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  1. Title: Battle of Bunker Hill, 1775, Charlestown, Boston, Massachusetts, (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: A plan of the action at Bunkers Hill on the 17th of June 1775 between His Majesty's troops, under the command of Major General Howe, and the American forces. The version of the map imaged here is a 1793 facsimile of the 1775 original manuscript map by Lieut. Thomas Hyde Page, of the Engineers, who acted as aide de camp to General Howe in that action ; ground plan is from an actual survey of Captn. Montresor. The facsimile was produced for Charles Stedman's The history of the origin, progress, and termination of the American war, 1794. Scale [ca. 1:4,800]. 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 troop disposition, lines of fire, and military fortifications (redoubts, entrenchments, etc.). It also shows features such as roads, buildings, drainage, and more. Relief is shown by hachures. It includes 'References to the plans' and note. The source paper map was produced with an overlay map showing earlier stages of troop disposition; the image here is shown without the overlay. 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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  2. Title: A plan of the city of New-York & its environs to Greenwich, on the North or Hudsons River, and to Crown Point, on the East or Sound River : shewing the several streets, publick buildings, docks, fort & battery, with the true form & course of the commanding grounds, with and without the town

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    Summary: Shows fortifications, buildings and fields. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Oriented with north to upper right corner. "Engraved from the original map by John Montresor, for D.T. Valentine's Manual for 1855 by G. Hayward, 120 Water St., N.Y." Dedication: To the Honble. Thos. Gage, Esqr., Major General and Commander in Chief of His Majesty's forces in North America, and Colonel of the 22d regiment of foot, this plan is most humbly inscribd by his obedient servant, John Montresor, engineer. Includes references and note. Inset: A chart of the entrance to New York from Sandy Hook, shewing the properest channel for sailing with ye banks and depths of water (scale [ca. 1:126,720]).

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  3. Title: Plan de New-York et des environs

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    Summary: Topographical map of New York City; relief shown by hachures; depths shown by soundings. Table of references identifies primary buildings and points of interest in the city. Includes inset: Port de New-York (scale [ca. 1:140,000]).

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  4. Title: A map of the Province of New York with part of Pensilvania, and New England

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    Summary: Prime meridian: London. Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Inscribed: To the Right Honourable Sir Jeffery Amherst ... by his most obliged humble servant, John Montrésor, engineer. Shows administrative divisions. Includes continuations of Lake Champlain and the Connecticut River.

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  5. Title: Nantucket Shoals, Massachusetts, 1784 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: A chart of Nantucket shoals, surveyed by Paul Pinkham. Survey data was taken from 'the light house on Nantucket Point in 1784.' It was published and sold by John Norman, Feb. 10th, 1791. Scale [ca. 1:145,000]. Covers Nantucket Sound, Massachusetts and surrounding land. 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 nautical chart shows coastal features such as lighthouses, rocks, shoals, currents, channels, points, coves, harbors, islands, and more. Depths are shown by soundings and shading. Land features include settlements, wind mills, and more. 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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  6. Title: England & Wales, 1788 (Image 2 of 2) (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map: [Map of England and Wales : showing roads and navigable waterways]. It was published by John Andrews at No. 211, facing Air Street, Piccadilly on May 2, 1788. Scale [ca. 1:700,000]. This layer is image 2 of 2 total images of the 2 sheet source map, representing the southern portion of the map.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the 'British National Grid' 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, roads, canals, bridges, administrative boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Includes also distances between individual cities.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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  7. Title: England & Wales, 1788 (Image 1 of 2) (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map: Map of England and Wales:showing roads and navigable waterways. It was published by John Andrews at No. 211, facing Air Street, Piccadilly on May 2, 1788. Scale [ca. 1:700,000]. This layer is image 1 of 2 total images of the 2 sheet source map, representing the northern portion of the map.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the 'British National Grid' 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, roads, canals, bridges, administrative boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Includes also distances between individual cities.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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  8. Title: A plan of Madras and Fort St George.

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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale [1:12,000] Town plan of Madras and Fort St George with references for a few locations throughout the city. Cartouche title. Plate 33 from: Plans of the principal cities in the world / by John Andrews. London : Published by John Stockdale, Ppiccadilly [i.e. Piccadilly], [1792?]. 16 x 23 centimeters Scale [1:12,000] Ames Library of South Asia Maps

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  9. Title: Andrews's new and accurate travelling map of the kingdom of Ireland divided into provinces & counties with all the cities ... turnpike and principal cross roads, with the distance in Irish miles from town to town

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. Shows distances between individual cities. Title from Bibliothèque nationale de France.

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  10. Title: Andrew's new travelling map of England and Wales

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. Shows distances between individual cities. "Sold by John Andrews, No. 211, opposite Air Street Piccadilly, & J. Harris, No. 3 Sweetings Alley, Cornhill ... " Title from Worms, L. British map engravers. Historic Maps copy is lower sheet of map issued in 2 sheets; upper sheet wanting.

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  11. Title: A plan of the city of Lisbon

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Town plan of Lisbon with references to the churches, places, markets and other buildings. Plate VI [i.e. plate 5] from: A collection of plans of the capital cities of Europe ... London : John Andrews, 1771.

