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  1. Title: Birman Empire

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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale approximately 1:3,700,000 (E 89°--E 105°/N 27°--N 8°).Relief shown by hachures and shading. Shows boundaries, rivers, woods and principal settlements."Eng. by Moffat & Smellie ...""Drawn & Engraved for Thomson's New General Atlas." Numbered"43 2d." 60 x 50 centimeters Scale approximately 1:3,700,000 Ames Library of South Asia Maps

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  2. Title: N. W. Territory.

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    Summary: No. 1-1011 in Checklist of printed maps of the middle west to 1900.;London and Philadelphia.;1 map;18 x 14 cm.;ca. 1:8,500,000

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  3. Title: Squire's map of the state of New Jersey

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Includes 8 insets of town plans. Wall map.

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  4. Title: Africa, 1792

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. "Engrav'd for Jackson's edition of Payne's new System of universal geography." Prime meridian: London. Has watermarks.

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  5. Title: Africa (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of an historic continental map of Africa from 1809. This map was originally created by John Russell. 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 1790.27 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. Russell, John, and Stanford Geospatial Center. (2013). Africa (Raster Image). Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/gk357zj6283. 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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  6. Title: States of America, drawn from the best authorities.

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    Summary: Engraved for Guthries new System of Geography.;"J. C. Russell sculpsit.";Relief shown pictorially.;1 map, hand colored;39 x 44 cm.;ca. 1:6,000,000

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  7. Title: A general map of North America : drawn from the best surveys

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. "Publish'd as the Act directs." Prime meridian: London.

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  8. Title: A chart of the north east coast of Great Britain, 1821 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: A chart of the north east coast of Great Britain : including the islands of Orkney and Shetland : from the best authority. It was published by: Norie & Co. at the Navigation Warehouse and naval Academy, No. 167, leadenhall Street in 1821. Scale undetermined. Map in English. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the British National Grid (EPSG: 27700) coordinate system. All map features and collar and inset information are shown 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 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 geographies, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and map purposes.

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  9. Title: Africa (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced image of an historic continental map of Africa from 1831, originally created by Henry Teesdale. 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 4137.66 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. Teesdale, Henry, Dower, John, and Stanford Geospatial Center. (2013). Africa (Raster Image). Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/qj152rq1246. 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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  10. Title: Ireland and Northern Ireland, 1705 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: A mapp of the kingdom of Ireland : newly corrected & improv'd by actual observations : divided into its provinces, counties, & baronies, and supply'd with many market towns & other places of note omitted in former mapps ... : together with plans of the citys and fortified towns, as allso a short description of the kingdom by Henry Pratt ; to this map is added a large index of the measur'd distances of ev'ry town from Dublin, of the burroughs, barracks, and post towns with many other improuements and emendations ; I. Harris, sculp. It was published by H. Pratt in 1708. Scale [ca. 1:385,000]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Irish Grid (Transverse Mercator 1965 (TM-65)) 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, major roads, territorial and administrative boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown pictorially. Includes also text, index, 16 ancillary town maps, and inset: The sea coasts of Great Britain and Ireland.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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  11. Title: A mapp of New England

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    Summary: Facsimile.; Pictorial map; shows New England from the Penobscot River (Maine) region in the east to the Hudson River (New York) in the west, incorporating all of the New England Seacoast and including Long Island and States (Staten) Island.; Relief shown pictorially; depths shown by soundings.; "Special edition printed for National Travel Club"--lower left. 37 x 46 Centimeters Scale approximately 1:250,000 General Map Collection

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  12. Title: Betts's new map of India, Birmah, the Punjaub and part of Afghanistan.

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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale approximately 1:5,000,000 ; (E 67°--E 96°/N 38°--N 5°). Relief shown by hachures. Indicates British Posessions, States Under British Protection, and Independent States. Shows roads, railroads, and telegraph lines. 66 x 74 centimeters Scale approximately 1:5,000,000 Ames Library of South Asia Maps

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  13. Title: Bradshaw's new railway map of Gt. Britain and Ireland, shewing the stations, distance &c. : with enlarged plans of the principal towns, 1857

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    Summary: Insets: Glasgow -- Dublin -- Manchester -- Birmingham -- London -- Edinburgh -- Leeds -- Liverpool.

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  14. Title: British India

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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale Relief shown by hachures. 30 x 22 centimeters Scale approximately 1:11,520,000 Ames Library of South Asia Maps

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  15. Title: California, Mexico, Guatimala, &c.

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. In upper margin: XL. Plate 40 from: A new general atlas of modern geography, comprised in fifty one maps / compiled from the latest and best authorities by John Dower. London : Wm. S. Orr & Co., [1850?]. Includes profile of mountain ranges.

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  16. Title: Betts's new map of England & Wales : compiled from the latest Parliamentary documents

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures.; Inset: Scilly Isles. 77 x 64 centimeters Scale approximately 1:820,000 General Map Collection

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  17. Title: A map of England & Wales : divided into counties, parlimentary divisions, & dioceses; shewing the principal roads, railways, rivers, & canals and the seats of the nobility and gentry; with the distance of each town from the general post office of London

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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale [1:316,800]. 1 in. = 5 mi. (W 5°--E 2°N 56°--N 50°). Relief shown by hachures. Projected from the triangulation for the survey made under the direction of the honorable the Board of Ordnance, on a scale of five miles to an inch, and corrected to the present time. Illustration: View of the general post office London / drawn by T. Allom, engraved by H. Griffiths. Continuation inset: Scilly Islands. Includes table of distances by sea, and chart of dioceses with coats of arms. Originally published in 1 sheet (?). color, dissected, mounted on cloth, and bound in 4 volumes ; 202 x 167 cm.; sheet Scale [1:316,800]. 1 inch = 5 miles General Map Collection

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  18. Title: A map of Scotland : divided into counties, shewing the principal roads, railways, rivers, canals, lochs, mountains, islands, &c

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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale [1:316,800]. 1 in. = 5 mi. (W 8°--W 2°N 60°--N 54°).Relief shown by hachures. Illustration: View of Melrose Abbey / drawn by T. Allom, engraved by H. Griffiths.Originally published in 1 sheet (?). color, dissected, mounted on cloth, and bound in 3 volumes ; 179 x 124 cm.; sheet Scale [1:316,800]. 1 inch = 5 miles General Map Collection

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  19. Title: Birman Empire : & countries south east of the Ganges

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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale [1:8,000,000]."Drawn & Engraved by J. Dower ..." Numbered 28. Shows boundaries, rivers, deserts and principal settlements. Relief shown by hachures. Greenwich meridian. 41 x 34 centimeters Scale [1:8,000,000] Ames Library of South Asia Maps

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  20. Title: Spain and Portugal

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. In upper margin: No. 23. Faint image of illegible text visible below neat line; removed from engraving plate used for a previous issue, probably the issue of 12th Dec. 1815 engraved by S.I. Neele. Probably issued in: A new general atlas ... Edinburgh : Printed for John Thomson & Co., 1821.

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