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  1. Title: Description du gouvernement de la Cappelle

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    Summary: 1 map; 45 x 55 cm Relief shown pictorially. North oriented to the bottom right corner. No compass rose or directions included. Three decorative cartouches, including the title, scale, and a blank cartouche. The scale cartouche includes a man and woman surrounded by faming tools, while the blank cartouche includes a holding a faming tool. In the blank cartouche in pencil is written "Defense à Fumer." This state was published in Jan Jansson's Theatrum Universe Galliae in 1632. From the Jansson Appendix Atlas 1636-1680, title created to represent a unique collection within the Clark Library, University of Michigan.

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  2. Title: Carte réduite des côtes orientales de l'Amérique septentrionale: contenant partie du Nouveau Jersey, la Pen-sylvanie, le Mary-land, la Virginie, la Caroline septentrionale, la Caroline méridionale et la Georgie: assujettie aux observations les plus récentes et aux cartes de détail les plus estimées; dressée au Dépôt géneŕal des cartes, plans et journaux de la Marine, pour le service des Vaisseux Français; par ordre de M. de Sartine, conseiller dʹEtat, ministre et secretaire d'Etat, ayant le Départment de la Marine; gravé par Petit.

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Prime meridian: Paris. In upper right margin: No. 2. (Hyd. No. 62). 1 map; 57 x 84 cm.

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  3. Title: Afrique; par J.B. Poirson.

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    Summary: 1 map: col.; 20 x 24 cm

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  4. Title: Carte nouvelle de l'Amerique angloise

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    Summary: Extent: 1 map Notes: Relief shown pictorially. Author attribution based on LC's cataloging of earlier variant of same title, and Cumming 129, published "chez Pierre Mortier Libraire," 1700. J. Covens and C. Mortier began operating as a firm in 1721--Stock catalogs of maps and atlases by Covens & Mortier, p. 11. Originally printed on 2 sheets. Includes inset of Boston harbor area. Scale approximately 1:6,000,000

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  5. Title: Le Canada, ou Nouvelle France, &c

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    Summary: Extent: 1 map Notes: Relief shown pictorially. Title in decorated cartouche. Appeared in editions of Nicolas Sanson, Cartes générales de toutes les parties du monde (Paris, 1658) and Nicolas Sanson, Cartes générales de la géographie ancienne et nouvelle (Paris, 1675). Scale not given

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  6. Title: Poland and Baltic States, 1700-1710 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Estats de la Couronne de Pologne : subdivisés suivant l'estendue des palatinats, dressées sur ce qu'en ont donné Starovolsk, Beauplan, Hartnoch, et autres auteurs ; rectifice par les observations d'Hevelius etc. It was published by: Chez P. Mortier between 1700 and 1710. Scale approximately 1:2,600,000. Map in French. Map in multiple languages. 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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  7. Title: Nova tabula Magni Ducatus Finlandiae, ca. 1710 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Nova tabula Magni Ducatus Finlandiae : in provincias divisa, multis locis aucta et correcta. It was published by: ex officina Petri Mortier ca. 1710. Scale approximately 1:2,000,000. Map in Latin. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the EUREF FIN TM35FIN (EPSG: 3067) 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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  8. Title: Baltic States, ca. 1710 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Estats de Pologne subdivisés suivant l'estendue des palatinats. It was published by: Chez Pierre Mortier et Compagnie ca. 1710. Scale approximately 1:2,150,000. Map in French. 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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  9. Title: Le Valentinois, le Diois et les Baronies, dans le Dauphiné, le Comtat Venaiscin et la Principauté d'Orange, 1705- (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Le Valentinois, le Diois et les Baronies, dans le Dauphiné, le Comtat Venaiscin et la Principauté d'Orange. It was published by: Pierre Mortier between 1705 and . Scale approximately 1:253,000. Map in French. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the WGS 1984 UTM Zone 31N (EPSG: 32631) 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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  10. Title: Southern South America, Argentina, Chile, ca. 1708 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Carte du Paraguay, du Chili, du Detroit de Magellan &c. : dressée sur les descriptions des PP. Alfonse d'Ovalle, et Nicolas Techo, et sur les relations et memoires de Brouwer, Narbouroug, Mr. de Beauchesne & / par Guillaume De l'Isle, Geographe de l'Academie Royale des Sciences. It was published by chez Pierre Mortier, avec privileg ca. 1708. Scale ca. 1:9,000,000. Map in French. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the South America Lambert Conformal Conic 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, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Includes also explorers' routes, notes on interior exploration, and notes on indigenous peoples. Relief shown pictorially. 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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  11. Title: Pernambuco, Brazil, ca. 1710 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Praefecturae Paranambucae pars meridionalis. It was published by the workshop of P. Mortier ca. 1710. Scale not given. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the SAD 69 / Brazil Polyconic 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, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown pictorially. Includes also vignette showing slave labor, labeled paths of colonial battle leaders, ships. 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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  12. Title: Bay of All Saints, Bahia, Brazil, ca. 1710 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Sinus omnium sanctoru[m]. It was published by the workshop of P. Mortier ca. 1710. Scale not given. Map in Latin, Portuguese, and Dutch. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the SAD 69 / Brazil Polyconic 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, terrestrial navigation routes, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Depths shown by soundings. Includes also smoke stacks at sugar mills, and inset of Salvador: Civitas S. Salvatoris. 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: Corfu, ville de la Republique de Venise, dans la Dalmatie

