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  1. Title: Amsterdam, Netherlands, ca. 1780 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: [Plan de la grande & fameuse ville marchande d'Amsterdam = Plan van de wyd vermaarde en beroemde koop stad Amsterdam, mise au jour par Ies Iean Covens & Corneille Mortier avec privilege de Mess.rs les Etats Generaux des Provinces Unies = nieuwelks uyt gegeven door Ioannes Covens en Cornelis Mortier met previl. van de Staaten Generaal]. It was published by Iean Covens & Corneille Mortier ca. 1780. Scale [1:53,000]. Map in Dutch and French. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Dutch National Grid: RD (Rijksdriehoekstelsel) GCS Amersfoort (Bessel 1841) 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, bridges, drainage, canals, wharves, docks, built-up areas and selected buildings pictorially, fortification, water mills, and more. Relief is shown by hachures. Includes indexes. 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: Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1725 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan de la grande & fameuse ville marchande d'Amsterdam = Plan van de wyd vermaarde en beroemde koop stad Amsterdam, mise au jour par Ies Iean Covens & Corneille Mortier avec privilege de Mess.rs les Etats Generaux des Provinces Unies = nieuwelks uyt gegeven door Ioannes Covens en Cornelis Mortier met previl. van de Staaten Generaal. It was published by Iean Covens & Corneille Mortier in 1725. Scale [ca. 1:5,440]. Map in French and Dutch. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Dutch National Grid: RD (Rijksdriehoekstelsel) GCS Amersfoort (Bessel 1841) 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, bridges, drainage, canals, wharves, docks, dams, built-up areas and selected buildings, water mills, and more. Includes indexes. 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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  3. Title: Amsterdam, Netherlands Region, ca. 1735 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Carte particuliere d'Amstelland ou les environs d'Amsteldam, Muyden, Weesp, Naarden &c = Particuliere Kaart van Amstellandt of het Omleggende van Amsteldam, Muyden, Weesp, Naarden &c., te Amsterdam by I. Covens and C. Mortier. It was published by I. Covens and C. Mortier, ca. 1735. Scale [ca. 1:53,857]. Covers Amsterdam region. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Dutch National Grid: RD (Rijksdriehoekstelsel) GCS Amersfoort (Bessel 1841) 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, canals, dikes, wharves, villages, districts and district boundaries, selected buildings, and more. Relief is shown pictorially. Depths shown by bathymetric lines and shading. Map text in French and Dutch. 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: Carte des coôtes de Malabar et de Coromandel

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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale [1:4,000,000] (E 68°--E 89°/N 23°--N 8°) Cartographic Details: Graphic scales: [3 3/4 in. or 9.5 cm. equal] 75 Lie ües communes de France de 25 au degreá [or] 60 Lie ües marines de France de 20 au degreá [or] 45 Milles ou lie ües d'Allemagne de 15 au degreá [or] 120 Cosses ou lie ües communes des Indes de 40 au degreá [or] 30 Gos ou lie ües de Malabar et Coromandel de 10 au degreá. Relief shown pictorially. Printed on sheet above map: Orarum Malabariae, Coromandelae, &c. Tabula accuratissima. Earliest Covens & Mortier reissue of G. de l'Isle's atlas which included this map, was 1730, followed by enlarged editions: 1730, 1733, 1741, etc. Cf. Koeman. Prime meridian: Ferro. Coordinates on map: E 86°--E 107°/N 23°--N 8°. Borders of countries, etc. hand-colored. 42 x 55 centimeters Scale [1:4,000,000]; Graphic scales: [3 3/4 inch or 9.5 centimeters equal] 75 Lieües communes de France de 25 au degré [or] 60 Lieües marines de France de 20 au degré [or] 45 Milles ou lieües d'Allemagne de 15 au degré [or] 120 Cosses ou lieües communes des Indes de 40 au degré [or] 30 Gos ou lieües de Malabar et Coromandel de 10 au degré. Ames Library of South Asia Maps

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  5. Title: Carte du Mexique et de la Floride, des terres angloises et des Isles Antilles, du cours et des environs de la riviere de Mississippi; dressée sur un grand nombre de memoires principalement sur ceux de Mrs. d'Iberville et le sueur [...]; par Guillaume del'Isle; I. Stemmers, senior, sculp.; Tabula geographica Mexicae et Floridae &cc.

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: Ferro. Title in upper margin: Tabula geographica Mexicae et Florida &cc. 1 map: col.; 46 x 60 cm.

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  6. Title: Carte du Canada ou de la Nouvelle France et des decouvertes qui y ont été faites

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    Summary: 1 map : hand col. ; 47 x 56 cm., on sheet 52 x 62 cm. Relief shown by pictorially. Shows forested areas. Incorporates Lahontan's imaginary features including the Pays des Gnacsitares and the Riviere Morte. Includes descriptive text. Imprint date from map dealer.

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  7. Title: Brasilia

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. Shows drainage, settlements, etc. From: Histoire universelle des Indes, orientales et occidentales : diuisée en deux livres / le premier par Corneille Wytfliet, le second par Ant. M. & autres historiens. A Douay : Aux despens de François Fabri, 1605.

