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  1. Title: Halifax Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada, 1778 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper nautical chart entitled: Port de Halifax de la Nouvelle Ecosse : avec les recifs, dangers, bas fonds et sondes, leve par ordre du brigadier general Lawrence, gouverneur de la province, par Morris, premier arpenteur; publie a Londres en 1775. It was published chez le Rouge, rue des Grands Augutins in 1778. Scale [ca. 1:63,360]. Map in French. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the UTM Zone 20N NAD83 (meters) 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 coastal features such as harbors, inlets, rocks, channels, points, coves, shoals, islands, and more. Includes also selected land features such as drainage, fortifications, and human settlements. Depths are shown by soundings and shading. Includes text. 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: Port de Halifax de la Nouvelle Ecosse : avec les recifs, dangers, bas fonds et sondes

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    Summary: Depths shown by soundings.; North oriented to the right.; Includes text.; Appears in: Pilote Américain septentrional pour les co?tes de Labrador, N. lle. Ecosse, N. ill Angleterre, New-York, Pensilvanie, Maryland, Virginie, les 2 Carolines et Florides / Par Jefferys, Lane, Morris, Chevalier des Barres, Smith, Blaskowitz, Scull. Publié ä Londres en 1776. Traduit de l'anglais. Paris: Le Rouge, [1778-1789]. 39 x 56 centimeters Scale approximately 1:63,360 City Maps

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  3. Title: A chart showing the favorite resort of the sperm and right whale by M.F. Maury L.L.D. Lieut. U.S. Navy; constructed from Maury's whale chart of the world by Robt. H. Wyman Lieut. U.S.N.

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    Summary: Greenwich prime meridian. "By authority of Commo: Charles Morris U.S.N., Chief of Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography, 1853." "Lith of Endicott & Co. N.Y." 1 map: col., encapsulated in Mylar; 60 x 93 cm.

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  4. Title: The Denison Bulletin's map of Crawford County, 1898

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    Summary: 1 map

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  5. Title: Minnesota route, the shortest and best to the Idaho gold mines

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    Summary: (W 126°--W 86°/N 50°--N 38°). Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1864 by D.D. Merrill in the clerks office of the district court of the district of Minnesota." 42 x 106 centimeters Scale approximately 1:1,540,000 General Map Collection

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  6. Title: Cape Town, South Africa, 1911 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Map of Cape Town (Central). It was published by Cape Peninsula Publicity Association in 1911. Scale [ca. 1:4,700]. Covers a portion of Cape Town, South Africa. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM Zone 34S, 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, railroads and stations, street-railroads, drainage, selected buildings and tourist attractions, parks, and more. Includes inset location map and an index to points of interest.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: Map of Iowa: showing streams and 859 municipalities, 562 villages, 1914

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    Summary: 1 map

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  8. Title: Swartz & Tedrowe's map of the City of Indianapolis and Center Township

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    Summary: Engraved expressly for Swartz & Tedrowe's city directory, by Braden & Burford. Scale 1:15,840. 4 inches per mile.

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  9. Title: Town 3 south range 4 east - Freedom.

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    Summary: Main ditch and Branch No. II. were surveyed by R. Whipple in April 1860. Tameroc Swamp Main Branch Ditch No. II were surveyed by C.S. Woodward in June 15, 1860. Shows property owners and depicts the Tamerac Swamp. 1 map; 40 x 34 cm

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  10. Title: Soil map of Jay County

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    Summary: Detached from: Soil survey of Jay County / Allen David Hole. In 39th Annual report of Department of Geology and Natural Resources, Indiana. Scale approximately 1:84,000 Soils surveyed in 1914 by Allen D. Hole, assisted by J. Blair Mills, Ralph C.Z. Morris, and Elmer Barnes.

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

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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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  12. Title: Reconnaissance erosion survey of the State of Indiana

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    Summary: At bottom left: Base map by U.S. Geological Survey, 1930. Scale 1:500,000 U.S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service; Indiana erosion survey of 1934 by M.E. Waggoner, in charge, A.E. Shearin, T.M. Bushnell, D.C. Maxwell, E.E. Carlson.

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  13. Title: Soil map, Washington County, Indiana

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    Summary: Shows soil types classification by colors and symbols. 'Field Operations, Bureau of Chemistry and Soils.' 'Litho Eastern Offset Inc., Balto.' Scale 1:63,360. 1 inch = 1 mile.W 86���������19���������--W 85���������51���������/N 38���������47���������--38���������25���������). U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Chemistry and Soils; Purdue University Agricultural Experiment Station; soils surveyed by J.T. Miller, in charge and Howard Wm. Higbee, U.S. Department of Agriculture and M.E. Waggoner, Purdue University Agricultural Experiment Station.

