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  1. Title: Map of western Washington, showing classification of lands; by John W. Rankine and Geo. H. Plummer, 1898.

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    Summary: Shows cut areas, timbered and timberless areas, burned areas, and Northern Pacific land grant boundaries. Plate III from the "Nineteenth annual report" of the U.S. Geological Survey, Part 5, Forest reserves (1898). Public land grid. "Julius Bien & Co. Lith. N.Y." 1 map: col.; 107 x 70 cm

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  2. Title: St. Paul, Minn.

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    Summary: Title from lower margin.; "Entered according to act of Congress, year 1874, by G.H. Ellsbury and Vernon Green, with the Librarian of Congress"--Lower left margin.; Bird's-eye view.; Includes key to points of interest in lower margin. 39 x 75 centimeters, on sheet 44 x 79 centimeters Not drawn to scale Minneapolis and St. Paul Maps and Atlases

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  3. Title: Geological map of the lower Carboniferous area of Southern Indiana (Corydon sheet): to accompany the report on the geology of the region

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    Summary: From the 27th Annual report of the Department of Geology and Natural Resources of Indiana, 1902. Includes three East-West cross-sections: through New Amsterdam, through Corydon, and along line of Southern railway. Scale 1:126,720. 2 miles = 1 in. By George H. Ashley; geology By George H. Ashley and Edward M. Kindle; W.S. Blatchley, state geologist.

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  4. Title: Africa with the discoveries to May 1858 of Livingstone, Barth, Vogel, & of the Chadda expedition, from documents in possession of the Royal Geographical Society (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of an historic continental map of Africa created in 1860. Originally created by George Swanton, this map is based on the explorations of Livingstone and Barth and contains insets of Cape Verde Islands, the Delta of the Niger, Cape Colony and Mauritius. 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 using a Sinusoidal projection. 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 2994.42 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. Africa with the discoveries to May 1858 of Livingstone, Barth, Vogel, & of the Chadda expedition, from documents in possession of the Royal Geographical Society (Raster Image). Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/yj385yn3969. 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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  5. Title: London, England, 1877 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Illustrated map of London, or, Stranger's guide to the public buildings, theatres, music halls, & all places of interest. It was published by George H. Young in 1877. Scale [ca. 1:13,700]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the British National Grid coordinate system (British National Grid, Airy Spheroid OSGB (1936) Datum). 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, selected buildings, and more. Selected points of interest and relief shown pictorially. 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: British possessions in the Indian seas

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    Summary: Maps of Sri Lanka, Singapore and the Malay Peninsula with relief shown by hachures and spot heights.; Plate VLII probably from: The comapnion atlas to the gazetteer of the world ... / by G.H. Swanston. 23 x 14 centimeters or smaller on sheet 464 x 31.7 centimeters Various scales. General Map Collection

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  7. Title: New Haven, Connecticut, 1893 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: City of New Haven, Connecticut, [by] A.B. Hill, civil engineer. It was published by Geo. H. Walker & Co., 1893. Scale [1:12,000]. Covers also portions of West Haven, Hamden, North Haven, and East Haven. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Connecticut State Plane Coordinate System (Feet) (FIPS 0600). 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 and industrial buildings, schools, churches, cemeteries, parks, city ward boundaries, and more. Includes inset: [Yale campus]. Scale [1:2,400]. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps of New England 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, scales, and map purposes.

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  8. Title: Rhode Island, 1898 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Rhode Island. It was published in 1898 by Geo. H. Walker & Co. Scale [ca. 1:112,000]. Covers Rhode Island and portions of Massachusetts and Connecticut. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Rhode Island State Plane Coordinate System (Feet) (FIPS 3800). 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, bicycle routes (shown in red), drainage, county and town boundaries, and more. Includes inset: [Block Island]. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps of New England 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, scales, and map purposes.

