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  1. Title: Central Africa showing expedition route of Verney Lovett Cameron, 1876 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Map of a portion of South Africa : illustrative of Lieut. Cameron's route from lake Tangayika to the west coast, by E. G. Ravenstein, F.R.G.S. It was published by Geogr. Mag. in 1876. Scale 1:5,000,000. Covers portions of Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, and Zambia. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to a non-standard 'World Sinusoidal' projection with the central meridian at 20 degrees east. 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 expedition routes, drainage, cities and other human settlements, territorial boundaries, and more. Relief is shown by shading. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from the Harvard Map Collection and the Harvard University Library as part of the Open Collections Program at Harvard University project: Organizing Our World: Sponsored Exploration and Scientific Discovery in the Modern Age. Maps selected for the project correspond to various expeditions and represent a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and purposes.

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  2. Title: Pogge and Wissmann's route from the Kasai to Nyangwe, 1881-2 from Lieut. Wissmann's original sketches

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    Summary: Boundaries of kingdoms and chiefs' territories are shown. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Pogge and Wissmann's route shown in red. Route of Verney Lovett Cameron in 1874 is shown. Includes inset map of Lake Munkamba [scale 1:400,000]. From: Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and monthly record of geography. Vol. 5 (1885), no. 3, pp. 163-5; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J6873

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  3. Title: Native routes to the Masai country and to the Victoria Nyanza from information obtained by the Venble. J. P. Farler

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    Summary: Figures along the routes indicate the distance (in hours) from camp to camp. Includes inset map: New native routes collected by the venble. J. P. Farler and the Rev. Thos. Wakefield and adjusted to the R. Geogr. Society's map of Eastern Equatorial Africa [scale 1:12,000,000]. Shows routes learned by Farler with broken lines and routes learned by Wakefield with solid lines. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. From: Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and monthly record of geography. Vol. 4 (1882), no. 12, pp. 730-53; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J6873

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  4. Title: Routes through the Yao country by the Rev. W. P. Johnson, 1880-82

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    Summary: Mr. Johnson's routes shown in red. Trade routes, routes of other expeditions, and routes toward adjacent territories are shown. Approximate territories of indigenous groups are shown. "Names not found in Mr. Johnson's Maps or Notes nor in Mr. Janson's journal, in hair line." Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. From: Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and monthly record of geography. Vol. 4 (1882), no. 8, pp. 480-4; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J6873

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  5. Title: Sketch map of the River Rufiji from a survey by W. Beardall, Zanzibar; March, 1881

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Vegetation and copal and rubber districts districts along coast and islands and reefs offshore are shown. Villages along coast, delta, and river are shown. "The Delta of the Rufiji from the Admiralty Chart and other authorities. All above Mpembeno according to Mr. Beardall's original Map." From: Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and monthly record of geography. Vol. 3 (1881), no. 11, pp. 641-56; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J6873

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  6. Title: Map of the Indian Empire including Ceylon and the Straits Settlements.

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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale 1:5,000,000 ; conic proj. Accompanied by index. Inset: India showing military stations and railways, languages, religions -- town plans of Bombay, Calcutta, Madras, etc. Relief shown as hachures and heights in feet. Shows: international and administrative boundaries, railways, canals. Scale 1:5,000,000 Ames Library of South Asia Maps

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  7. Title: Map of the south-western portion of the United States, and of Sonora and Chihuahua to illustrate the paper by Dr. W. A. Bell

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    Summary: Relief shown by shading. Dr. Bell's route in 1867-68 shown in red. Includes inset: "Lower California continued". Baja California Peninsula shown from ca. 26° N latitude to southern end. International and state boundaries are shown. Longitudes west from Greenwich and west from Washington are shown. From: Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 39 (1869), pp. 95-120; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J687

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  8. Title: Ravenstein-Liebenow's Special-Rad- und Automobilkarte von Mittel-Europa

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights.; Geographical coverage complete in 164 sheets. on sheets 32 x 40 centimeters Scale 1:300,000 General Map Collection

