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  1. Title: Greece, Archipelago and part of Anadoli, 1791 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Greece, Archipelago and part of Anadoli. It was published by: William Faden in 1791. Scale [ca. 1:1,380,000]. 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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  2. Title: Hind, Hindoostan, or, India : MDCCLXXXVIII

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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale approximately 1:5,650,000 (E 66°--E 96°/N 36°--S 1°).Relief shown pictorially. Illustrated cartouche by"D.L.R. inv. & del." with motto"Tu regere imperio populos brittanne memento.""Advertisement: For the new and interesting particulars with which this map is enriched, especially in the Northern parts, we are chiefly indebted for the geographic description of Father Joseph Tieffenthaler, Apostolic Missionary in India, and to the curious draft of the Ganges and Gagra by Monsr. Anquetil du Perron. The new chorographical map of the Southern counties of India by Col. Kelly, has enabled us to reform in several districts, the geography hitherto adopted for the Southermost part of the peninsula." 3d ed. with considerable improvements. 71 x 53 centimeters Scale approximately 1:5,650,000 Ames Library of South Asia Maps

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  3. Title: Map of Indianapolis and center township: showing new ward and precinct boundaries, established: Wednesday, June 27th 1906

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    Summary: Scale 1:15,840. 4 inches to mile.

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  4. Title: Official map of the City of Indianapolis

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    Summary: Blue line print.; Approved: Sep't 19th 1903, Board of Public Works.; Adopted by Common Council, Sept. 19th 1904.; Code: May 1st 1905 ; March 1st 1906. Scale 1:7,200. 600 feet per inch.

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  5. Title: Official road map of Marion County, Indiana: showing township and free gravel roads

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    Summary: H.C. Bauer Eng. Co.; Copy 1 has red annotations. Scale 1:63,360. 1 inch = 1 mile.

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  6. Title: A new and improved map of Ireland exhibiting the rail coach and turnpike roads, the lakes, rivers & canals, the principal ranges of mountains : also the borough &. market towns, with their distances from the capital

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Includes list of counties with population and number of Members of Parliament. Date of publication from Tooley's dictionary of mapmakers. Originally issued folded in covers 20 x 11 cm.

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  7. Title: San Francisco, California 1859 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: City of San Francisco and its vicinity, California, U.S. Coast Survey ; topography by A.F. Rodgers, sub-assistant ; hydrography by the party under the command of Lieut. R.M. Cuyler, N.S.N. assistant. It was published by The Survey in 1859. Scale 1:10,000. 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 coastal features such as lighthouses, buoys, beacons, rocks, channels, points, coves, islands, bottom soil types, wharves, and more. Includes also selected land features such as roads, railroads, drainage, land cover, selected buildings, towns, and more. Relief shown by coutours (20 foot intervals) and spot heights; depths by soundings. Includes table of references (public buildings, etc.). 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.

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  8. Title: Map of the City of Indianapolis and its suburbs

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    Summary: Cadastral map showing landowners. Shows ward and school district boundaries. Originally issued in 6 sheets, mounted on linen, shellacked, and dissected in 8 parts. Includes inset of Mapleton. Scale approximately 1:7,150. Surveyed and compiled from official records by H.C Carpenter; Thos. W. Palmer, draughtsman.

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  9. Title: Zoning District Map, Wilmington, Massachusetts, 1987 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Zoning district map, town of Wilmington, January 1983, Robert P. Palmer, Acting Town Engineer. It was published by the Town Engineer in 1987. Scale [ca. 1:14,400]. 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, index maps, legends, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows features such as roads, railroads, drainage, cities and other human settlements, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. 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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  10. Title: Map of a reconnoissance between Fort Leavenworth on the Missouri river and the Great Salt Lake in the Territory of Utah, made in 1849 and 1850 under the orders of Col. J.J. Abert ...; by Capt. Howard Stansbury aided by Lieut. J.W. Gunnison ... and Albert Carrington; drawn by Lieut. Gunnison and Charles Preuss.; Map of a reconnaissance between Fort Leavenworth on the Missouri river and the Great Salt Lake in the Territory of Utah, made in 1849 and 1850 under the orders of Col. J.J. Abert, by Capt. Howard Stansbury aided by Lieut. J.W. Gunnison ... and Albert Carrington; drawn by Lieut. Gunnison and Charles Preuss

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Outline color. 1 map: hand col., dissected into 18 sections and mounted on linen; 71 x 174 cm, folded to 25 x 29 cm

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  11. Title: A new map of North America from the latest discoveries, 1761

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    Summary: State 1 with cartouche design incorporating an urn, engraver's name below neat line at right, and notation above neat line: Engraved for the continuation of Dr. Smollett's History of England.

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  12. Title: Geographical and statistical map of Denmark and Sweden

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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale [1:1,710,000] Cartographic Details: Scale [1:6,850,000] Relief shown pictorially. Map bounded on three sides by columns of text. In upper right corner: "No. 59." Contents: Map of Denmark -- Map of Norway and Sweden. Insets: Bornholm -- Iceland -- Faro Isles. 2 maps on 1 sheet : color ; 18 x 27 centimeters or smaller, on sheet 45 x 55 centimeters Scale [1:1,710,000]; Scale [1:6,850,000] General Map Collection

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  13. Title: Chart of the N. W. Coast of America and the N. E. Coast of Asia, explored in the years 1778 and 1779

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    Summary: 1 map : hand col. ; 39 x 67 cm Relief shown pictorially. Soundings in fathoms. Also shows Pacific routes of Capt. James Cook in 1778 and 1779, with dates showing the distances covered. Engraved by W. Palmer. "July 24, 1784."