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    Summary: Pictorial view of the harbor of Kerkyra on the island of Corfu; relief shown pictorially. "Avec privilege." In upper right-hand corner: LVI. Indexed for points of interest. Plate 56 from: Nouveau théatre d'Italie, ou, Description exacte de ses villes ... sur les desseins de feu Monsieur Jean Blaeu ... A La Haye : Chez Rutgert Christophle Alberts, 1724.

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  14. Title: L'ancienne Thebaide, ou, Les deserts d'Egypte : habitez par les Ss. pères des deserts

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    Summary: Map showing northern Egypt, the Arabian Peninsula, and the island of Cyprus, with portraits of St. Paul and St. Anthony on either side of title; relief shown pictorially. From: Atlas antiquus, sacer, ecclesiasticus et profanus ... / collectus ex tabulis geographicis Nic. sansonis ... Amstelodami : P. Mortier, 1705.

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  15. Title: Carte des costes de l'Afrique sur la Mer Mediterranée, et le detroit de Gibraltar, les îles de Madere et des Canaries, iusques à Tungarral

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    Summary: Map of the coast of North Africa; relief shown by bathymetric soundings. From: Suite du Neptune franc̦ois ... Amsterdam : Pierre Mortier, 1700. Insets: Le détroit de Gibraltar -- Alger -- Tripoli.

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  16. Title: Carte particuliere de la Mer Rouge &c. : leveé par ordre expres des Roys de Portugal sous qui on en a fait la decouverte

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    Summary: Insets: Fortification de Monbasa ou Monbaca -- L'Isle de Monbasa ou Monbaca. Relief shown pictorially; bathymetry (on inset) shown by soundings. Oriented with north to the right.

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  17. Title: Partie meridionale de L'Evesché de Chartres, divisé en archidiaconez et doyennéz, 1700-1710 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Partie meridionale de L'Evesché de Chartres, divisé en archidiaconez et doyennéz : dédié a Monseigneur Paul Godet des Marais, Evesque de Chartres et Abbé de Digny. It was published by: Chez Pierre Mortier et Compagnie, Avec Privilege between 1700 and 1710. Scale approximately 1:203,000. Map in French. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the WGS 1984 UTM Zone 31N (EPSG: 32631) 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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  18. Title: Mediterranean Sea Region, 1700-1710 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Carte nouvelle de la mer Mediterranee : divisee en mer de Levant et de Ponant, subdivises en leurs principales parties ou mers : avec les observations des Mrs. de l'Academie, dressee par ... Sanson. It was published by chez Pierre Mortier, between 1700 and 1710. Scale [ca. 1:4,375,000]. Covers the Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea regions. Map in French. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the World Miller Cylindrical 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, roads, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown pictorially.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: Saint Petersburg Region, Russia, 1817 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic, topographic paper map entitled: [Topograficheskai?a karta okruzhnosti Sanktpetersburga : Ispravlennaia 1817 goda]. It was published by Voenno-Topograficheskom Depo pri Glavnom Shtabie ego Impertorskafo Velichestva in [1817]. Scale [ca. 1:42,000]. Covers Saint Petersburg Region, Russia. Map in Russian.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 36N 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 is a typical topographic map portraying both natural and manmade features. It shows and names works of nature, such as mountains, valleys, lakes, rivers, vegetation, etc. It also identify the principal works of humans, such as roads, railroads, boundaries, transmission lines, major buildings, etc. 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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  20. Title: Lisbon, Portugal, 1871 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Carta topographica da cidade de Lisboa : reduzida da que foi levantada n secala de 1/1,000 em 1856 a 1858, sob a direc??o do general Filippe Folque, Director geral dos trabalhos geodesicos; Mesquita gr. It was published by Direc??o Geral dos Trabalhos Geodesicos do Reino in 1871. Scale 1:10,000. Covers Lisbon, Portugal. Map in 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, ground cover, and more. Relief shown by hachures. 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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