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  9. 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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  10. Title: Nuremberg Region, Germany, 1909 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan von Nurnberg 1909, Bearbeitet im stadtischen Bauamt. It was published by Verlag des Stadtmagistrats Nurnberg in 1909. Scale 1:12,500. Covers Nuremberg and vicinity, 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 and stations, drainage, built-up areas and selected buildings, parks, ground cover, 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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  11. Title: Basin District, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1933 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Cincinnati basin district : proposed redevelopment plan, City Planning Commission; Ernest Clarke architect. It was published by the City Planning Commission in 1933. Scale 1:200. Covers area bounded by Colerain Ave. to Vine St., Central Ave. to W 5th St. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Ohio South State Plane NAD 1983 coordinate system (in Feet) (Fipszone 3402). 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, existing and proposed buildings (schools, churches, dwellings, businesses, and industrial areas), parks, ground cover, and more. 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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  12. Title: Map of properties belonging to J. & W.B. Vandeventer at Princeton

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    Summary: "Alterations in parenthesis and a large part of the dotted lines made I 1901." Reproduction of ms. map, showing area between Nassau, Witherspoon, Wiggins, and Vandeventer streets, Princeton, N.J. in 1892; revised 1901.

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  13. Title: Map of the Morven property, Princeton, N.J., 1900

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    Summary: "The division of the part of the property north of Hodge Avenue into lots was made in the spring 1849--E. Sandoz." Reproduction of ms. map, showing area between Library Place, Hodge Avenue, Bayard Avenue, Morven Place, and Stockton Street, Princeton, N.J. in 1890; revised 1900.

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  14. Title: Map of the Morven property, Princeton, N.J., 1890

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    Summary: "Contents. Morven property Dec. 1890. Acres 212.89. Parcels of land sold at different periods ... 8.74 acres." Reproduction of ms. map, showing area between Library Place, Hodge Avenue, Bayard Avenue, Morven Place, and Stockton Street, Princeton, N.J. in 1890.

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  15. Title: Physical map of the Crimea, with enlarged maps of the seat of war, and views of Sebastopol & Balaklava, from the best authorities

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Includes views of "Sebastopol from the middle of Sebastopol Bay," "Town & harbor of Balaklava from the north," and "South coast, from Cape Feolente," and 2 coastal profiles. "This map is highly approved by professors Guyot & Agassiz of Cambridge, in their letters."

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  16. Title: Map of the Pleistocene deposits of northwestern Iowa, 1917

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    Summary: 1 map

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  17. Title: Indiana in 1836

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    Summary: Negative photostat. Shows roads, railroads, canals, counties and cities. Scale not given. E.V. Shockley.

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  18. Title: Map of Elizabeth Town, N.J. at the time of the Revolutionary War, 1775-1783 Showing that part of the free borough and town of Elizabeth, which is now the site of the city of Elizabeth

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    Summary: Cadastral map showing land ownership. Shows "The fortifications and positions of the British forces from June 8th to June 23d, 1780 ..." Includes index to "Names of owners referred to by number" and "References and historical notes."

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  19. Title: Map of Boston and the country adjacent : showing rural parks

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    Summary: Shows railroads, roads, buildings, and radial distances from State House.; Relief shown by hachures. 44 x 64 centimeters Scale approximately 1:63,360 City Maps

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  20. Title: Hamburg, Germany, 1910 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: H. Carly's Bebauungs-Plan von Hamburg und samtlichen Hamburgischen Vororten : nebst Plan von Altona-Ottensen, Wandsbeck und Umgebung sowie Plan von Hagenbecks Tierpark. It was published by Druck und Verlag H. Carly (Inh. Oscar und Robert Enoch) in [1910]. Scale [ca. 1:14,000]. Map in German. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the WGS84 UTM Zone 32N 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 and stations, street car lines, drainage, docks, built-up areas and selected buildings, parks, city districts, and more. Colored to show land use. Relief is shown pictorially. Includes inset: Carl Hagenbeck's Tierpark Stellingen. 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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