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  1. Title: Susquehanna and Delaware Rivers headwaters, New York, 1790 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Map of the head waters of the rivers Susquehanna & Delaware embracing the early patents on the south side of the Mohawk River : from the original, drawn about the year 1790, by Simeon DeWitt, Esq. ... ; with the date of each patent now appended from the rec. in surveyr. genls. office, by E.B. O'C. It was published by Weed, Parsons & Co. in 1849. Scale [ca. 1:260,000]. Covers portion of Central New York including Oneida, Herkimer, Montgomery, Schenectady, Schoharie, Otsego, Delaware, and Greene Counties. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) Zone 18N NAD83 projection. 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 is a cadastral map showing property boundaries, names of property owners, dates of patent, drainage, and more. Includes ill. 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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  2. Title: Denmark

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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale [1: 1,600,000]. Imprint derived from the atlas in which the map was issued. Inset maps: "Iceland" ; "Feroe Islands." "Eng. by W. Dassauville ... " Shows boundaries, rivers and principal settlements. Greenwich meridian. Is part of - New general atlas. 1 map ; 52 x 60 centimeters Scale [1: 1,600,000] General Map Collection

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  3. Title: Pittsfield, Massachusetts, 1849 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Pittsfield, Massachusetts. It was published by: J. Nolan in 1849. Scale not given.. 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 18N (EPSG: 32618) 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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  4. Title: Map of the route pursued in 1849 by the U.S. troops, under the command of Bvt. Lieut. Col. Jno. M. Washington, Governor of New Mexico, in an expedition against the Navajos Indians

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. "Constructed under the general orders of Col. J.J. Abert, Chief Top.'l. Eng'rs." Includes Table of distances with remarks in relation to the route. In upper left margin: Senate Ex. doc. 1st. Sess. 31st. Cong. No. 64. Historic Maps copy has route of troops hand colored in red.

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  5. Title: Saint-Cloud, France, 1744 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan de St. Cloud : leve et dedie a S.A.S. Monseigneur de le Duc de Charte, par les Srs. Parent Ing.rs du Roi ; M. A. Fourneau scrip.; M Marvye sculp. It was published by imprimerie de Charbonnier rue S. Jacques au Chariot d'or in 1744. Scale [ca. 1:5,263]. Map in French.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the European Datum 1950, Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) Zone 31N 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 roads, drainage, built-up areas and selected buildings, ground cover, 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.

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  6. Title: Paris, France, 1744 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan de Paris : divise en seize quartiers en execution de l'ordonnance du bureau de la ville du 24 Fevrier 1744, leve par Mr. l'Abbe Delagrive Geographe de la Ville et de la Societe Roiale de Londres ; Marvye sculp.; Lange inv.; Lattre scrip. It was published by de l'imprimiere Charbonnier in 1744. Scale [ca. 1:10,000]. Covers Paris, France. Map in French.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the European Datum 1950, Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) Zone 31N 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 roads, drainage, built-up areas and selected buildings, ground cover, Quartier numbers, and more. Relief is shown by hachures. Includes indexes.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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  7. Title: Beijing, China, 1843 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Chinese plan of the city of Peking, T.B. Jervis; the chinese characters and explanations rendered into English were furnished by Mr. Samuel Birch, from a comparison of the above documents and the notes appended to the original by the students in the Missionary College at Naples. It was published by lithographed and printed under the direction of T.B. Jervis Scale [ca. 1:50,000]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM Zone 50N, 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 roads, drainage, built-up areas and selected buildings, parks, cemeteries, ground cover, city districts, fortification, missions, temples, and more. Relief shown pictorially. Includes also dedication: 'To Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. This fac-simile of a Chinese plan of the Tartar, or inner city, Nuyching, and the Imperial Palace Kingtoo of Peking or Chun Thein Foo. The northern residence of the court, or capital of the Chinese Empire is most respectfully inscribed, with Her Majesty's faithful servant T. B. Jervis.'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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  8. Title: Map of a portion of British Columbia showing the coalfields of Comox, Nanaimo & Cowitchin on Vancouver and adjacent islands and the distribution of the cretaceous coal bearing rocks : also the tertiary rocks of Sooke & Burrard Inlet, to illustrate the report of Mr. James Richardson

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    Summary: Greenwich prime meridian.; Relief shown by hachures and spot heights.; Includes 3 profiles. 77 x 88 centimeters Scale approximately 1:250,000 General Map Collection

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  9. Title: Map of a portion of British Columbia showing the coalfields of Comox, Nanaimo & Cowitchin on Vancouver and adjacent islands and the distribution of the cretaceous coal bearing rocks also the tertiary rocks of Sooke & Burrard Inlet, to illustrate the report of Mr. James Richardson; compiled & drawn by R. Barlow, Ch. Draftsn., Geo. Sur.

