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  1. Title: Map showing lands belonging to the Northern Pacific Railroad Co. in ... North Dakota

    • Not specified
    • 1893
    Contributors:

    Summary: The shaded sections indicate Railroad Lands for sale. Map corrected to June 1st, 1893.; "Compiled and drawn by A.J. Pray." 86 x 67 centimeters

  2. Title: Washington and northern Idaho showing lines of the Northern Pacific Ry

    • Not specified
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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights.; Includes indexes to Northern Pacific stations in Washington and Idaho.; Text describing agricultural opportunities of region and illustrations on verso.; "No. 41 Form 6317 25M 3-30 MCG-W." 46 x 81 centimeters

  3. Title: Reduced section of a general map of North America: Drawn from the best surveys. 1795. To accompany Winterbotham's History. Published by John Reid, New York.; From the series titled: Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad From the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean

    • Not specified
    • 1861
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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. At lower right: "Lith of J. Bien, 60 Fulton St., N.Y." At upper right: "Lt. Warren's Memoir, Plate 1" From Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad From the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Made Under the Direction of the Secretary of War, In 1853-56, According to Acts of Congress of March 3, 1853, May 31, 1854, and August 5, 1854. Volume XI. Washington: George W. Bowman, Printer. 1861. 36th Congress, 2d Session, Senate, Ex. Doc. 1 map; 18 x 21 cm

  4. Title: Portland & Rochester Railroad, New England, 1860 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2007
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Map showing the Portland & Rochester railroad and its connections, prepared by G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. It was published in 1860. Scale [ca. 1:900,000]. Covers Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and portions of New York, Maine, and the provinces of Quebec and New Brunswick, Canada.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 railraods, principal and proposed railroad connections, drainage, state, county, and town boundaries, and more. Relief shown by hachures. Includes table of distances and inset: [Northeastern United States]. Scale [ca. 1:7,600,000].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.

  5. Title: Map of the Ann Arbor railroad and steamship lines

    • Not specified
    • 1898
    Contributors:

    Summary: 1 map : hand col. ; 39 x 56 cm Shows railroads between Buffalo and Minneapolis, and from Duluth to Cincinnati.

  6. Title: Map Of An Exploring Expedition To The Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842, Oregon & North California In The Years 1843-44. By Brevet Capt. J. C. Fremont Of The Corps Of Topographical Engineers Under the orders of Col. J.J. Abert, Chief Of The Topographical Bureau. Lith. by E. Weber & Co. Baltimore, Md (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2015
    Contributors:

    Summary: The large map of the west is one of the most interesting and beautiful government maps of the 1840's. It filled in many of the gaps in cartographic knowledge of the west. Charles Preuss was the cartographer. Map is without color. Book is bound with full leather with "Executive Documents 2d Sess. 28th Cong." on the spine in gold. Appears in "Report of The Exploring Expedition to The Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842, and to Oregon and North California in the Years 1843-'44." The historic map layers in the Google Earth Rumsey Map Collection have been selected by David Rumsey from his large collection of historical maps, as well as some from other collections with which he collaborates. All the maps contain rich information about the past and represent a sampling of time periods, scales, and cartographic art, resulting in visual history stories that only old maps can tell. Each map has been georeferenced by Rumsey, thus creating unique digital map images that allow the old maps to appear in their correct places on the modern globe. Some of the maps fit perfectly in their modern spaces, while othersgenerally earlier period mapsreveal interesting geographical misconceptions of their time. Cultural features on the maps can be compared to the modern satellite views using the slider bars to adjust transparency. The result is an exploration of time as well as space, a marriage of historic cartographic masterpieces with innovative contemporary software tools.

  7. Title: Climatic Map Of California. Published By The Southern Pacific Company. 1888. Compiled by E. McD. Johnstone, S.P. Co. From Map Prepared Under The Direction Of Brig. Gen. H.C. Wright, Chief Of Eng'rs. U.S.A. Lith H.S. Crocker & Co. S.F. Cal. Entered ... 1887, by the Southern Pacific Company ... Washington ... (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2015
    Contributors:

    Summary: Second edition. Shows the different temperature zones of the state by use of color. Also used as a promotional broadside for the Southern Pacific Railroad. Above the map reads "If You Intend To Travel Take The "Sunset Route" Of The Southern Pacific Company." The historic map layers in the Google Earth Rumsey Map Collection have been selected by David Rumsey from his large collection of historical maps, as well as some from other collections with which he collaborates. All the maps contain rich information about the past and represent a sampling of time periods, scales, and cartographic art, resulting in visual history stories that only old maps can tell. Each map has been georeferenced by Rumsey, thus creating unique digital map images that allow the old maps to appear in their correct places on the modern globe. Some of the maps fit perfectly in their modern spaces, while othersgenerally earlier period mapsreveal interesting geographical misconceptions of their time. Cultural features on the maps can be compared to the modern satellite views using the slider bars to adjust transparency. The result is an exploration of time as well as space, a marriage of historic cartographic masterpieces with innovative contemporary software tools.

