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  1. Title: Plan géométrique de la ville de Paris, 1816 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan géométrique de la ville de Paris : projeté sur la meridienne de l'observatoire. It was published by: Ch. Picquet, Quai de Conti No. 17 in 1816. Scale approximately 1:17,200, 4000 mètres = [23.3 cm]. 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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  2. Title: Nile River & Red Sea Region, 1828 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Carte historique, physique & politique de l'Egypte, dressee par le Ch.er Lapie, 1er Geographe du Roi, Officier superieur au Corps Royal des Ingenieurs Geographes, d'apres les itineraires & les reconnaissances recueillis par MM. les Generaux Comtes Guilleminot, Tromelin & Fernig, ainsi que d'apres ceux de MM. Pacho, Caillaud, Coste, Burckhardt, Irwin &c. et les travaux de la Commission d'Egypte, le tout appuye sur les Observations Astronomiques de MM. Gauttier, Smith, Ruppel & Nouet ; grave par Flahaut, Rue de l'Est, N?1 ; ecrit par Hacq, Graveur du Depot de la Guerre. It was published by Chez Ch. Picquet in 1828. Scale [ca 1:120,000]. Covers the Nile River and Red Sea regions. Map in French. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Egypt Red Belt 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, roads, historic sites and ruins, and more. Relief shown by hachures. Includes insets: 'Plan d'Alexandrie' (1:50,000) and 'Plan du Caire' (1:50,000).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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  3. Title: Balkan Peninsula Region, 1822 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Carte de l'empire Ottoman en Europe, et en Asie, le Chevr. Lapie, geographe. It was published by Chez Chles. Picquet, Geographe ordinaire du Roi, Quai de Conti no. 17 in 1822. Scale [ca. 1:3,250,000]. Covers the Balkan Peninsula region. 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 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 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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  4. Title: Carte du Texas

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    Summary: 1 map : col. ; 28 x 33 cm. Cf. Library of Congress. Map Division. A list of maps of America, p. 843. "par A. Brué Géographe du Roi, Revue, corrigée et considerablement augmentée, d'après des documens récens et des renseignemens fournis par Mr. le Docteur Fc. LeClerc, par Ch. Picquet, Géographe du Roi, et de Moncr. le Duc d'Orléans." Prime meridian: Paris.

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  5. Title: Plan routier de la Ville de Paris divisé en XXII Arrondissements on Mairies, et en Quarante Huit Quartiers, avec tous les Changements et Projets ordennés par la Gouvernement

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and pictorially. Includes indices, and chart on divisions in Paris. 80 x 107 centimeters Scale approximately 1:13,000 City Maps

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  6. Title: Paris region, France, 1880 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Environs de Paris, Ch. Picquet. It was published by Ch. Piquet, Geographie ordinaire du Roi et de S.A.S. Monseig.r le Duc d'Orleans in [1880]. Scale [1:25,000]. Covers the Paris, France Region. 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, railroads, drainage, villages and towns, built-up areas, selected buildings and names of landowners, ground cover, and more. Relief is shown by hachures and spot heights. 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: Coast, North Africa, Tunisia and Algeria, 1829 (Image 2 of 2) (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Carte comparee des regences d'Alger et de Tunis, dressee par le Chev. Lapie, Geographe du Roi ; les noms anciens ont ete revus par ... Hase ; les noms arabes par ... Taubert ; grave par Flahaut ; ecrit par Lallemand. It was published by Chez Ch. Picquet, Quai Conti, no. 17 in 1829. Scale [ca. 1:1,632,653], 16 km=9.8 cm. This layer is image 2 of 2 total images of the two sheet source map, representing the eastern portion of the map. Covers the coast of North Africa including Tunisia, Algeria and portions of Morocco and Libya. 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 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, roads, cities and other human settlements, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, 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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  8. Title: Coast, North Africa, Tunisia and Algeria, 1829 (Image 1 of 2) (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Carte comparee des regences d'Alger et de Tunis, dressee par le Chev. Lapie, Geographe du Roi ; les noms anciens ont ete revus par ... Hase ; les noms arabes par ... Taubert ; grave par Flahaut ; ecrit par Lallemand. It was published by Chez Ch. Picquet, Quai Conti, no. 17 in 1829. Scale [ca. 1:1,632,653], 16 km=9.8 cm. This layer is image 1 of 2 total images of the two sheet source map, representing the western portion of the map. Covers the coast of North Africa including Tunisia, Algeria, and portions of Morocco and Libya. 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 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, roads, cities and other human settlements, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, 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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  9. 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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  10. Title: Carte routière, physique et politique de l'Italie, de la Suisse et de parties des états voisins

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures.

