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  1. Title: Quebec, Canada, ca. 1690 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan de Quebec en la nouvelle France assiege par les Anglois : le 16 d'octobre 1690, jusqu'au 22 dudit mois qu'ils furent obliges de se retirer chez eux appres avoir este bien battus, par mr. le comte de Frontenac, gouverneur general du pays, par le Sr. de Villeneuve, ingenieur du Roy. Scale [ca. 1:16,000]. Map in French. Manuscript copy of a manuscript map. Copied by Pierre-Louis Morin, ca. 1855? Made in Paris for Francis Parkman. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) Zone 19N NAD 1983 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, drainage, selected buildings with names of landowners, fortification, English ships and lines-of-fire, ground cover, and more. Relief is shown by hachures. 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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  2. Title: Central, Northern, and Eastern Africa, 1862 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Esquisse de l'Afrique centrale et orientale, dressee par P[ier]re Tremaux, d'apres ses propres voyages et renseignements et ceux de M. M. Livingston, Burton, Speke ... [et al.] ; grave chez Erhard, r[ue] Bonaparte 42. It was published by Societe de Geographie in 1862. Scale 1:10,000,000. Covers Northern, Central, and Eastern Africa. Map in French.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, roads, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, dunes, 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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  3. Title: Berlin, Germany, 1841 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan von Berlin, Zeichnung u. Stich v. H. Mahlmann. It was published by F.H. Morin in 1841. Scale 1:81,300. This image includes the original map pamphlet cover with German coat-of-arms The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Deutsches Hauptdreiecksnetz (DHDN) 3-degree Gauss-Kruger Zone 4 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, drainage, selected buildings, parks, 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 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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  4. Title: Great Britain, 1677 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Carte des isles Britaniques, où sont les Royaumes d'Angleterre, et d'Escosse, que nous appellons Grande Bretagne et celui d'Irlande : avecque les isles qui en sont proche, et les costes de France, de Flandre et de Holande / par P. Du Val, Geographe du Roy. It was published by the author, en l'Isle du Palais sur le Quay de l'Horloge, avecque privilege du Roy in 1677. Scale not given. Map in French. 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, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Includes also illustrations of ships. 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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  5. Title: La Floride françoise

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. Mainly shows coast of South Carolina. In lower margin: Reproduced for the Hon. William A. Courtenay, LL. D., of South Carolina, from the original map in the Public Records Office, London. Originally from Du Val, P. Diverses cartes et tables. Paris, [1669?]. 15 x 22 centimeters Scale approximately 1:4,200,000 General Map Collection

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  6. Title: L'Afrique: reueuë et augmenteé; par P. Du Val.

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: Ferro. 1 map: hand col.; 40 x 52 cm.

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  7. Title: L'ocean pres d'Europe, auec les costes de France, d'Espagne, de Portugal, d'Angleterre, de Holande, de Danemarc, &c. : suivant les cartes marines, les plus nouvelles

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    Summary: Depths shown by soundings. From: Cartes de geographie les plus nouvelles et les plus fideles, avecque leurs divisions regulieres / suivant les memoires de P. Du Val geographe ordinaire du Roy. A Paris : chez l'auteur pres le Palais, 1667.

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  8. Title: Carte de Nigritie et Guinee; par P. du Val d'Abbeville, geographe du Roy.

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. Shows western Africa and the west coast of central Africa south to Luanda, Angola. I. Somer sculp. 1 map: hand col.; 38 x 54 cm

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  9. Title: Tabula itineris decies mille graecorum sub Cyro contra fratrem suum Artaxerxem regem persarum eorumque reditus sub Xenophonte secudum ipsium Xenophontis commentaria

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    Summary: Title cartouche. Text from cartouche in lower left corner: "A haut et puissant Seigneur Messire Francois De L'Isle, seigneur de Mariuault, S. Crespin, Ybouuiller, Aubouruille, Montagu, la Roue, Alinuille, et autres lieux. Baron d'Ansouille. par son tres humble et tres obeissant seruiteur P. du Val Geographe du Roy." Relief shown pictorially. From: Accuratissima orbis antiqui delineatio ... by J. Jansson [1652?].