  8. Title: San Francisco, California 1915 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2008
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: San Francisco and vicinity. It was published by Southern Pacific Company in 1915. Scale [ca. 1:30,800]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the California Zone III State Plane Coordinate System NAD83 (in Feet) (Fipszone 0403). 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, street car routes, drainage, selected public buildings, parks, cemeteries, wharves, and more. Also shows the grounds of Panama-Pacific International Exposition. Relief is shown by hachures. Includes inset: San Francisco and adjacent territory. Also includes indexes to points of interest. 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.

  9. Title: San Francisco and vicinity

    • Not specified
    • 1914
    Contributors:

    Summary: Extent: 1 map Notes: Includes indexes and inset of "San Francisco and adjacent territory.". Text of "San Francisco, what to see, how to see it," map of "Southern Pacific and connections," and ill. on verso.

  10. Title: Greater Kano

    • Image data
    • 1959
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    Summary: Map is two sheets joined to form one map. Plan no. TPO.650. Copy two has field notes.

  11. Title: Kano

    • Image data
    • 1959
    Contributors:

    Summary: Relief shown by rock drawings. Map includes "Reliability diagram" and "Index to adjoining sheets." Map shows administrative boundaries; roads and railroads; footpaths; compounds and buildings (some identified), walls, fences, and hedges around them; wells, springs and water tanks; bridges and culverts; town walls; orchards; quarries and pits; benchmarks with their corresponding elevations; outcrops; steep slopes and cliffs; marshes and bodies of water; and other features. Printed and published by Federal Surveys, Nigeria, 1959. 550/1015/11-59.

  12. Title: Troy & Greenfield Railroad, New York and New England, ca. 1855 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2007
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Map of the Troy & Greenfield Rail Road and its connections, [by] A.F. Edwards, chief engineer. It was published ca. 1855 by B.W. Thayer & Co.'s Lith. Scale not given. Covers Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and portions of Maine and New York.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 railroads completed, chartered and under construction, drainage, selected cities, towns, and villages, state and county 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.

  13. Title: Principal points of interest on Vermilion Lake

    • Not specified
    • 1920
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    Summary: Vermilion route.; "H. Johnson, G.P.A."; Includes index. 19 x 38 centimeters

  14. Title: Map showing Vermilion, Burntside and Trout Lakes

    • Index maps
    • 1920
    Contributors:

    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale approximately 1:73,700 (W 92°28'32"--W 92°28'32"/N 47°7'40"--N 47°7'40"). Principal points of interest indexed. 43 x 83 centimeters

  15. Title: Bird's eye view of Lake Vermilion : the Vermilion route

    • Not specified
    • 1914
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    Summary: Bird's eye view.; Lower left corner "McCoy '14."; Shows boat and rail routes. 29 x 55 centimeters

  16. Title: Estes Park, Colorado and surrounding region.

    • Not specified
    • 1913
    Contributors:

    Summary: Relief shown by shading and spot heights. "Compiled partly from maps of Sprague and Stevens, Loveland, Colo.; Cooper and Babcock, Estes Park and Boulder; Colorado State Geological Survey." Shows wagon roads, trails, and hotels, resorts and ranches. Text on verso. "3-15-'13." "5099." 21 x 28 centimeters

  17. Title: Rocky Mountain National Park, Estes Park

    • Not specified
    • 1910
    Contributors:

    Summary: Good detail; locates hotels, resorts and ranches. 28 x 21 centimeters

  18. Title: Alaska and the routes of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company's British Columbia coast steamers

    • Not specified
    • 1917
    Contributors:

    Summary: Relief shown by spot heights.; Annotated.; Rail and steamship lines of the Canadian Pacific Railway shown in red; other railroads and trails shown in black.; "Checked to Dec. 1923, C.P. Ry. Lines."; "A 6044." 43 x 76 centimeters

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