilton County sheet

    • Thematic maps
    • 1913

    Contributors:

    • Grimes, E. J. (Earl Jerome),1893-cartographer.
    • Hesler, R. S.
    • Hurst, Lewis A.(Lewis Alexander), 1874-cartographer.
    • Young, H. G. (Soil surveyor)

    Summary: Detached from: Soil survey of Hamilton County, Indiana / Lewis A. Hurst [and others]. In Thirty-seventh annual report of Department of Geology and Natural Resources, Indiana ... 1912. Indianapolis : Wm. B. Burford, 1913. Page 68. Imprint: [Indianapolis] : State of Indiana, Department of Geology, [1913] [Indianapolis] : [Wm. B. Burford], [1913] Dimensions: 34 x 34 cm; Scale: Approximately 1:95,000 Coordinates: W0861433 W0855142 N0401308 N0395533

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16. Title: Cincinnati, Ohio, ca. 1840 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2011

    Contributors:

    • Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library
    • Oertly, B.
    • Onken, Otto.

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Map of Cincinnati, Covington & Newport, drawn by B. Oertly. It was lithographed and published by Otto Onken, ca. 1840. Scale [ca. 1:10,500]. Covers also a portion of Northern Kentucky. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Ohio South State Plane NAD 1983 coordinate system (in Feet) (Fipszone 3402). 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, selected buildings, city ward boundaries, cemeteries, canals, and more. Includes also indexes and inset map of Millcreek Township.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: The western theatre of the European War : the clearest and most detailed map, in one sheet, by which the operations of the French-British-American-Belgian and German armies can be easily followed with coloured lines showing the invasion and the different stages of retreat of the German Army

    • Not specified
    • 1918

    Contributors:

    • Barrecchia, B.

    Summary: Inset: Map of the Dardanelles, approximately 1:1,000,000.; Issued with the National Geographic magazine, Feb. 1921. 87 x 96 centimeters

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18. Title: Carte du théätre sud-occidental de la guerre Européenne (front Italien)

    • Not specified
    • 1917

    Contributors:

    • Barrecchia, B.

    Summary: Relief shown by spot heights and pictorially.; Title from cover. 80 x 94 centimeters

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19. Title: Map of the mineral regions of the counties of Gogebic and Ontonagon, Michigan, 1887; published by Edw. P. Allis & H.B. Merrell; compiled by Mess. J.M. Longyear and J.M. Case, Marquette, Mich.

    • Thematic maps ; Mine maps
    • 1887

    Contributors:

    • Allis, Edward P. (Edward Phelps),1824-1889
    • Beck & Pauli, lithographer.
    • Case, J. M. (Julian M.), -1890, compiler
    • Longyear, John Munro, 1850-1922, compiler
    • Merrell, H. B. (Harvey B.), publisher

    Summary: Shows lands of Allis & Merrell in green, and of Case & Longyear in red. Also shows mines and mineral explorations, iron ranges, existing and projected railroads, wagon roads, and supply roads. Relief shown by hachures. "Supplement to the Mining, real estate & manufacturing reporter, Milwaukee, Wis., June 4th, 1887" --Upper margin. "Copyright applied for by Edw. P. Allis, Milwaukee, Wis." 1 map: color; 50 x 62 cm

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20. Title: Carte des colonies anglaises dans l'Amérique septentrionale

    • Not specified
    • 1756

    Contributors:

    • Overton, Henry, 1675 or 1676-1751.
    • Poilly, N. J. B. de, b. 1712.

    Summary: 1 map : hand col. ; 37 x 47 cm Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Includes text.

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