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  12. Title: Map of the country embracing the route of the expedition of 1823 commanded by Major S.H. Long

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    Summary: Extent: 1 map Abstract: Map of the Great Lakes and Rainy River regions and the valleys of the Minnesota River and Red River of the North, showing the route of the 1823 expedition of Stephen Harriman Long. Includes descriptive notes, and indicates the dates and locations where the expedition stopped. Indicates settlements, forts, and Native American tribal regions. The route of the expedition is shown in red. Notes: Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians: Washington and Greenwich. From: Narrative of an expedition to the source of St. Peter's River : Lake Winnepeek, Lake of the Woods, &c., performed in the year 1823, by order of the Hon. J.C. Calhoun, Secretary of War, under the command of Stephen H. Long, U.S.T.E. : compiled from the notes of Major Long, Messrs. Say, Keating, & Colhoun by William H. Keating. London : G.B. Whittaker, 1825. Scale approximately 1:3,000,000

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  13. Title: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1785 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan de la baye et port de Rio Janeiro, située à la coste du Brésil : par 22 d. 54 m. de latitude méridionale et 45 d. 5 m. à l'occident du méridien de Paris / levée géométriquement par le P. Capassi [sic]. It was published by Chez Dezauche, successeur des Srs. Delisle et Philippe Buache, premiers Géographes du Roi, et chargé de l'Entrepôt Général des Cartes de la Marine, Rue des Noyers in 1785. Scale not given. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the SAD 69 / Brazil Polyconic 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 boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown pictorially, depths shown by soundings. Includes also ports, harbors, labeled landmarks and bodies of water, and marked latitude lines. 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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  14. Title: Pompeii, 1850 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Pianta degli scavi di Pompei. It was published in 1850. Scale ca. 1:3,000. Map in Italian. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the WGS 1984 UTM Zone 33N (EPSG: 32633) 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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  15. Title: Plan af Helsingfors

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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale approximately 1:8,500. Facsimile. Relief shown by hachures. Cadastral map. Includes indexes and inset of Helsinki region. 1 map : color ; 39 x 53 centimeters Scale approximately 1:8,500 General Map Collection

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  16. Title: Afrique

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures.; "Gravé, sur Acier, par Moisy. Ecrit par Arnoul."--lower right.; "Pl. 5"--upper left.; From an unknown larger work. 37 x 46 centimeters, on sheet 45 x 57 centimeters, folded to 45 x 29 centimeters Scale 1:25,000,000 General Map Collection

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  17. Title: George Washington's own map of the whole group of farms at Mount Vernon, drawn in 1793

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    Summary: Scale approximately 1:16,500; 1 map; 37 x 53 cm. Washington, George, 1732-1799--Homes and haunts--Virginia--Mount Vernon--Maps--Facsimiles.

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  18. Title: Africa, ca. 1725 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Africa vetus, autore N. Sanson. It was published by J. Covens & C. Mortier ca. 1725. Scale [ca. 1:25,000,000]. Covers Africa and small portions of Europe and the Middle East. Map in Latin. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Africa Sinusoidal 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 boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown pictorially. 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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  19. Title: (Composite of) Mapa dos Reynos de Portugal e Algarve. Feita sobre as Memorias topografica de D. Vasque de Cozuela as do P. Lacerda e varias outras. Por D. J.AB. Rizzi Zannoni da Sociedade Real de Gottinga, professor da geograf. A Paris, en Caza de M. Lattre, Rua de S Thiago a la Ciudad de Bordeaux. Marillier, in. Berthault, sculp. (178-?) (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced image of a map of Portugal. The original map appears in "Atlas Moderne ou Collection De Cartes Sur toutes les parties du Globe Terrestre Par Plusieurs Auteurs. Avec Approbation & Privilege du Roy. A Paris, Chez Lattre Graveur Ordinaire du Roy, de Mgr. Le Duc d'Orleans et de la Ville Rue St. Jacques No. 20. et Delalain Libraire, rue de la Comedie Francoise. (title page only) Monnet del. 1762. Prevost Sculp."The historic map layers in the Google Earth Rumsey Map Collection have been selected by David Rumsey from his large collection of historical maps, as well as some from other collections with which he collaborates. All the maps contain rich information about the past and represent a sampling of time periods, scales, and cartographic art, resulting in visual history stories that only old maps can tell. Each map has been georeferenced by Rumsey, thus creating unique digital map images that allow the old maps to appear in their correct places on the modern globe. Some of the maps fit perfectly in their modern spaces, while othersgenerally earlier period mapsreveal interesting geographical misconceptions of their time. Cultural features on the maps can be compared to the modern satellite views using the slider bars to adjust transparency. The result is an exploration of time as well as space, a marriage of historic cartographic masterpieces with innovative contemporary software tools.

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  20. Title: Black Sea and Caucasus Regions, 1774 (Image 2 of 3) (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Carte de la partie septentrionale de l'Empire Otoman : dediee a Monseigneur le comte de Vergennes--, par ... Rizzi Zannoni, de l'Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles Lettres de Gottingue, Pr. Ingenieur, Geographe du Roy ; Perrier sculpsit ; Bourgoin scripsit. It was published in 1774. Scale [ca. 1:1,450,000]. Covers the Black Sea and Caucasus regions. This layer is image 2 of 3 total images of the three sheet source map, representing the central portion of the map. Map in French. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Europe Lambert Conformal Conic 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, cities and other human settlements, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, 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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