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    Summary: Greenwich prime meridian. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Includes 3 profiles. 1 map: col.; 77 x 88 cm

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  10. Title: Nautical map : intended for the use of colonial undertakings on the w. coast of Africa from lat. 5⁰30' to lat. 14⁰ north

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially and by soundings. "The coloured parts of this map shew the territories, recommended to be colonized, and are described in Chapters 8, 9 & 10 ... " P.B. Inset: An outline of Africa, intended to shew the extent of territory that will be within French influence, if Monsr. Golberry's system be acted upon ... (Scale [ca. 1:50,000,000]). From: African memoranda : relative to an attempt to establish a British settlement on the island of Bulama ... / by Captain Philip Beaver ... London : Printed for C. and R. Baldwin ... , 1805.

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  11. Title: Twin Cities Historical Surface Waters Based on Original Public Land Survey Maps (1848 - 1858)

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    Summary: These shapefiles of lakes, streams, wetlands, river bottoms, and the Mississippi River represent the hydrological landscape of Minneapolis and St. Paul as recorded in the original public land survey conducted between 1848 and 1858. The features were digitized from scanned, georeferenced 1:24000 maps during the 2017 Faculty Research Sprint held at the University of Minnesota. Many streams and other hydrologic features that were present in the Twin Cities at the time of the original land survey were channelized, covered, or filled during the late 1800's. These features, however, still function as water conduits within the hydrology systems of urban water and have immense importance to the water regime in the Twin Cities. This data was generated as part of a larger "Lost Waters" research project - aiming to create a visible, physical representation of these waters in the current urban landscape.

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  12. Title: Chester, England, ca. 1745 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan of the city & castle of Chester, survey'd and drawn by Alexander De Lavaux, engineer ; R. Parr sculp. It was published ca. 1745. Scale [ca. 1:3,960]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the 'British National Grid' 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, ground cover, and more. Relief shown by hachures.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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  13. Title: Chester Castle, Chester, England, ca. 1745 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: A plan of the castle of Chester : with additional new works errected by order of ... the Earl of Cholmondeley, whereunto is added a project of four bastions in order to defend the antient walls against a regular seige ... by ... Alexander de Lavaux. R. Parr sculp. It was published by Alexander de Lavaux ca. 1745. Scale [ca. 1:300]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the 'British National Grid' 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 fortification features such as buildings, stables, guard houses, towers, quarters, stairs, gates, parade grounds, arsenals, wells, ground cover, and more. Includes also index.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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  14. Title: London, England, 1707 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: A new map of the cityes of London, Westminster and the burrough of Southwark together with the suburbs as they are now standing, Anno Dom. 1707. It was published for R. Chiswell, A&J. Churchill, Tho. Horne, J. Nicholson and R. Knaplock. Scale not given. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the 'British National Grid' 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, landmarks, open spaces, cities and other human settlements, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Includes also a cartouche with coat of arms of the City of London upper left. 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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  15. Title: Barre, Massachusetts, 1855 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Map of the town of Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts, from actual survey by E. M. Woodford. It was published by R. Clark in 1855. Scale [ca. 1:19,800].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) 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, public buildings, schools, churches, cemeteries, industry locations (e.g. mills, factories, mines, etc.), private buildings with names of property owners, town and ward boundaries, and more. Includes 16 inset views of buildings.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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  16. Title: Lisbon Region, Portugal, 1821 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Carte chorographique des environs de Lisbonne, dressee sous la direction de Ch.les Picquet par Guerin De Lamotte, ingenieur geographe d' apres les operations trigonometriques de Mr. Ciera et les leves des ingrs. Portugais et Francais; Richard Wahl sculpt. Paris. It was published by Picquet in 1821 Scale [ca. 1:57,000]. Covers Lisbon region and Portugal as far north as Torres Vedras and south to Setubal. Map in French and Portuguese. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the European Datum 1950, UTM Zone 29N 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. 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.

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  17. Title: Salisbury, Amesbury, and Merrimac, Massachusetts, 1854 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Map of the towns of Salisbury & Amesbury : Essex County, Mass., surveyed & drawn by E. M. Woodford. It was published by Richard Clark in 1854. Scale [ca.1:1,000,000]. Covers the towns of Salisbury, Amesbury, and Merrimac, Massachusetts. 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, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows features such as roads, railroads, drainage, selected public buildings, schools, churches, cemeteries, industry locations (e.g. mills, factories, etc.), private buildings with names of property owners, town boundaries, and more. Includes engravings and inset maps of downtown areas. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps of Massachusetts 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 (1755-1922), scales, and purposes. The digitized selection includes maps of: the state, Massachusetts counties, town surveys, coastal features, real property, parks, cemeteries, railroads, roads, public works projects, etc.

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  18. Title: Carte de Chine, les 18 provinces

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    Summary: Relief shown by gradient tints. 59 x 72 centimeters Scale approximately 1:4,600,000 General Map Collection

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  19. Title: Pianta dei contorni di Roma

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Originally issued folded in cover 15 x 11 cm.

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  20. Title: Tonkin Region, Vietnam, 1883 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Carte du Tonkin, par Ch. Lassailly, geographe ; grave par F. Dufour. It was published by Challamel aine editeur in 1883. Scale 1:2,500,000. Covers the Tonkin region, Northern Vietnam and a portion of China. Map in French.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, territorial and administrative boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown by hachures. Includes also insets: Riviere de Hue, Indo-Chine, Itineraires de Marseilles a Saigon.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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