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  1. Title: Hydrographical Map, Great Britain, 1866 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: To her Most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria this hydrographical map of the British Isles, exhibiting the geographical distribution of the inland waters : constructed by Augustus Petermann, F.R.G.C.S. ... is most humbly dedcated by the Author. It was published by Published by Edward Stanford, Charing Cross in 1866. Scale 1:1,600,000 (about 25 miles to 1 inch). 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, cities and other human settlements, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Includes also diagram showing the comparative fall of the principal rivers of the British Isles and diagram showing the ascent and descent of canals remarkable for their great elevation or steepness. Includes also notes and table with statistical information about rivers. 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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  2. Title: Nord- & Mittel-Asien : übersicht des Russischen Reiches

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    Summary: Map of Russia and central Asia, with Japan and part of China; relief shown by hachures and spot heights. "Ausgabe 1901." In upper margin: Stielers Hand-Atlas, no. 56. Probably issued in: Stielers Hand-Atlas ... 9., von Grund aus neubearb. und neugestochene Aufl. Gotha : Justus Perthes, 1905.

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  3. Title: Die Vereinigten Staaten von Nord-Amerika in 6 Blättern

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    Summary: Covers also parts of Canada and Mexico.; Relief shown by hachures and spot heights.; In upper right margin: Stieler's Hand-Atlas.; From: Adolf Stieler's Hand Atlas u?ber alle Theile der Erde und u?ber das Weltgebäude, 1874. No. 81-86.; Colored in outline.; Insets: Boston & Umgebung. Scale 1:1,000,000 -- New York und Umgebung. Scale 1:1,000,000 -- Der Su?dliche Theil von Florida -- Der Su?dliche Theil von Texas. 68 x 122 centimeters, sheets 38 x 47 centimeters Scale 1:3,700,000 General Map Collection

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  4. Title: Süd-Polar-Karte

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Inset maps: S. Shetland & S. Orkney Inseln &c. Scale 1:10,000,000 -- Süd-Georgien. Scale 1:5,000,000 -- Deception I. Scale 1:1,000,000 -- Juan Fernandez. Scale 1:1,000,000 -- Auckland In. Scale 1:2,000,000 -- Warekauri In. Scale 1:2,000,000 -- Süd-Polar-Regionen. Scale 1:170,000,000 -- Nord-Polar Regionen. Scale 1:170,000,000 -- Victoria Land. Scale 1:10,000,000 -- Neu Amsterdam & St. Paul. Scale 1:1,000,000 -- Prinz Eduard In. Scale 1:3,000,000 -- Crozet Inseln. Scale 1:3,000,000 -- Kerguelen Insel. Scale 1:2,000,000 -- Tristan da Cunha I. Scale 1:1,000,000. In upper margin: Stieler's Hand-Atlas no. 42a. From: Hand-Atlas über alle Theile der Erde nach dem neuesten Zustande und über das Weltgebäude. Gotha : J. Perthes, [1874]

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  5. Title: The United States of America in 6 Sheets, 1874

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    Summary: This is a scanned version of the 1874 paper map set entitled: The United States of America in 6 Sheets. The map was scanned at 300 dots per inch and is in the TIFF format.

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  6. Title: To Her most excellent Majesty Queen Victoria this hydrographical map of the British Isles, exhibiting the geographical distribution of the inland waters

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    Summary: In upper margin: Petermann's maps of the British Empire: physical geography. Includes: Diagram showing the comparative fall of the principal rivers of the British Isles.

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  7. Title: Caroline Batchelor Map Collection

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    Summary: This collection of primarily maps with a few prints and books portrays the continent of Africa as well as detailed maps of different regions and countries on the continent. The maps range in date from 1550 to approximately 1800. Individual maps cataloged separately and held at Branner Earth Sciences Library and Map Collections by call number.

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  8. Title: Inner-Asien & Indien : Südliches Blatt maassstab 1:7,500,000

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights.; Ausgabe 1892 38 x 48 Centimeters Scale 1:7,500,000 General Map Collection

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  9. Title: Inner-Asien & Indien: Südliches Blatt maassstab 1:7,500,000

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    Summary: 38 x 48 centimeters Scale 1:7,500,000 Ames Library of South Asia Maps

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  10. Title: Athens, Greece, 1878 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Athen mit Umgebung, aufgenommen und gezeichnet von J.A. Kaupert 1875; herausgegeben vom Kaiserl. deutschen archaologischen Institute; (mit Nachtragen bis 1877). It was published by Dietrich Reimer in 1878. Scale 1:125,000. Covers the Athens, Greece region.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Greek Geodetic Reference System (also called the Greek Grid). 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, built-up areas, selected buildings, historic sites and points of interest, and more. Relief is shown by hachures and spot heights. 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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  11. Title: Africa (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of an historic continental map of Africa created by Adolf Gräf, and published by the Georgraphisches Institut in the 19th century. Due to the discoveries noted on the map, it was probably published between 1867-1881. 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 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 3067.37 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. Gräf, A. and Stanford Geospatial Center. (2013). Africa (Raster Image). Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/cj719gj6639. 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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  12. Title: Geological map of the dominion of Canada and Newfoundland

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    Summary: Geographical base from engraved plate by the Department of the Interior. 43 x 87 centimeters Scale 1:6,336,000; 1 inch = 100 miles General Map Collection

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  13. Title: Nuremberg, Germany, ca. 1881 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic, untitled paper map: [Nurnberg]. It was published by August Paul ca. 1881. Scale [ca. 1:6,500]. Covers a portion of Nuremberg, Germany. Map in German.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Deutsches Hauptdreiecksnetz (DHDN) 3-degree Gauss-Kruger Zone 4 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, railroads, drainage, built-up areas and selected buildings pictorially, fortification, and more. Includes index.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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  14. Title: The Carroll Sentinel's twentieth century map of Carroll County, Iowa, 1901

