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  1. Title: Bunken Edo ōezu; zukō Kanamaru Hikogorō Kagenao.

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    Summary: Wood block print on Japanese paper. Mounted title. Oriented with north to the right. Relief and selected landmarks shown pictorially. Cadastral map showing landowners. Based on original map by Ochikochi Dōin, re-drawn and engraved by Kanamaru Hikogorō. "Maigetsu aratame." Includes temples, cultivated fields, distance chart, tables of tides and stars, places of pilgrimage, etc. 1 map; 157 x 187 cm., on sheet 164 x 188 cm, folded to 28 x 21 cm.

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  2. Title: Bunken Edo ōezu: zen; [Ochikochi Dōin]; On Seiken jo.

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    Summary: Cover title. Woodblock print on Japanese paper. Oriented with north to the right. Relief and selected temples shown pictorially. Based on original map by Ochikochi Dōin. Daimyo land ownership shown with ceremonial halberds. 1 map: hand col.; 133 x 177 cm., folded in covers 28 x 19 cm.

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  3. Title: Bunken Edo ōezu: zen; [Ochikochi Dōin]; On Seiken jo.

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    Summary: Title from cover of 1712 ed. Woodblock print on Japanese paper, worm-eaten. Oriented with north to the right. Relief and selected temples shown pictorially. Based on original map by Ochikochi Dōin. Daimyo land ownership shown with ceremonial halberds. 1 map: hand col.; 136 x 177 cm., folded to 29 x 21 cm.

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  4. Title: Bunken Edo ōezu: kan.

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    Summary: Mounted cover title. Wood block print. Oriented with north to the right. Relief and selected landmarks shown pictorially. Cadastral map showing landowners. Based on map by Ochikochi Dōin. "Maigetsu aratame." Includes distance chart, lists of tides, stars, temples, points of interest, places of pilgrimage, and cultivated fields. 1 map: col.; 180 x 199 cm., fold in covers 32 x 21 cm.

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  5. Title: Amplissimae regionis Mississipi seu provinciae Ludoviciana

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    Summary: 1 map : hand col. ; 47 x 56 cm Shows United States west to New Mexico, parts of Canada and Mexico. Shows routes of various explorers to 1716. Cartouche in upper right surrounding title and view of Niagra Falls. Includes cartouche enclosing a bison with two Native Americans, an opossum and a pelican in lower right. Relief shown by hachures and pictorially.

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  6. Title: Carte d'un tres grand pais nouvellement découvert dans l'Amerique Septentrionale, entre le Nouveau Mexique et la Mer Glaciale, avec le cours du grand fleuve Meschasipi

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially.; Dediée a Guiliaume IIIe, Roy de la Grand Brettagne. 37 x 44 centimeters Scale approximately 1:2,217,600 General Map Collection

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  7. Title: Amerique septentrionalis: carte d'un tres grand pays entre le Nouveau Mexique et la Mer Glaciale

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    Summary: 1 map; Relief shown pictorially; "Dediée a Guiliaume IIIe, Roy de la Grand Brettagne."; "J.V. Vianen, del et fecit."; State 4 according to McLaughlin; Inset: (Mer de Iesso); In upper right margin: Pag: 1. Scale approximately 1:19,500,000 (W 152°12ʹ00ʺ--W 8°03ʹ00ʺ/N 72°26ʹ00ʺ--S 11°01ʹ00ʺ).

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  8. Title: Amerique septentrionalis : carte d'un tres grand pays entre le Nouveau Mexique et la Mer Glaciale

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially.; "Dediée a Guiliaume IIIe, Roy de la Grand Brettagne."; "J.V. Vianen, del et fecit."; State 3 according to McLaughlin.; Inset: [Mer de Iesso].; "119" handwritten in pen in lower right. 42 x 51 centimeters Scale [ca. 1:19,500,000] General Map Collection

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  9. Title: Americæ nova descriptio

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    Summary: Scale approximately 1:4,900,000 at equator; 1 map: hand-colored; 34 x 42 cm America--Maps--Early works to 1800

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  10. Title: Toulon oder Tolon, 1730-1740 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Toulon oder Tolon. It was published by: G. Bodenehr excudit between 1730 and 1740. Scale not given. Map in German. 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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  11. Title: Die Rheede oder Anfahrth von Toulon, ca. 1740 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Die Rheede oder Anfahrth von Toulon. It was published by: G. Bodenehr exc ca. 1740. Scale not given. Map in German. 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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  12. Title: Primer mapa conocido de Espaéa

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    Summary: Spain--Maps--Early works to 1800--Facsimiles

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  13. Title: Tabula Asiae X.