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  10. Title: Brest, France, 1779 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan de la ville de Brest ; Carte de la rade et du port de Brest, par ... P.L. Bermont, ingenieur. It was published by chez Lattre, graveur ordinaire du Roi, rue St. Jacques la porte cochere vis a vis la rue de la Parcheminerie in 1779. Scale [ca. 1:7,219]. Covers a portion of Brest, France. Map in French.Note: Two maps appear on this sheet. The larger scale map of Brest is the portion of the image that has been georeferenced.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the European Datum 1950, Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) Zone 30N 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, drainage, built-up areas and selected buildings, fortifications, ground cover, and more. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Includes also a brief description of Brest.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: Lower Manhattan, New York, N.Y., 1808 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan of the city of New York, 1808. It was published by the New York Common Council in the Manual of the corporation of the city of New York, for the years ... 1852. Facsimile copied from D. Longworth's map of 1808. Scale [ca. 1:7,500]. Covers lower Manhattan and portion of Brooklyn. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) Zone 18N NAD83 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 roads, drainage, city wards, selected public buildings, ferry lines, wharves, and more. Relief is shown by hachures. Includes index to points of interest. 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 of the city of Fort Wayne, Indiana

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    Summary: Partial cadastral map showing landowners. Scale 1:4,800. 400 feet to 1 inch.

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  13. Title: Nouveau plan de la ville, cité et université de Paris : Dedie a son Altesse Royale Monseigneur le Duc Dorleans petit fils de France. Regent du Royaume / gravé par Roussel

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    Summary: 1 map : hand col., mounted on linen ; 78 x 107 cm. Inset map in upper left shows the area surrounding Paris. An index has been added onto the outermost edges of the map sheet. Along the left, bottom, and right borders of the map are small illustrations with descriptive text depicting: Veues de Paris du côté du faubourg St. Marceau, Versailles du cote de Paris, Trianon, Meudon, Chambord, Madrid, Vincennes, La porte St. Antoine, La porte St. Denis, Notre Dame, Hôtel de ville de Paris, Le Palais, Les Tuilleries du côté du Carousel, La Place Royale, Le Palais Royal cy-devant Palais Cardinal, La Place des Victoires, La place de Vendôme ou de Louis le Grand, le Val de Grace, l'Observatoire, Choisy, Le Jardin royal, Le College des 4 Nations, La Sorbonne, Le Luxembourg, La Samaritaine du Pont Neuf, La Machine de Marli, Marli, La Statue d'Henri III, La porte St. Bernard, La porte St. Martin, St. Cloud, St. Germain en Laye, Fontainebleau, St. Cyr, La Managerie, Versailles du côte du jardin, Veue de Paris du coté du Pont-Royal. In the upper left corner, "Veues de Paris du côté du faubourg St Marceau" is accompanied by the coat of arms of France and more descriptive text than most of the other illustrations. "Veue de Paris du coté du Pont-Royal" in the upper right has the coat of arms of Paris, and more descriptive text. "Se vend a Paris chez Roussel graveur Rue St. Iacques au-dessus de la Rue des Noyers."