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  9. Title: Newport, Rhode Island, ca. 1892 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Map of Newport, R.I., surveyed by N.W. Eayrs, c.e. ; under the direction of J.P. Cotton, c.e. ; J. Bergner, del. It was published ca. 1892 by Simon Hart. Scale [ca. 1:13,000]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Rhode Island State Plane Coordinate System (Feet) (FIPS 3800). 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, city ward boundaries, selected property boundaries, buildings, and names of property owners, and more. Includes inset: Road map of island of Rhode Island and Conanicut Island, surveyed by C.E. Hammett, Jr. Scale [ca. 1:85,000]. Also includes index to points of interest (churches, schools, hotels, libraries, mills, etc.), tables of elevation and distances, and shows radial distances. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps of New England 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, scales, and map purposes.

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  10. Title: Birds eye view of trolley routes in New England, 1904 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Trolley wayfinder, birds eye view of trolley routes in New England, published by the New England Street Railway Club, 1904. This is a perspective map not drawn to scale. Covers eastern portion of New England from Lewiston, Maine, to Newport, Rhode Island. 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 steam railroads, electric railroads, parks, buildings, drainage, and more. Relief and some features are shown pictorially. Includes 7 insets. 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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  11. Title: Map of New Hampshire : southern part

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights.; "Copyright 1908 by Walker Lith. & Pub. Co., Boston."; "Best Routes shown in Red." 56 x 85 centimeters Scale approximately 1:190,000 General Map Collection

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  12. Title: Northern New Hampshire

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    Summary: Relief shown by spot heights.; "Best Routes shown in red." on sheet 52 x 36 centimeters Scale [1:190,080] 3 miles = 1 inch General Map Collection

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  13. Title: Central New Hampshire

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    Summary: Relief shown by contours and spot heights.; Includes "Elevations above sea level" for selected lakes, towns, and hotels.; "Automobile & Bicycle Routes shown in red." 54 x 64 Centimeters Scale approximately 1:190,000 General Map Collection

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  14. Title: New map of Boston : giving all points of interest, with every railway & steamboat terminus, prominent hotels, theatres & public buildings. Map of Boston and suburbs : showing parks and automobile routes

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    Summary: New map of Boston: "Copyright 1894, 1897, 1902, 1904 by Geo. H. Walker & Co., Boston. Copyright 1883 by Tilly Haynes, Boston."; Map of Boston and suburbs: "Copyright 1904 by Geo. H. Walker & Co., Boston. Part of road maps of the Boston district, copyright 1884, 1897 & 1902 by Geo. H. Walker & Co., Boston." 35 x 34 centimeters and 34 x 34 centimeters Scale not given.; Scale approximately 1:87,500 City Maps

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  15. Title: The South Shore and Norfolk County, Mass

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    Summary: Includes insets of North Vancouver Island; Puget Sound; and distance tables.; Text, ill., and geographic statistics on verso.; "Map 1K." 46 x 72 centimeters Scale approximately 1:125,000 General Map Collection

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  16. Title: Massachusetts : atlas plate no. 17

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    Summary: Copyright 1891 & 1900, Geo. H. Walker & Co. Boston, Mass.; In upper corners: 162, 163.; Relief shown by contours and spot heights.; Shows northern Worcester county. 45 x 65 centimeters Scale approximately 1:63,360 General Map Collection

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  17. Title: Map showing free public libraries : [in Connecticut].

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    Summary: Scale not given; 1 map: color; 28 x 38 cm Libraries--Connecticut--Maps

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  18. Title: Map of Boston

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    Summary: Shows public buildings, theatres, parks, and streetcar stations.; Oriented with north toward the upper right.; Includes advertisements.; On verso: advertisements. 32 x 42 centimeters Scale not given City Maps

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  19. Title: Map of Worcester district

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    Summary: Prime meridian: Washington, D.C.; Includes illustrated border.; "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1848 by Ensign's and Thayer ..."; Includes county divisions for Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Michigan, and parts of Wisconsin and Iowa.; "Drawn and engraved by J.M. Atwood, N. York." 71 x 89 centimeters Scale 1:63,360 City Maps

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  20. Title: Map showing locations of free public high schools : [in Connecticut].

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    Summary: Scale not given; 1 map: color; 28 x 39 cm High schools--Connecticut--Maps

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