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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale not given. Relief shown pictorially. Appears in Ptolemy's Geographia universalis, 1540 edition, revised & edition by Sebastian M ünster. Latin text and page no. on verso: Asiae X. tabula ... 26. This map summarizes Ptolemaic cartography of India and part of Bangladesh. It was the tenth in a sequence of 12 maps of Asia as described by the 2nd century Egyptian cartographer, Claudius Ptolemy. 24 x 32 centimeters Scale not given. Ames Library of South Asia Maps

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  14. Title: Octava Asie tabula

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    Summary: Trapezoidal map of Central Asia and China. Relief shown pictorially. Includes names of places and natural features. In margin: latitudinal notes. From: Ptolemaeus auctus restitutus, emaculatus : cum tabulis veteribus ac nouis. [Strassburg] : Ioannes Scotus, Argentorati literis exce[r]pit, 1520. Martin Waldseemüller "edited an edition of Ptolemy's Geographia, Strasbourg, Johannes Schott 1513 ... not credited to Waldseemüller although he compiled a special supplement of 20 modern maps of 'tabulae novae' to accompany it."--Tooley's dictionary of mapmakers.

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  15. Title: Mapa universal de Ptolomeo (S. II) Impreso en Roma en 1490

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    Summary: Scale not given; 1 map: color; sheet 36 x 50 cm World maps--Early works to 1800--Facsimiles

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  16. Title: The world

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    Summary: "Insculptum est per Iohan[n]e Schnitzer de Armszheim". Map from the 4th edition of Ptolemy's Cosmographia, printed by Leinhart Holle at Ulm in 1482. Woodcuts by Johannes Schnitzer. Title supplied by cataloger.

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  17. Title: Japan, 1876 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: ????????? : ? [Fuken kaisei Dai Nihon zenzu : zen], Sekiguchi Bisho shu. It was published by Kobayashi Shinb?, Nakamura Nakamura Kumajir? in Meiji 9 [1876]. Scale: 1:100,000. Map in Japanese.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Asia North Lambert Conformal Conic 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, roads, administrative boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Includes 3 island insets: Hokkaid?, Ry?ky? shot?, and Ogasawara gunt?; and 6 additional insets: Owari Nagoya, Rikuzen Sendai, Aki Hiroshima, and Higo Kumamoto.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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  18. Title: Hindoostan; or India:

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    Summary: Scale of statute miles 69 7/2 to a degree. 36 x 35 centimeters, on sheet 44 x 54 centimeters Scale 1:4,403,520; Scale of statute miles 69 7/2 to a degree Ames Library of South Asia Maps

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  19. Title: Africa : drawn from the best authorities for the illustration of Lavoisne's genealogical, historical chronological & geographical atlas, 1813

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially.; Includes textual material about Africa's climate, produce, history, islands, and a geographical description.; Prime meridian: London.; In upper right corner: "No. 63."; "Printed by J. Barfield ... printer to His Royal Highness ..." 29 x 31 centimeters, on sheet 44 x 55 centimeters Scale approximately 1:19,000,000 General Map Collection

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  20. Title: Kaei kaisei shinsen Kyō ezu gazu genkō Morikawa Yasuyuki.

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    Summary: Mounted cover title. Wood block print. Oriented with north to the left. In Japanese. Relief shown pictorially. Includes legend. Proofread by Haga Shunsui. 1 map: col.; 48 x 67 cm.,folded in cover 18 x 12 cm.

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