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  1. Title: Atlas zur kirchengeschichte.

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    Summary: Historical Atlases

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  2. Title: Patriae antiquae inter July et Caroli Magni Caesarum Roma Norum tempora descriptio; Hewich inventor.

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. "S. Saevry - sculptor." North oriented toward the right side of the map. Hornius compiled maps for this sixth volume of Jansson's "Novus Atlas". Horn, also known as Hornius, published this volume separately in 1653 as, "Accuratissima orbis antiqua delineatio". Shows Belgium, The Netherlands and western Germany from the period of Julius Caesar to the reign of Charlemagne. 1 map; 39 x 48 cm

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  3. Title: U.S. Neighborhoods greenness measures and social variables

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    Summary: This polygon shapefile includes neighborhood boundaries supplied by Zillow.com, the Los Angeles Times and the City of Denver, and variables related to (A) parks, open space, greenness, and "pavedness" (impervious surface) together with (B) a number of demographic variables from the 2010 U.S. census. The project, titled City Nature (http://citynature.stanford.edu) was undertaken by researchers at Stanford University, led by Jon Christensen. This data was developed by Karl Grossner, assisted by Noemi Alvarez.This dataset is the product of a 2013 study seeking to explain the significant variation in areas of parks, open space and "park-level greenness" in 38 large U.S. cities, at the scale of neighborhoods.

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  4. Title: Relief map of the ... part of the Papago country, Arizona showing desert watering places

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    Summary: From: Water-supply paper 499, pl. 2-4. 95 x 70 centimeters or smaller Scale 1:250,000 General Map Collection

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  5. Title: Relief map of the ... part of the lower Gila country, Arizona showing desert watering places

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    Summary: From: Water-supply paper 490, pl. 20-22. 95 x 70 centimeters or smaller Scale 1:250,000 General Map Collection

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  6. Title: Map Showing the Waterworks Systems of Long Island, New York, 1904

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    Summary: This is a scanned version of the 1904 paper map entitled: Map Showing the Waterworks Systems of Long Island, New York published by J.Bien. The map was scanned at 300 dots per inch and is in the TIFF format.

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  7. Title: Klein-Asien, Syrien &c.

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    Summary: Map of the eastern Ottoman Empire; relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Insets: Irak-Arabi (scale 1:3,700,000). -- Ebene v. Troja -- Mosul und Ninive -- Smyrna (Izmir) und Umgebung (scales 1:500,000). In upper margin: Stielers Hand-atlas, no. 59. Probably issued in: Stielers Hand-atlas ... 9., von Grund aus neubearb. und neugestochene Aufl. Gotha : Justus Perthes, 1906.

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  8. Title: Chart of the world on Mercator's projection

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    Summary: Shows various types of federal roads. Pavement types shown by letters.; "Data corrected to Dec. 31, 1927." 90 x 143 centimeters Scale, Mercator's. General Map Collection

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  9. Title: Chart of the world on Mercator's Projection

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Includes 8 inset maps and abbreviation table. " ... containing the lines of oceanic mail steam communication and overland routes, the great aerial and submarine telegraphs, and the principal tracks of sailing vessels; showing the direction and mean velocity of oceanic currents and important deep-sea soundings; with 4 additional charts shewing the general currents of air, the cotidal lines and the lines of equal magnitude variation." Wall map.

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  10. Title: Map of Yun-nan

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    Summary: Relief shown by spot heights and shading.; Includes inset: sketch map of China (Scale 1:20,000,000).; Includes explanations and conventional signs. 85 x 73 centimeters Scale 1:1,267,200 General Map Collection

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  11. Title: Map of Yün-nan

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    Summary: Relief shown by spot heights and shading. Includes inset: sketch map of China (Scale 1:20,000,000). "War Office, April, 1906. Corrected to Dec., 1908." Includes explanations and conventional signs.

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  12. Title: The Daily Telegraph war map of Eastern Europe, 1914 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: The Daily Telegraph war map of Eastern Europe. It was published by: 'Geographia', Ltd in 1914. Scale approximately 1:1,320,000. Map in English. 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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  13. Title: Iran, 1920 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Persia. It was published by Geographia Ltd ca. [192-] Scale 1:3,800,000. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM Zone 40N, 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 major roads, railroads, steamer routes, drainage, wetlands, cities and other human settlements, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Includes map legend. 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: Nile River & Red Sea Region, ca. 1870 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Egypt, Arabia Petraea, and lower Nubia, by Keith Johnston. It was published by William Blackwood & Sons ; W. & K. Johnston, ca. 1870. Scale [ca. 1:2,854,868]. Covers the Nile River and Red Sea regions.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Egypt Red Belt 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, roads, railroads, canals, wells, and more. Covers the Nile River and Red Sea regions.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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  15. Title: Lynn to Halibut Point, Rockport, Massachusetts, Atlantic Coast, 1873 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Eldridge's new chart from Lynn to Halibut Point : with the harbors of Salem, Beverly, Marblehead, Manchester, Gloucester & Rockport, compiled from the latest surveys, [by George Eldridge] ; G.W. Boynton, sc. It was published by S. Thaxter & Son, 1873. Scale [ca. 1:58,370]. This map is a nautical chart covering the Atlantic Coast of Massachusetts from Lynn to Halibut Point, Rockport, Massachusetts. 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 coastal features such as lighthouses, buoys, beacons, rocks, channels, points, coves, islands, and more. Depths are shown by soundings and shading. Includes sailing directions and table of tides. 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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  16. Title: Asia Minor, Syria & Mesopotamia

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Map shows by color coding : Arab, Greek, Turkey with Armenian and Kurdish territories, British Protectorate and Mandate, French Mandate, Arab territory, Greek territory, railways open and under construction, scenes of battles, tracks, canals, steamer routes with distances in nautical miles. Includes inset map: Turkey 1914, scale approximately 1:25,344,000. Copyright "Geographia" Ltd.

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  17. Title: Persia

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights.; "159" and "160" in upper margin. 46 x 60 centimeters Scale 1:3,800,000 General Map Collection

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  18. Title: Arabia

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights.; Inset: Aden protectorate.; Areas colored to indicate British, French, Arab, or Turkish, Armenian and Kurdish territories/protectorates. 58 x 44 centimeters Scale 1:6,000,000 General Map Collection

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  19. Title: The Daily Telegraph map

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    Summary: Relief shown by spot heights. 130 x 84 centimeters Scale approximately 1:2,000,000 General Map Collection

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  20. Title: The Daily telegraph war map no. 23 : [of Palestine]

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    Summary: General map; does not show campaigns. Also covers western Jordan.; Relief shown by spot heights.; Includes inset of ancient Palestine showing the location of the twelve tribes of Israel. 87 x 57 centimeters Scale approximately 1:475,000 General Map Collection

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