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  1. Title: South East Madagascar and the Ibara country from the surveys of Messrs. Sibree, Shaw & Richardson

    • Image data
    • 1877
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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Major tribal areas are shown. From: The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 47, (1877), p. 47-72; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J687 v.47 1877

  2. Title: West Central Madagascar from Messrs. Grandidier, Sewell &c.

    • Image data
    • 1877
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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. From: The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 47, (1877), 47-72 pages; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J687 v.47 1877 From: The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 47, (1877), p. 47-72; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J687 v.47 1877

  3. Title: Part of Madagascar

    • Image data
    • 1877
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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Soil properties shown pictorially and with text. From: the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 47, (1877) pages 47-72; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J687 vol.47 1877 From: the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 47, (1877) pp. 47-72; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J687 vol.47 1877

  4. Title: The central provinces of Madagascar

    • Image data
    • 1875
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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Forest, marsh, and volcanic field areas shown graphically. Author's routes shown in red. Includes inset map of Madgascar [scale ca. 1:12,940,000 at 15° S], showing area of primary map. From: Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 45 (1875), pp. 128-52; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J687

  5. Title: Mexico

    • Image data
    • 1859
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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. "No. LXXVI"--Upper right margin. Probably issued in: The imperial atlas of modern geography ... / under the supervision of W.G. Blackie. London : Blackie and Son, 1859.

  6. Title: Carte physique et politique de la France

    • Image data
    • 1867
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    Summary: Shows part of England and Europe. Shows Corsica. Shows "Sommets et passages principaux des Pyrénées contenentales." Shows "Sommets et passages principaux des Alpes occidentales" at bottom. Relief shown by hachures. "Gravé par Jenotte." Inset: Département de la Seine. Indicates departments and names of provinces from which they were formed. Probably issued in: Atlas d'histoire et de géographie / par MM. Drioux et Ch. Leroy. Paris : E. Belin, 1867.

  7. Title: Map of part of the Argentine Republic to illustrate the paper by Mr. Consul Hutchinson

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    • 1864
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    Summary: Mr. Hutchinson's routes shown in red. Relief shown by hachures. Forest, marsh, and salt steppe areas shown graphically. Deserted settlements of Pozo de Quinti, Pozo de Sixto, Pozo de Campi, la Cañada, Pozo Antonio, and Pozo Olumpa are shown. From: Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 34 (1864), pp. 226-45; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J687 v.34 1864.

  8. Title: Map of Minnesota

    • Not specified
    • 1917
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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale approximately 1:930,000. Panel title. "Minnesota State Board of Immigration: J.A.A. Burnquist, Governor; Julius A. Schmahl, Secretary of State; J.A.O. Preus, State Auditor; A.D. Stephens, Crookston; J.A. Nichols, Minneapolis; Fred D. Sherman, Commissioner." Insets: Mesabi Range. Scale [1:633,600]-- Cook County, northeastern Minnesota -- St. Paul-Minneapolis and vicinity. Scale [approximately 1:490,000]. Illustrations on verso: Minnesota prize winners -- A Minnesota creamery -- A Minnesota farm -- A Minnesota corn field. Includes indexes of counties, Indian reservations, lakes, rivers, cities, villages, and stations on verso. 72 x 50 centimeters

  9. Title: Washington, D.C., 1792 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2007
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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan of the city of Washington, Thackara & Vallance, sc. Andrew Ellicott plan of Washington, D.C. It was published in the Universal asylum, and Columbian magazine, v. 4, March 1792. Scale not given. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Maryland State Plane Coordinate System Meters NAD83 (Fipszone 1900). 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 proposed streets and government building locations, drainage, parks, and more. Relief is 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.

  10. Title: Washington, D.C., 1792 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2007
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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan of the city of Washington in the territory of Columbia : ceded by the states of Virginia and Maryland to the United States of America, and by them established as the seat of their government, after the year MDCCC, engrav'd by Sam'l Hill, Boston ; in order to execute this plan, Mr. Ellicott drew a true meridional line. Andrew Ellicott plan of Washington, D.C. It was published in 1792. Scale [ca. 1:19,800]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Maryland State Plane Coordinate System Meters NAD83 (Fipszone 1900). 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, block numbers and proposed government buildings, drainage, and more. Relief is shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Includes text and notes. 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.

  11. Title: Washington, D.C., 1792 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2007
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan of the city of Washington in the territory of Columbia : ceded by the states of Virginia and Maryland to the United States of America, and by them established as the seat of their government, after the year MDCCC, engrav'd by Thackara & Vallance Philad'a 1792 ; in order to execute this plan, Mr. Ellicott drew a true meridional line ... and left nothing to the uncertainty of the compass. Andrew Ellicott plan of Washington, D.C. It was published in 1792. Scale [ca. 1:19,800]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Maryland State Plane Coordinate System Meters NAD83 (Fipszone 1900). 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, block numbers and proposed government buildings, drainage, and more. Relief is shown by hachures. Depths are shown by soundings. Includes text, notes, and coat-of-arms. 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.

  12. Title: Washington, D.C., 1815 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2007
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Territory of Columbia, drawn by And'w Ellicott ; engraved by P.A.F. Tardieu, Paris, 1815. It was published in 1815. Scale [ca. 1:63,360]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Maryland State Plane Coordinate System Meters NAD83 (Fipszone 1900). 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, district boundaries, government buildings, parks and more. Relief is 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.

  13. Title: A map of America between latitudes 40 and 70 north and longitudes 45 and 180 west exhibiting Mackenzie's track from Montreal to Fort Chipewyan & from thence to the north sea in 1789 & to the west Pacific Ocean in 1793.

    • Not specified
    • 1801
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    Summary: ... Published 15 Oct. 1801 ... Relief shown by hachures. From his, "Voyages from Montreal on the river St. Laurence". 1 map: hand col.; 43 x 78 cm.

  14. Title: Plan of the town of Waterford

    • Not specified
    • 1795
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    Summary: Photostats of original manuscript map done approximately 1795 located in the Pennsylvania State Archives.; Includes legend.; Alternate title: A correct Plan of the Town of Waterford and out-lots.; Relief shown by shading. 52 x 72 centimeters

  15. Title: Plan of the city of Washington in the territory of Columbia : ceded by the states of Virginia and Maryland to the United States of America, and by them established as the seat of their government, after the year MDCCC

    • Not specified
    • 1792
    Contributors:

    Summary: Shows block numbers and proposed government buildings. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Also covers Georgetown. Watermark: [crown over fleur-de-lis]. Includes text, notes, and coat-of-arms. 70 x 80 centimeters

  16. Title: Geographische Karte vom Vorgebirge der Guten Hoffnung : nebst den da umher liegenden Colonien der Hollander und den von den Hottentotten bewohnten Gegenden

    • Image data
    • 1784
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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially and by soundings. Insets of False Bay and profiles of coastline. In lower right margin: neue Reisebeschreibungen, 1st. Band. From: Andreas Sparmanns ... Reise nach dem Vorgebirge der guten Hoffnung ... Berlin : Haude und Spener, 1784.

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

    • Raster data
    • 2019
    Contributors:

    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.

  18. Title: Iran, 1920 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2013
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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.

  19. Title: Nile River & Red Sea Region, ca. 1870 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2012
    Contributors:

    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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