129 results returned
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Title: Cairus, quae olim Babylon : Aegypti maxima urbs
Contributors:- Image data
- 1967
Summary: Reproduction of Cairo map from Braun and Hogenberg's Civitates orbis terrarum, Cologne, 1574; from a view by Matteo Pagano, approximately 1549. Bird's-eye view of Cairo sowing minarets, pyramids, the Sphinx, and gardens to the right side of the Nile. The left side illustrates scenes from daily life. In 1517 Cairo became part of the Ottoman Empire. The accompanying Latin text to right side of view says of the Sphinx: [This head consists of a single piece of stone; the face alone is ten lesser hexapedes. According to Strabo, it is a monument to a beautiful, tragic hetaera named Rhodopis. The king took her as his wife and after her death he had this head and pyramid built for her." The Latin text at the top runs: "These pyramids were nothing but an idle display of royal wealth. In this way the kings, or rather the crowned beasts, namely hoped to make their names immortal on earth and to keep their memory alive for a long time. Nothing in the world is of less fame, however, since neither the architect nor the insane king who built a pyramid is recorded.]
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Title: Cairus, quae olim Babylon : Aegypti maxima urbs
Contributors:- Image data
- 1575
Summary: Relief shown pictorially. From a view done by Matheo Pagano in 1549. "Cum priuilegio." German text on verso with caption title: Alcair; p. 56. From: Beschreibung und Contrafactur der Vornembster Stät der Welt / Georgius Braun und Franciscus Hohenberg. Zu Cölln : [T. Graminaeus ... et al.], 1572-1618.. Indexed for points of interest.
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Title: Quam hic vides orbis imagine[m] lector ca[n]dide ea[m] vt posteriore[m] ita & eme[n]datiorem ijs que hactenus circu[m]ferebantur esse America sarmatiaq[ue] ac India testantur ...
Contributors:- Image data
- 1564
Summary: Relief shown pictorially. A very close copy of the world map of Mercator, published in Louvain in 1538.
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Title: Map of the Hindu Kush and the regions adjoining, to illustrate the journey of Benedict Goës compiled by H. Y.
Contributors:- Not specified
- 1866
Summary: Shows "route of Goës." Relief shown by hachures. Lithographer Edward Weller. "Names used by Goës." Gives "obsolete names." Map "To face title of part II" of ["Cathay and the way thither ... by Henry Yule, c.b."]. 1 map: col.; 32 x 50 cm
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Title: The road from London to York
Contributors:- Not specified
- 1766
Summary: Extent: 1 map Abstract: Map of a road from London to York via Stamford, Grantham, Newark-on-Trent, and Doncaster, depicted in ten narrow strips. Shows cities and towns, mile markers, rivers, and road junctions. Notes: Relief shown pictorially. North orientation varies. North arrows not shown. Map detached from: The gentleman's magazine, and historical chronicle. Volume XXXVI : for the year M.CDD.LXVI. London : Printed for D. Henry and R. Cave, 1766. Map was originally published in the June 1766 issue. Includes note.
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Title: An accurate map of his R. H. the Duke of York's journey thro Italy in 1763 & 1764
Contributors:- Not specified
- 1764
Summary: Extent: 1 map
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Title: The British governments in Nth. America
Contributors:- Not specified
- 1763
Summary: Extent: 1 map Notes: Shows colonial boundaries and locations of Indian tribes. Relief indicated pictorially. Map detached from: Gentleman's magazine. Vol. 33 (1763), p. 612. Prime meridian: Ferro. Inset: Bermuda or Summer Islands. Scale approximately 1:221,760.
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Title: Ceylon, 1813 (Raster Image)
Contributors:- Raster data
- 2019
Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Ceylon. It was published by: W. Faden, Geographer, No. 5 Charing Cross in 1813. Scale ca. 1:506,880. [8 miles to an inch]. Map in English. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the WGS 1984 UTM Zone 44N (EPSG: 32644) 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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Title: Bunken Edo oezu : kan / Fusai Mori. Ansei 5 [1858] (Raster Image)
Contributors:- Raster data
- 2015
Summary: This layer is a georeferenced image of a map of Tokyo created in 1858. The original map is a hand-colored wood block print, in Japanese, oriented with north to the right. The map shows land tenures of daimyo and hatamoto, with some crests, and shows main temples and shrines pictorially. Includes distance chart, lists of tides, flower calendar and legend. Based on maps by Ochikochi Doin and Kanamaru Hikogoro. This historical cartographic image is part of the Japanese Map Collection of the UC Berkeley East Asian Library. 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.
