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  1. Title: Map of South Africa illustrating Dr. Livingstone's Discoveries (Raster Image)

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    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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  2. Title: Herzogl. Sächs: fürstl. schwarzburgsche und fürstl. reussische Lænder

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian: Ferro. Map shows boundaries of: Duchies (Herzogtüm) Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach -- Saxe-Altenburg. Principalities [Fürstlich]: Schawarzburg-Rudolstadt --Reuss-Greiz. Includes information of mountain heights, railroads, and roads.

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  3. Title: Herzogl. Sächs. Fürstl. Schwarzburgsche und Fürstl. Reussische Lænder

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian: Ferro. Map shows boundaries of: Duchies (Herzogtüm) Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach -- Saxe-Altenburg. Principalities [Fürstlich]: Schawarzburg-Rudolstadt --Reuss-Greiz. Includes information of mountain heights, railroads, and roads.

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  4. Title: N. W. Territory.

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    Summary: No. 1-1011 in Checklist of printed maps of the middle west to 1900.;London and Philadelphia.;1 map;18 x 14 cm.;ca. 1:8,500,000

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  5. Title: Sketch of Dusky Bay in New Zeeland, 1773

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    Summary: Inset: Pickersgill Harbour ; with Scale of fathoms. Map of Dusky Bay, N.Z. and Resolution Island, showing track of 'Resolution', lakes, rivers, anchorages ; place names. Relief shown in bathymetric soundings. Pl. "No. XIII" from: A voyage towards the South Pole /James Cook. London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1777. Vol. 1. facing p. 92. Scale 2 miles to 1.

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  6. Title: A new map of Michigan with its canals, roads & distances

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    Summary: Extent: 1 map Notes: Relief shown by hachures. From Tanner, H.S. A new universal atlas. Philadelphia : Carey & Hart, 1842. No. 29. Prime meridian: Washington. Includes table of steamboat routes. Scale approximately 1:2,050,000

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  7. Title: Central & Eastern Africa, 1887 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Central Africa : on a scale of 1:10,000,000, By Dr. F. Boas. It was published by Hart & Von Arx in 1887. Scale 1:10,000,000 The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Africa Sinusoidal 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 drainage, cities and other human settlements, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown by shading. 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: Mapa del distrito norte de la Baja California, Mexico

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    Summary: Corregido hasta Julio 31 de 1914.; Relief shown with hachures.; Includes index to municipal districts.; "Levantado por el perito agronomo, empadronador y perito valuador de predios rusticos y urbanos en esta demarcacio?n, con datos tomados personalmente desde 1894 ä 1910."; "Engraved and printed by the U.S. Geological Survey"--lower right.; Map shows towns, missions, roads and islands. 69 x 56 centimeters Scale not given. General Map Collection

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  9. Title: Japan roads & railways, 1891.

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. North oriented to upper left. Maps show lines opened and lines surveyed or under construction. 1 map on 3 sheets: col.; 166 x 33 cm., folded in cover 16 x 12 cm.

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  10. Title: The Eskimo tribes of north-east America

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    Summary: Bureau of Ethnology, Sixth Annual Report. Plate II-III.; "Julius Bien & Co. Lith."; Plate II shows Oqo and Akudnirn, with numbered inset maps of Frobisher Bay, Eclipse Sound and Admiralty Inlet, Repulse Bay and Lyon Inlet, and Boothia Isthmus and King William Land; Plate III shows larger-scale focused on the region of Canada north of Hudson Bay. 52 x 47 centimeters or smaller Scale not given. General Map Collection

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  11. Title: The Eskimo tribes of north-east America

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    Summary: Scale not given; 2 maps on 2 sheets: color; 52 x 47 cm or smaller Eskimos--Canada, Northern--Maps

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  12. Title: The Eskimo tribes of north-east America

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    Summary: Scale not given; 2 maps on 2 sheets: color; 52 x 47 cm or smaller Eskimos--Canada, Northern--Maps

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  13. Title: Plan of Fort Green, and line of intrenchments, from the Wallabout to Gowanus Creek : with a topographical sketch of the country

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    Summary: "From the original map by G. Hayward, 120 Water St. N.Y. for D.T. Valentine's Manual, 1856." Relief shown by hachures.

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  14. Title: The road from London to York

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    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. Scale approximately 1:320,000

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  15. Title: An accurate map of his R. H. the Duke of York's journey thro Italy in 1763 & 1764

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    Summary: Extent: 1 map Scale approximately 1:2,300,000

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  16. Title: The British governments in Nth. America

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    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. Scale approximately 1:15,206,000

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  17. Title: Africa (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of a map of Africa. The original map was created and published by H.S. Tanner in 1834. The features illustrated on this map include: rivers, lakes, and coastal islands. This map was georeferenced using a Sinusoidal 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, or other information associated with the principal map. 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 1897.2 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. Tanner, Henry Schenck and Stanford Geospatial Center. (2013). Africa (Raster Image). Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/jc604kx9499. 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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  18. Title: San Francisco Bay Area, California, Nautical Chart, 1877 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Entrance to San Francisco Bay, California, from a trigonometrical survey under the direction of A.D. Bache, Superintendent of the Survey of the Coast of the United States ; triangulation by R.D. Cutts, asst. & A.F. Rodgers, sub-asst. ; topography by R.D. Cutts, asst., A.M. Harrison & A.F. Rodgers, sub-assts. ; hydrography by the party under the command of Lieut. Comdg. James Alden, U.S.N. assist. It was published by The Survey in 1877. Scale 1:50,000. Covers the San Francisco Bay Area. 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 hachures and spot heights; depths by sounding, shading, and contours. Includes inset map: Sub-sketch of entrance to San Francisco Bay (Scale 1:400,000), and inset views: View of the entrance to San Francisco Bay, Alcatraz N.E. by E. 1/2 (by compass 10 miles) -- View of the entrance to San Francisco Bay from Yerba Buena Id. -- View of the entrance to San Pablo Bay from near Angel Id. Also includes text and tables. 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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  19. Title: Genoese world map, 1457, facsimile and critical text incorporating in free translation the studies of Professor Theobald Fischer.

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    Summary: 5 p. 1., 66 p., 1 l.: ill., 5 maps (incl. front.)

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  20. Title: A map of North America, constructed according to the latest information

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    Summary: Scale not given; 1 map: color; on sheet 46 x 74 cm Alaska--Maps

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