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  14. Title: Vienna, Austria, 1770 (Image 4 of 4) (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Grund Riss der Ka?. K?ningl. residenz stadt Wien unter glorw?rdigster Regierung be?der ma?ten. Josephs des IIten. R?m. Ka?sers un Mari? Theresi? R?m. Ka?serin und Apost. K?nigin auf allerh?chsten Befehl, unter der Direction dero hof Mathematici Joseph Nagel aufgenommen von den N.?. Reg.Ingenieur Franz Gruss und Joseph Ne?ssner ; J.E. Mansfeld Sculp. It was published in 1770. Scale [ca. 1:1,300]. Covers Vienna, Austria. This layer is image 4 of 4 total images, representing the northwest portion of the four sheet source map. Map in German. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the MGI 3-Degree Gauss Kruger 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 roads, drainage, built-up areas and selected buildings, fortification and more.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.

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  15. Title: Vienna, Austria, 1770 (Image 3 of 4) (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Grund Riss der Ka?. K?ningl. residenz stadt Wien unter glorw?rdigster Regierung be?der ma?ten. Josephs des IIten. R?m. Ka?sers un Mari? Theresi? R?m. Ka?serin und Apost. K?nigin auf allerh?chsten Befehl, unter der Direction dero hof Mathematici Joseph Nagel aufgenommen von den N.?. Reg.Ingenieur Franz Gruss und Joseph Ne?ssner ; J.E. Mansfeld Sculp. It was published in 1770. Scale [ca. 1:1,300]. Covers Vienna, Austria. This layer is image 3 of 4 total images, representing the northeast portion of the four sheet source map. Map in German. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the MGI 3-Degree Gauss Kruger 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 roads, drainage, built-up areas and selected buildings, fortification and more.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.

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  16. Title: Vienna, Austria, 1770 (Image 1 of 4) (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Grund Riss der Ka?. K?ningl. residenz stadt Wien unter glorw?rdigster Regierung be?der ma?ten. Josephs des IIten. R?m. Ka?sers un Mari? Theresi? R?m. Ka?serin und Apost. K?nigin auf allerh?chsten Befehl, unter der Direction dero hof Mathematici Joseph Nagel aufgenommen von den N.?. Reg.Ingenieur Franz Gruss und Joseph Ne?ssner ; J.E. Mansfeld Sculp. It was published in 1770. Scale [ca. 1:1,300]. Covers Vienna, Austria. This layer is image 1 of 4 total images, representing the southeast portion of the four sheet source map. Map in German. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the MGI 3-Degree Gauss Kruger 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 roads, drainage, built-up areas and selected buildings, fortification and more.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.

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  17. Title: Vienna, Austria, 1770 (Image 2 of 4) (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Grund Riss der Ka?. K?ningl. residenz stadt Wien unter glorw?rdigster Regierung be?der ma?ten. Josephs des IIten. R?m. Ka?sers un Mari? Theresi? R?m. Ka?serin und Apost. K?nigin auf allerh?chsten Befehl, unter der Direction dero hof Mathematici Joseph Nagel aufgenommen von den N.?. Reg.Ingenieur Franz Gruss und Joseph Ne?ssner ; J.E. Mansfeld Sculp. It was published in 1770. Scale [ca. 1:1,300]. Covers Vienna, Austria. This layer is image 2 of 4 total images, representing the southwest portion of the four sheet source map. Map in German. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the MGI 3-Degree Gauss Kruger 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 roads, drainage, built-up areas and selected buildings, fortification and more.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.

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  18. Title: Re-examination of the outlet of the south channel of the river St. Clair

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    Summary: 1 map ; 393 x 484 mm. In: Message from the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress at the Commencement of the Second Session of the Thirty-Third Congress. Part 3. Map 25 to illustrations accompanying the Report of the Colonel of Topographical Engineers. "Sen. Ex. Doc. No. 1, 1st. session, 33rd Congress."

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  19. Title: Outline map of part of British Columbia from the general map prepared by the Royal Engineers under Col. Moody, R.E. at the Office of Lands & Works, New Westminster - Feby. 1863

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    Summary: Outline map shows rivers, lines of mountain ranges and tablelands, roads and trails, and major gold deposits. Reconnaissance sketch [scale ca. 1:471,500] shows physical geography of Cariboo, settlements, and desirable terminus for a coast route. Relief shown by hachures, spot heights, and text. Outline map is damaged; information at approx. 122° W is missing. From: Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 34 (1864), pp. 171-95; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J687 v.34 1864

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  20. Title: Havana, Cuba, 1762 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: A plan of the Havana and its environs : with several posts and attacks made by the British forces under the command of the Earl of Albemarle and Sr. Geo. Pocock which was taken 13 Aug. 1762, Ths. Kitchin sculpt. engraver to H.R.H. the Duke of York. It was published by J. Boydell engraver in Cheapside & R. Willcock bookseller in Cornhill, Novr. 1st 1762. Scale [ca. 1:24,000]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the 'NAD 1927 Cuba Norte' 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 associated with the British Siege of Havana, 1762, such as roads, drainage, built-up areas and selected buildings, fortifications, lines of fire, troop placement, ship locations, ground cover, and more. Relief is shown by hachures; Depths are shown by soundings. Includes indexes for: References to the Moro -- Attack on the Moro -- References to the Town and Harbour -- Attack on the Town and Defences of that Side.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.

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