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    Summary: 1 map

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  15. Title: Karte von Nassau und Theilen der angränzenden Staaten bis Hanau, Giessen, Olpe, Bonn und Creuznach : unter Berücksichtigung der Grossh. Darmst. trigonometrischen Vermessung und mit Benutzung der bei den betreffenden königl. Preuss. grossh. Hess. u. herz. Nass. Hohen Regierungen vorliegenden Materialien

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Ancillary maps: Plan von Frankfurt a.M. -- Der Rheinlauf von Basel bis nach Mainz -- Plan von Wiesbaden -- Plan von Coblenz -- Der Rheinlauf von Bonn bis zu dem Meer -- Plan von Mainz. Includes views of Frankfurt, Wiesbaden, Coblenz and Mainz. Historic Maps copy originally folded in covers 19 x 12 cm. "Kartenfreunde und Geographen finden über die, dieser Karte zu Grund liegenden Materialien und den bei der Bearbeitung eingeschlagenen Weg in dem Werke "Erläuterungen zu dem Relief der Rheinlande, von A. Ravenstiein, Frankfurt 1841" den gewünschten Aufschluss."

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  16. Title: Map of Michigan and Wisconsin; by A. von Steinwehr, A.M.

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures, depths shown by bathymetric tints and soundings. Inset of Isle Royale in upper right corner. Greenwich prime meridian used along upper border, Washington prime meridian used along lower border. 1 map: col.; 29 x 47 cm

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  17. Title: The "Chevalier" commercial, pictorial and tourist map of San Francisco : from latest U.S. gov. and official surveys (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced image of a pictorial map of San Francisco originally created in 1903. This map shows contour lines and all important buildings and public improvements are drawn in vignettes on the map. At the bottom of the map is the publisher's statement: "This Map is an Improved and Enlarged Edition of The Commercial Pictorial and Tourist Map of San Francisco Copyrighted Dec. 1903 by August Chevalier. Similar Maps For Other Cities in the U.S. Are Being Made."The Exposition City 1915." 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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  18. Title: Berlin, Germany, 1748 (Image 2 of 4) (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan de la ville de Berlin : leve et dessine par ordre et privilege privatif du Roy sous la direction du Marchall Comte de Schmettau, par Hildner approuve par l'Academie Royale de Science a Berlin ; grave sous la direction de G.F. Schmidt Graveur du Roy. It was published by l'Academie Royale de Science a Berlin in 1748. Scale [ca. 1:6,500]. Covers Berlin, Germany. This layer is image 2 of 4 total images of the four sheet source map, representing the southeast portion of the map. Map in French and German.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Deutsches Hauptdreiecksnetz (DHDN) 3-degree Gauss-Kruger Zone 4 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, parks, cemeteries, ground cover, and more. Relief shown by hachures. Includes also view and inset engravings: Prospect du Stadt Berlin von Suden gegen Norden -- 1. Prospect des grossen Platzes von Opera Hausse 2. der Cathol. Kirche St. Hedwig 3. und einer Seite des Marggraff Henrich. Pallais -- Prospect der Neuen Schloss u Dohm Kirche -- Prospect des Neuen Konigl. Printz Heinrich. Pallais den Opern Hausse gegen uber.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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  19. Title: Berlin, Germany, 1748 (Image 1 of 4) (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan de la ville de Berlin : leve et dessine par ordre et privilege privatif du Roy sous la direction du Marchall Comte de Schmettau, par Hildner approuve par l'Academie Royale de Science a Berlin ; grave sous la direction de G.F. Schmidt Graveur du Roy. It was published by l'Academie Royale de Science a Berlin in 1748. Scale [ca. 1:6,500]. Covers Berlin, Germany. This layer is image 1 of 4 total images of the four sheet source map, representing the northeast portion of the map. Map in French and German.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Deutsches Hauptdreiecksnetz (DHDN) 3-degree Gauss-Kruger Zone 4 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, parks, cemeteries, ground cover, and more. Relief shown by hachures. Includes also view and inset engravings: Prospect du Stadt Berlin von Suden gegen Norden -- 1. Prospect des grossen Platzes von Opera Hausse 2. der Cathol. Kirche St. Hedwig 3. und einer Seite des Marggraff Henrich. Pallais -- Prospect der Neuen Schloss u Dohm Kirche -- Prospect des Neuen Konigl. Printz Heinrich. Pallais den Opern Hausse gegen uber.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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  20. Title: Berlin, Germany, 1748 (Image 4 of 4) (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan de la ville de Berlin : leve et dessine par ordre et privilege privatif du Roy sous la direction du Marchall Comte de Schmettau, par Hildner approuve par l'Academie Royale de Science a Berlin ; grave sous la direction de G.F. Schmidt Graveur du Roy. It was published by l'Academie Royale de Science a Berlin in 1748. Scale [ca. 1:6,500]. Covers Berlin, Germany. This layer is image 4 of 4 total images of the four sheet source map, representing the southwest portion of the map. Map in French and German.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Deutsches Hauptdreiecksnetz (DHDN) 3-degree Gauss-Kruger Zone 4 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, parks, cemeteries, ground cover, and more. Relief shown by hachures. Includes also view and inset engravings: Prospect du Stadt Berlin von Suden gegen Norden -- 1. Prospect des grossen Platzes von Opera Hausse 2. der Cathol. Kirche St. Hedwig 3. und einer Seite des Marggraff Henrich. Pallais -- Prospect der Neuen Schloss u Dohm Kirche -- Prospect des Neuen Konigl. Printz Heinrich. Pallais den Opern Hausse gegen uber.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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