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  11. Title: Plan routier de la ville de Paris, divisé en XII arrondissements ou mairies et en 48 quartiers : sur lequel sont indiqué tous les changements & projets ordonnés par le gouvernement

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. Includes street and place name index with supplementary table. "Dédié & présenté à Mr. Le Comte Frochot." Historic Maps copy has label on map verso: Plan de Paris, à Paris, chez Charles Picquet, geógraphe; 1814 in ms.

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  12. Title: Plan routier de la ville de Paris et de ses faubourgs : où se trouvent indiqués tous les changements opérés jusqu'à ce jour, avec les projets d'embellisemt. arrêtés par le gouvernemt

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    Summary: Map of Paris and environs; relief shown by hachures. Includes index of streets.

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  13. Title: Bordeaux, France, 1850 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Bordeaux, drawn by W.B. Clarke, arch[t]; engraved by J. Henshall. It was published by published under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge [by] Charles Knight in 1850. Scale [ca. 1:12,000]. Covers Bordeaux, France. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the 'European Datum 1950 UTM 30N' 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, fortification, ground cover, parks, and more. Depths shown by soundings. Includes views and 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: South-West Africa Map of the principal part of the Damara Land ; based on the prismatic compass triangulation checked by observed latitudes

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Shows Mr. Andersson's route in red. Includes: Table of observed latitudes. From: the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 36, (1866), pp. 247-248; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J687 vol.36 1866.

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  15. Title: Carte du pais de Loudunois.; Carte dv pais de Lovdvnois

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. Inscription reads "Picquet incidit 1620." Included in Leclerc's 1621 edition of "Théatre géographique du Royaume de France". From the Composite Atlas of France, title created to represent a unique collection within the Clark Library, University of Michigan. 1 map; 34 x 40 cm

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  16. Title: A new map of England and Wales

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    Summary: Extent: 1 map Abstract: Map of England and Wales showing counties, cities and towns, and roads. Notes: Relief shown pictorially. Map detached from: The gentleman's magazine and historical chronicle. Volume XXVII. London : Printed for D. Henry, and R. Cave, 1757. It appears that the map was originally published in the supplement following the December 1757 issue, but relocated to the frontispiece of Volume XXVII when bound together. Scale approximately 1:2,250,000. English mi. 691/2 to a degree

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  17. Title: A chart of the Baltic Sea, Gulfs of Finland and Bothnia, with the sound

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    Summary: Extent: 1 map Notes: Likely detached from: Gentleman's magazine, and historical chronicle. Volume XVIII : for the year M.DCC.XLVIII. London : Printed by Edw. Cave, 1748. Map was originally published in the October 1748 issue. Prime meridian: London. Includes note. Scale approximately 1:12,500,000

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  18. Title: A new chart of the coast of New England, Nova Scotia, New France or Canada

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    Summary: Extent: 1 map Abstract: Map showing the Maritime Provinces, Newfoundland, part of Labrador, part of New England to Boston, and the St. Lawrence Valley region to Quebec City. Emphasizes coastal details. Notes: Depths shown by soundings. Prime meridian: London. Orginally published in January 1746 issue of: Gentleman's magazine. London : Printed by Edw. Cave. Map is described on pages 71-77 of February 1746 issue of Gentleman's magazine. Includes 4 insets: North Atlantic Ocean -- Plan of the city and port of Louisbourg -- Fort Dauphin -- City of Quebec. Accompanied by p. 71-78 from the February 1746 issue in vol. 16 of The Gentleman's Magazine. From: Gentleman's Magazine, vol. 16, January 1746. (MUN RARE AP 2 G4, lacks copy of map). Scale approximately 1:3,500,000

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  19. Title: Minnesota route, the shortest and best to the Idaho gold mines

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    Summary: (W 126°--W 86°/N 50°--N 38°). Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1864 by D.D. Merrill in the clerks office of the district court of the district of Minnesota." 42 x 106 centimeters Scale approximately 1:1,540,000 General Map Collection

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  20. Title: India, 1768 (Image 3 of 4) (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: The East Indies, with the roads, by Thomas Jefferys, geographer to the King. It was published by Robt. Sayer, No. 53 in Fleet Street & Thos. Jefferys, at Charing Cross in 1768. Scale [ca. 1:2,600,000]. This layer is image 3 of 4 total images of the 4 sheet source map, representing the south-western portion of the map. 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 boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown pictorially. Includes also boundaries, rivers, roads and settlements; includes descriptive notes. 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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