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  8. Title: Utriusque hemispherii delineatio

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. From: "Descriptionis Ptolemaicae Augmentum". 1 map; 2 hemispheres each 14 cm. diam., on sheet 30 x 38 cm.

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  9. Title: Florida et Apalche.

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. Shows southeastern states plus part of Cuba and Bahamas. Watermark. Included in Wytfliet's "Descriptionis Ptolemaicae Augmentum" which was published in 1597. 1 map; 22 x 27 cm

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  10. Title: Granata nova et California.

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. North oriented to the left of the map. Shows drainage and settlements pictorially. 1 map; 22 x 27 cm

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  11. Title: Estotilandia et Laboratoris terra

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. Shows drainage, settlements, etc. From: Descriptionis Ptolemaicae augmentum ... / studio et opera Cornely Wytfliet Louaniensis. Louanii : Tijpis Iohannis Bogardis, 1597.

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  12. Title: L'Amerique septentrionale: dressée sur les observations de mrs. de L'Academie royale des sciences & quelques autres & sur les memoires les plus recens.

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    Summary: Par G. de L'Isle. Title above margin: America Septentrionalis in suas praecipuas partes divisa, ad usum serenissimi Burgundiae ducis Relief shown pictorially. Includes decorative cartouche. Shows political boundaries. Shows routes of various explorers. "No. 98" in manuscript in upper right-hand corner. 1 map: hand col.; 43 x 58 cm. on sheet 55 x 64 cm.

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  13. Title: Poland and Baltic States, 1700-1710 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Estats de la Couronne de Pologne : subdivisés suivant l'estendue des palatinats, dressées sur ce qu'en ont donné Starovolsk, Beauplan, Hartnoch, et autres auteurs ; rectifice par les observations d'Hevelius etc. It was published by: Chez P. Mortier between 1700 and 1710. Scale approximately 1:2,600,000. Map in French. Map in multiple languages. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Europe Lambert Conformal Conic (EPSG: 102014) 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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  14. Title: Nova tabula Magni Ducatus Finlandiae, ca. 1710 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Nova tabula Magni Ducatus Finlandiae : in provincias divisa, multis locis aucta et correcta. It was published by: ex officina Petri Mortier ca. 1710. Scale approximately 1:2,000,000. Map in Latin. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the EUREF FIN TM35FIN (EPSG: 3067) 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: Baltic States, ca. 1710 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Estats de Pologne subdivisés suivant l'estendue des palatinats. It was published by: Chez Pierre Mortier et Compagnie ca. 1710. Scale approximately 1:2,150,000. 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 (EPSG: 102014) 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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  16. Title: Le Valentinois, le Diois et les Baronies, dans le Dauphiné, le Comtat Venaiscin et la Principauté d'Orange, 1705- (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Le Valentinois, le Diois et les Baronies, dans le Dauphiné, le Comtat Venaiscin et la Principauté d'Orange. It was published by: Pierre Mortier between 1705 and . Scale approximately 1:253,000. Map in French. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the WGS 1984 UTM Zone 31N (EPSG: 32631) 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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  17. Title: Partie meridionale de L'Evesché de Chartres, divisé en archidiaconez et doyennéz, 1700-1710 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Partie meridionale de L'Evesché de Chartres, divisé en archidiaconez et doyennéz : dédié a Monseigneur Paul Godet des Marais, Evesque de Chartres et Abbé de Digny. It was published by: Chez Pierre Mortier et Compagnie, Avec Privilege between 1700 and 1710. Scale approximately 1:203,000. Map in French. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the WGS 1984 UTM Zone 31N (EPSG: 32631) 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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  18. Title: Southern South America, Argentina, Chile, ca. 1708 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Carte du Paraguay, du Chili, du Detroit de Magellan &c. : dressée sur les descriptions des PP. Alfonse d'Ovalle, et Nicolas Techo, et sur les relations et memoires de Brouwer, Narbouroug, Mr. de Beauchesne & / par Guillaume De l'Isle, Geographe de l'Academie Royale des Sciences. It was published by chez Pierre Mortier, avec privileg ca. 1708. Scale ca. 1:9,000,000. Map in French. 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, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Includes also explorers' routes, notes on interior exploration, and notes on indigenous peoples. 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: Pernambuco, Brazil, ca. 1710 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Praefecturae Paranambucae pars meridionalis. It was published by the workshop of P. Mortier ca. 1710. 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. Includes also vignette showing slave labor, labeled paths of colonial battle leaders, ships. 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: Bay of All Saints, Bahia, Brazil, ca. 1710 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Sinus omnium sanctoru[m]. It was published by the workshop of P. Mortier ca. 1710. Scale not given. Map in Latin, Portuguese, and Dutch. 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, terrestrial navigation routes, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Depths shown by soundings. Includes also smoke stacks at sugar mills, and inset of Salvador: Civitas S. Salvatoris. 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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