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  14. Title: Scandia or Scandinavia, comprehending Sweden and Norway, with the Danish islands; to which is added the remainder of the possessions of Denmark. By L.S Delarochette. London: published by Wm. Faden, Geographer to the King, and to His R.H the Prince of Wales, February 10th, 1794. Wm. Palmer sculp. (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced image of a map of Scandinavia. The original map appears in "(General atlas. 1811)." 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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  15. Title: (Composite of) Italy with the addition of the southern parts of Germany as far as Pettau in Stiria; Murlakia, Dalmatia, the adjacent countries, and all the Illyric Islands, by L.S. De la Rochette. 2d. edition describing the new divisions. London published by Willm. Faden, Geographer to the King and to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, Charing Cross, Septr. 12th, 1800 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced image of a map of Italy, including parts of Slovenia and the Balkan Peninsula (1800). The ma shows settlements, common and post roads. The original map appears in "(General atlas. 1811)." 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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  16. Title: A chart of the Indian Ocean improved from the chart of M. d'Apres de Mannevillette; with the addition of a part of the Pacific Ocean, as well as of the original tracks of the principal discoverers or other navigators to India and China; and in which it has been attempted to give a chronological indication of the successive discoveries (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map of the Indian Ocean. The original map was originally created by Louis Delarochette and published in 1803. This map shows the entire continent of Africa. Additional areas displayed in this map include: the Pacific Ocean, Australia, and part of Asia. The features illustrated on this map includes: lakes, coastal islands, gulfs, seas. There are 2 inset maps titled, North East Monsoon, South West Monsoon. 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. The map was georeferenced by the Stanford Geospatial Center using a 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 1899.6 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. Delarochette, Louis and Stanford Geospatial Center. (2013). A chart of the Indian Ocean improved from the chart of M. d'Apres de Mannevillette; with the addition of a part of the Pacific Ocean, as well as of the original tracks of the principal discoverers or other navigators to India and China; and in which it has been attempted to give a chronological indication of the successive discoveries (Raster Image). Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/mq457xb3818. 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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  17. Title: South America, 1807 (Image 2 of 7) (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Colombia Prima or South America : in which it has been attempted to delineate the extent of our knowledge of that continent, extracted chiefly from the original manuscript maps of ... Pinto, likewise fom those of Jo?o Joaquin da Rocha, Jo?o da Costa Ferreira ... Francisco Manuel Sobreviela &c. and from the most authentic edited accounts of those countries, digested & constructed by ... Louis Stanislas D'Arcy Delarochette. It was published by William Faden geographer to His Majesty and to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales in June 4th, 1807. Scale [ca. 1:3,000,000]. This layer is image 2 of 7 total images of the eight sheet 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 South America Lambert Conformal Conic 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, roads, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, mines, tribes, 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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  18. Title: South America, 1807 (Image 3 of 7) (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Colombia Prima or South America : in which it has been attempted to delineate the extent of our knowledge of that continent, extracted chiefly from the original manuscript maps of ... Pinto, likewise fom those of Jo?o Joaquin da Rocha, Jo?o da Costa Ferreira ... Francisco Manuel Sobreviela &c. and from the most authentic edited accounts of those countries, digested & constructed by ... Louis Stanislas D'Arcy Delarochette. It was published by William Faden geographer to His Majesty and to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales in June 4th, 1807. Scale [ca. 1:3,000,000]. This layer is image 3 of 7 total images of the eight sheet map, representing the eastern portion of the map.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the South America Lambert Conformal Conic 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, roads, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, mines, tribes, 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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  19. Title: South America, 1807 (Image 6 of 7) (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Colombia Prima or South America : in which it has been attempted to delineate the extent of our knowledge of that continent, extracted chiefly from the original manuscript maps of ... Pinto, likewise fom those of Jo?o Joaquin da Rocha, Jo?o da Costa Ferreira ... Francisco Manuel Sobreviela &c. and from the most authentic edited accounts of those countries, digested & constructed by ... Louis Stanislas D'Arcy Delarochette. It was published by William Faden geographer to His Majesty and to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales in June 4th, 1807. Scale [ca. 1:3,000,000]. This layer is image 6 of 7 total images of the eight sheet map, representing the western portion of the map.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the South America Lambert Conformal Conic 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, roads, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, mines, tribes, 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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  20. Title: South America, 1807 (Image 1 of 7) (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Colombia Prima or South America : in which it has been attempted to delineate the extent of our knowledge of that continent, extracted chiefly from the original manuscript maps of ... Pinto, likewise fom those of Jo?o Joaquin da Rocha, Jo?o da Costa Ferreira ... Francisco Manuel Sobreviela &c. and from the most authentic edited accounts of those countries, digested & constructed by ... Louis Stanislas D'Arcy Delarochette. It was published by William Faden geographer to His Majesty and to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales in June 4th, 1807. Scale [ca. 1:3,000,000]. This layer is image 1 of 7 total images of the eight sheet map, representing the southeast portion of the map.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the South America Lambert Conformal Conic 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, roads, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, mines, tribes, 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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