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

    • Not specified
    • 1900
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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.

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  2. 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

    • Image data
    • 1870
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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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  3. Title: Central Africa showing expedition route of Verney Lovett Cameron, 1876 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2009
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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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  4. Title: Pogge and Wissmann's route from the Kasai to Nyangwe, 1881-2 from Lieut. Wissmann's original sketches

    • Image data
    • 1883
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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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  5. Title: Routes through the Yao country by the Rev. W. P. Johnson, 1880-82

    • Image data
    • 1882
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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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  6. Title: Native routes to the Masai country and to the Victoria Nyanza from information obtained by the Venble. J. P. Farler

    • Image data
    • 1882
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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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  7. Title: Sketch map of the River Rufiji from a survey by W. Beardall, Zanzibar; March, 1881

    • Image data
    • 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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  8. Title: Pompei, Italy, 1909 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2015
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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Pompeiorum quae efossa sunt : 1:1000. It was published by Georg Reimer in 1909. Scale 1:1,000. Covers Pompei, Italy. Map in Latin.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the 'European Datum 1950 UTM Zone 33 North' 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, selected buildings, plans of ancient sites, 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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  9. Title: Ravenstein-Liebenow's Special-Rad- und Automobilkarte von Mittel-Europa

    • Not specified
    • 1900
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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights.; Geographical coverage complete in 164 sheets. on sheets 32 x 40 centimeters

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  10. 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

    • Image data
    • 1843
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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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  11. Title: Plan der Stadt Jena und ihrer nächsten Umgebung

    • Image data
    • 1908
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    Summary: Map of Jena and environs in the German state of Thuringia. Relief shown by contours. "Ausgabe für die Festgäste des Universitäts-Jubiläums 1908." Includes northern and western profiles. Indexed for streets and points of interest.

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

    • Raster data
    • 2015
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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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  13. Title: Hamburg, Germany, 1910 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2008
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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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  14. Title: Map showing the Fergus Falls "Park Region" : embracing also the whole of Otter Tail County, Minn. and Wilkin and portions of Dou

    • Not specified
    • 1880
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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale approximately 1:255,000. Relief shown by hachures. Scale provided from another source. Map does not indicate scale. "Geo. B. Wright, Lots and Lands, Minneapolis ... Chas. J. Wright, land agent, Fergus Falls, Minn.""Fergus Falls Park region, northern Minnesota rr as marked in red by Maj Henning, ... 9/81"-Verso. 41 x 52 centimeters

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  15. Title: Vienna, Austria, 1770 (Image 1 of 4) (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2010
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Grund Riss der Ka?. K?ningl. residenz stadt Wien unter glorw?rdigster Regierung be?der ma?ten. Josephs des IIten. R?m. Ka?sers un Mari? Theresi? R?m. Ka?serin und Apost. K?nigin auf allerh?chsten Befehl, unter der Direction dero hof Mathematici Joseph Nagel aufgenommen von den N.?. Reg.Ingenieur Franz Gruss und Joseph Ne?ssner ; J.E. Mansfeld Sculp. It was published in 1770. Scale [ca. 1:1,300]. Covers Vienna, Austria. This layer is image 1 of 4 total images, representing the southeast portion of the four sheet source map. Map in German. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the MGI 3-Degree Gauss Kruger 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.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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  16. Title: Vienna, Austria, 1770 (Image 2 of 4) (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2010
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Grund Riss der Ka?. K?ningl. residenz stadt Wien unter glorw?rdigster Regierung be?der ma?ten. Josephs des IIten. R?m. Ka?sers un Mari? Theresi? R?m. Ka?serin und Apost. K?nigin auf allerh?chsten Befehl, unter der Direction dero hof Mathematici Joseph Nagel aufgenommen von den N.?. Reg.Ingenieur Franz Gruss und Joseph Ne?ssner ; J.E. Mansfeld Sculp. It was published in 1770. Scale [ca. 1:1,300]. Covers Vienna, Austria. This layer is image 2 of 4 total images, representing the southwest portion of the four sheet source map. Map in German. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the MGI 3-Degree Gauss Kruger 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.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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  17. Title: Vienna, Austria, 1770 (Image 4 of 4) (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2010
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Grund Riss der Ka?. K?ningl. residenz stadt Wien unter glorw?rdigster Regierung be?der ma?ten. Josephs des IIten. R?m. Ka?sers un Mari? Theresi? R?m. Ka?serin und Apost. K?nigin auf allerh?chsten Befehl, unter der Direction dero hof Mathematici Joseph Nagel aufgenommen von den N.?. Reg.Ingenieur Franz Gruss und Joseph Ne?ssner ; J.E. Mansfeld Sculp. It was published in 1770. Scale [ca. 1:1,300]. Covers Vienna, Austria. This layer is image 4 of 4 total images, representing the northwest portion of the four sheet source map. Map in German. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the MGI 3-Degree Gauss Kruger 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.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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  18. Title: Vienna, Austria, 1770 (Image 3 of 4) (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2010
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Grund Riss der Ka?. K?ningl. residenz stadt Wien unter glorw?rdigster Regierung be?der ma?ten. Josephs des IIten. R?m. Ka?sers un Mari? Theresi? R?m. Ka?serin und Apost. K?nigin auf allerh?chsten Befehl, unter der Direction dero hof Mathematici Joseph Nagel aufgenommen von den N.?. Reg.Ingenieur Franz Gruss und Joseph Ne?ssner ; J.E. Mansfeld Sculp. It was published in 1770. Scale [ca. 1:1,300]. Covers Vienna, Austria. This layer is image 3 of 4 total images, representing the northeast portion of the four sheet source map. Map in German. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the MGI 3-Degree Gauss Kruger 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.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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  19. Title: Weltkarte

    • Image data
    • 1941
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    Summary: Map shows Germany colonies and protectorates, and international boundaries. Railways, submarine cables, and principal shipping routes are indicated. Includes a list of used abbreviations.

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  20. Title: Plan der Stadt Helmstedt ; Karte der Umgebung von Helmstedt

    • Image data
    • 1900
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    Summary: Maps of Helmstedt and environs in the German state of Lower Saxony. Relief shown by shading. Indexed for points of interest.

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