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Title: Afrique (Raster Image)
Contributors:- Raster data
- 2013
Summary: This layer is a georeferenced image of an historic continental map of Africa from 1840. Originally created by Victor Levasseur, this map depicts landscapes, fruit, foliage and animals, with descriptive text and statistical information on towns and islands. The map contains 3 insets of Alexandria, Cairo, and Algiers. 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 was georeferenced by the Stanford University Geospatial Center using a Sinusoidal projection. This map is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps of Africa held at Stanford University Libraries. This historic paper map provides an historical perspective of the cultural and physical landscape during this time period. The wide range of information provided on these maps make them useful in the study of historic geography. As this map has been georeferenced, it also can be used as a background layer in conjunction with other GIS data. The horizontal positional accuracy of a raster image is approximately the same as the accuracy of the published source map. The lack of a greater accuracy is largely the result of the inaccuracies with the original measurements and possible distortions in the original paper map document. There may also be errors introduced during the digitizing and georeferencing process. In most cases, however, errors in the raster image are small compared with sources of error in the original map graphic. The RMS error for this map is 4463.56 meters. This value describes how consistent the transformation is between the different control points (links). The RMS error is only an assessment of the accuracy of the transformation. Levasseur, Victor, Bonheur, Raimond, and Stanford Geospatial Center. (2013). Afrique (Raster Image). Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/xw368cf0253. For more information about Stanford's Maps of Africa Collection, see here: https://exhibits.stanford.edu/maps-of-africa. This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.
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Title: Map of South Africa illustrating Dr. Livingstone's Discoveries (Raster Image)
Contributors:- Raster data
- 2013
Summary: This layer is a georeferenced image of an historic regional map of Southern Africa originally created by W. Pepper in 1858. The map illustratates the exploration routes of Dr. David Livingstone's journeys throughout Southern Africa. 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 was scanned and georeferenced by the Stanford University Geospatial Center. This map is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps of Africa held at Stanford University Libraries. This historic paper map provides an historical perspective of the cultural and physical landscape during this time period. The wide range of information provided on these maps make them useful in the study of historic geography. As this map has been georeferenced, it also can be used as a background layer in conjunction with other GIS data. The horizontal positional accuracy of a raster image is approximately the same as the accuracy of the published source map. The lack of a greater accuracy is largely the result of the inaccuracies with the original measurements and possible distortions in the original paper map document. There may also be errors introduced during the digitizing and georeferencing process. In most cases, however, errors in the raster image are small compared with sources of error in the original map graphic. The RMS error for this map is 1059.81 meters. This value describes how consistent the transformation is between the different control points (links). The RMS error is only an assessment of the accuracy of the transformation. Pepper, W. and Stanford Geospatial Center. (2013). Map of South Africa illustrating Dr Livingstone's Discoveries (Raster Image). Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/hc927cx9544. For more information about Stanford's Maps of Africa Collection, see here: https://exhibits.stanford.edu/maps-of-africa. This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.
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Title: Primer mapa conocido de Espaéa
Contributors:- Early maps
- 1960
Summary: Spain--Maps--Early works to 1800--Facsimiles
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Title: Africa, 1792
Contributors:- Image data
- 1792
Summary: Relief shown pictorially. "Engrav'd for Jackson's edition of Payne's new System of universal geography." Prime meridian: London. Has watermarks.
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Title: To the Honorable Thomas Penn and Richard Penn, Esquires, true and absolute proprietaries and Governors of the Province of Pennsylvania and the territories thereunto belonging and to the Honorable John Penn, Esquire, Lieutenant-Governor of the same, this map. Of the Province of Pennsylvania
Contributors:- Early maps
- 1770
Summary: Scale approximately 1:633,600; 1 map; 56 x 81 cm Administrative and political divisions--
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Title: Plan de la ville, cité, université et fauxbourgs de Paris: comme il est aujourdhuy, avec ses nouvelles rues, places, enceintes et cazernes; dressé sur les lieux, et sur les mémoires de Mr. Iouvin de Rochefort; N. de Fer.
Contributors:- Not specified
- 1694
Summary: Includes table alphabetique, description, dedication to the Dauphin, decorative cartouches with ill. of buildings and allegorical figures, and inset of Plan des Cazernes. 1 map; 54 x 69 cm.
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Title: Tabula Asiae X.
Contributors:- Not specified
- 1540
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
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Title: Octava Asie tabula
Contributors:- Image data
- 1520
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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Title: Mapa universal de Ptolomeo (S. II) Impreso en Roma en 1490
Contributors:- World maps
- 1490
Summary: Scale not given; 1 map: color; sheet 36 x 50 cm World maps--Early works to 1800--Facsimiles
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Title: The world
Contributors:- Image data
- 1482
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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Title: Nouveau plan itinéraire de la ville de Paris : divisé en 12 arrondissements avec tous les édifices publics
Contributors:- Not specified
- 1835
Summary: Indexed. Includes text and tables. 58 x 86 centimeters