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  1. Title: New England Railroads, 1838 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Sketch of the states of Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island, and parts of New Hampshire & New York exhibiting the several rail road routes completed, constructing, chartered & contemplated : published by order of the Legislature of Massachusetts, drawn by A. Kennedy ; engraved by Morse & Tuttle. It was published in 1838. Scale [ca. 1:700,000]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the USA Contiguous Albers Equal Area Conic projection (Meters). 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, completed, chartered, and contemplated railroads, drainage, state and county boundaries, and more. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps of New England 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, scales, and purposes.

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  2. Title: City & harbour of Louisburg. : with that part of Gabarus Bay wherein the New England forces landed and their encampment during the siege of 1745.

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    Summary: Scale not given; 1 map; 13 x 19 cm Louisbourg (N.S.)--Maps

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  3. Title: Railway map of Tokyo and vicinity

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    Summary: Shows train, subway, and electric car routes and stations.

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  4. Title: Iowa, 1856

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    Summary: 1 map

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  5. Title: Maine, 1793 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled:The district of Main : from the latest surveys, by Osgood Carleton. It was published in 1793 by Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews, in Jedidiah Morse's The American universal geography. Vol. 1 (1793). p. 345. Scale [ca. 1:2,800,000]. Covers Maine and portions of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, the provinces of Quebec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, Canada. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to Universal Transverse Mercator projection (UTM Zone 19N, meters, NAD 83). 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 cities and towns, drainage, county, state, and national boundaries and more. Relief is shown pictorially. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps of New England 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, scales, and map purposes.

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  6. Title: Annapolis Basin Region, Nova Scotia, Canada, 1690 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic, untitled, manuscript paper map: [Plan of Port Royal, Nova Scotia, based on the work of Vincent Saccardy]. It was produced in 1690. Scale [ca.1:15,749]. Covers Annapolis Basin, Bay of Fundy, and Saint Marys Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada. 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 and drainage features such as harbors, inlets, rocks, channels, points, coves, shoals, islands, and more. 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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  7. Title: Michigan

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    Summary: Extent: 1 map Notes: Greenwich and Washington prime meridians. Scale approximately 1:2,100,000

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  8. Title: Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island, 1819 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: A map of Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhodeisland, by E. Ruggles; engraved by M.M. Peabody. It was published in 1819. Scale [ca. 1:424,000]. Covers Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and portions of Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, New York, and New Jersey. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the USA Contiguous Albers Equal Area Conic projection (Meters). 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, bridges, societies, drainage, lighthouses, coastal hazards, state, county, and town boundaries, and more. Relief shown by hachures. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps of New England 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, scales, and purposes.

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  9. Title: Minnesota

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    Summary: Map is leaf detached from Charles Galusha Colby's Diamond atlas, published in New York in 1857, c1856. 13 x 16 centimeters Scale 1:4,752,000 or1 inch = 75 miles General Minnesota Maps

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  10. Title: Mexico ; Central America and Yucatan

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. From: Morse's North American atlas ... / by Sidney E. Morse and Samuel Breese. New York : Harper & Bros., [1842-1845]

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  11. Title: Michigan

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    Summary: Greenwich and Washington prime meridians. 1 map: col.; 32 x 37 cm

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  12. Title: New York ; City of New York, 1843

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures on state map. State map shows county boundaries; City map shows wards. City map covers Manhattan up to 18th Street on the west side and 32nd Street on the east side. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1842 by Sidney E. Morse and Samuel Breese in the Clerks Office of the Southern District of New York." From: The cerographic atlas of the United States / by Sidney E. Morse and Samuel Breese. New York : Sidney E. Morse & Co., 1842-1845. Prime meridians on state map: Greenwich and Washington.

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  13. Title: Kansas City, Missouri, 1901 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Map of Kansas City : showing public park system, issued by the Board of Park Commissioners; compiled and drawn by Tuttle & Pike, Kansas City. It was published by the Kansas City Board of Park Commissioners in 1901. Scale 1:2,400. Covers Kansas City, Missouri, and Kansas City, 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 map shows features such as roads, railroads, drainage, parks, park district boundaries, 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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  14. Title: The Galignani's Messenger plan of the Paris Universal Exhibition, 1878.

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    Summary: Maps.

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  15. Title: Botswana Elevation, 2003

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    Summary: Botswana Elevation is a Digital Elevation Model representing elevations throughout Botswana at a resolution of 30 arc seconds. This layer is a component of the Global Map a 1:1,000,000 scale framework dataset of the world. It consists of vector and raster layers of transport, administrative boundaries, drainage, elevation, vegetation, land use and land cover data. The data were prepared from information provided by national mapping and other organisations worldwide.

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  16. Title: Botswana Built-up Areas (points), 2003

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    Summary: Botswana Built-up Areas is a point theme representing built-up areas in Botswana. This layer is a component of the Global Map, a 1:1,000,000 scale framework dataset of the world. It consists of vector and raster layers of transport, administrative boundaries, drainage, elevation, vegetation, land use and land cover data. The data were prepared from information provided by national mapping and other organisations worldwide.

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  17. Title: Botswana Miscellaneous Population Settlements, 2003

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    Summary: Botswana Miscellaneous Population Settlements is a point theme representing settlements in Botswana. This layer is a component of the Global Map, a 1:1,000,000 scale framework dataset of the world. It consists of vector and raster layers of transport, administrative boundaries, drainage, elevation, vegetation, land use and land cover data. The data were prepared from information provided by national mapping and other organisations worldwide.

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  18. Title: Botswana Roads, 2003

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    Summary: Botswana Roads is a line theme representing roadways in Botswana. This layer is a component of the Global Map, a 1:1,000,000 scale framework dataset of the world. It consists of vector and raster layers of transport, administrative boundaries, drainage, elevation, vegetation, land use and land cover data. The data were prepared from information provided by national mapping and other organizations worldwide.

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  19. Title: Botswana Railroads, 2003

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    Summary: Botswana Railroads is a line theme representing railroads in Botswana. This layer is a component of the Global Map, a 1:1,000,000 scale framework dataset of the world. It consists of vector and raster layers of transport, administrative boundaries, drainage, elevation, vegetation, land use and land cover data. The data were prepared from information provided by national mapping and other organisations worldwide.

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  20. Title: Botswana Political Boundaries, 2003

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    Summary: Botswana Political Boundaries is a line theme representing political boundaries in Botswana. This layer is a component of the Global Map, a 1:1,000,000 scale framework dataset of the world. It consists of vector and raster layers of transport, administrative boundaries, drainage, elevation, vegetation, land use and land cover data. The data were prepared from information provided by national mapping and other organisations worldwide.

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