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  14. Title: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1849 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Philadelphia, M.H. Traubel sct. It was published by A. McElroy in 1849. Scale [ca. 14,000]. Covers Philadelphia and a portion of Camden, New Jersey. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Pennsylvania South State Plane Coordinate System NAD83 (in Feet) (Fipszone 3702). 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, drainage, built-up areas, selected public buildings, wharves, and more. 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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  15. Title: Philadelphia

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    Summary: Shows built-up areas, named localities, streets, parks, and selected buildings. "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1849 by A. McElroy, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the eastern district of Pennsa." In lower left margin: N. Friend's lithl. Office, 141 Walnut St.

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  16. Title: Jamaica, 1763 (Image 1 of 4) (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: This map of the island of Jamaica; laid down from the papers and under the direction of Henry Moore, Esqr.; His Majesty's Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief of that island, in the years 1756, 57, 58, 59, 60 & 61; & from a great number of actual surveys performed by the publishers is humbly inscribed by his lordship's most obedient & most humble servants, Thos. Craskell, engineer, Jas. Simpson, surveyor. It was published by D. Fournier in 1763. Scale [ca 1:200,000]. This layer is image 1 of 4 total images of the four sheet map, representing the southwest portion of the map.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Jamaica Grid 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 towns, villages, and other human settlements, roads, drainage, selected buildings, ground cover, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown pictorially. Includes also illustrations.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: County of Cornwall, Jamaica, 1763 (Image 2 of 4) (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: This map of the county of Cornwall, in the island of Jamaica; laid down from the papers, under the direction of, Henry Moore, Esqr., His Majesty's Lieutenant Governor, and Commander in Chief of that island, in the years 1756, 57, 58, 59, 60 & 61, & from a great number of actual surveys performed by the publishers is humbly inscribed by his lordship's most obedient & humble servants, Thos. Craskell, engineer, Jas. Simpson, surveyor. It was published by D. Fournier in 1763. Scale [ca. 1:95,000]. This layer is image 2 of 4 total images of the four sheet source 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 Jamaica Grid 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 towns, villages, and other human settlements, roads, parish boundaries, drainage, selected buildings and names of landowners, ground cover, shoreline features, shoals, channels, anchorage points, and more.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: County of Cornwall, Jamaica, 1763 (Image 4 of 4) (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: This map of the county of Cornwall, in the island of Jamaica; laid down from the papers, under the direction of, Henry Moore, Esqr., His Majesty's Lieutenant Governor, and Commander in Chief of that island, in the years 1756, 57, 58, 59, 60 & 61, & from a great number of actual surveys performed by the publishers is humbly inscribed by his lordship's most obedient & humble servants, Thos. Craskell, engineer, Jas. Simpson, surveyor. It was published by D. Fournier in 1763. Scale [ca. 1:95,000]. This layer is image 4 of 4 total images of the four sheet source map, representing the northwest portion of the map. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Jamaica Grid 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 towns, villages, and other human settlements, roads, parish boundaries, drainage, selected buildings and names of landowners, ground cover, shoreline features, shoals, channels, anchorage points, and more. 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: County of Surrey, Jamaica, 1763 (Image 2 of 4) (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: This map of the county of Surry in the island of Jamaica; laid down from the papers and under the direction of Henry Moore, Esqr., His Majesty's Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief of that island, in the years 1756, 57, 58, 59, 60 & 61, & from a great number of actual surveys performed by the publishers is humbly inscribed, by his most obedient and humble servants, Thos. Craskell, engineer, Jas. Simpson, surveyor. It was published by D. Fournier in 1763. The layer is image 2 of 4 total images of the four sheet map, representing the southeast portion of the map. Scale ca. 1:100,000. Covers County of Surrey, Jamaica. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Jamaica Grid 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, cities and other human settlements, parish boundaries, shoreline features, plantations, and more. Includes also illustrations.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: Jamaica, 1763 (Image 4 of 4) (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: This map of the island of Jamaica; laid down from the papers and under the direction of Henry Moore, Esqr.; His Majesty's Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief of that island, in the years 1756, 57, 58, 59, 60 & 61; & from a great number of actual surveys performed by the publishers is humbly inscribed by his lordship's most obedient & most humble servants, Thos. Craskell, engineer, Jas. Simpson, surveyor. It was published by D. Fournier in 1763. Scale [ca 1:200,000]. This layer is image 4 of 4 total images of the four sheet map, representing the northwest portion of the map. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Jamaica Grid 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 towns, villages, and other human settlements, roads, drainage, selected buildings, ground cover, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown pictorially. Includes also illustrations.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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