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  1. Title: Survey for a ship canal to connect the Lakes Erie & Ontario, Lockport route; Surveyed under the direction of Capt. W.G. Williams, U.S. Top. Engs., by Lieuts. T.F. Drayton & J.G. Reed; drawn by Lieut. J.G. Reed.; Survey for a ship canal to connect Lakes Erie and Ontario Lockport route

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. "Map no. 3." Shows canal survey from Kempville (Olcott)on Lake Ontario through Lockport to Tonawanda on the Niagara R. Map drawn in 3 segments. Direction arrows pointing south. 1 map on 2 sheets; sheets 67 x 85 cm

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  2. Title: Trigonometrical survey of a part of Mesopotamia, from Sheriat el Beytha (on the Tigris) to Tel Ibrahim to accompany the paper by Lieut. J.B. Bewsher

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Ancient supposed navigable canals, unused irrigants or branch canals, and canals in actual use are shown. Ruins converted by time into Tels or mounds are located. Soil conditions and agricultural land use shown by shading. Includes ancillary map: Sketch map: showing supposed positions of some places of historical interest, [scale ca. 1:1,229,000]. From: The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 37, (1867), p. 160-82; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J687 v.37 1867

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  3. Title: Teplice (and surrounding area), ca. 179u (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Die Herschaft Toeplitz im Leutmeritzer Creisse des Königreichs Boehmen. It was published by: J.G. Klinger ca. 179u. Scale not given. Map in German. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the WGS 1984 World Mercator (EPSG: 3395) 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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  4. Title: India & South Asia, 1821 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Hindoostan, J. & G. Menzies sculp. It was published by Baldwin, Cradock & Joy in 1821. Scale [1: 7,000,000]. Covers India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, and portions of Afghanistan, Pakistan, China, Sri Lanka, and Maldives.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Kalianpur 1975 India Zone III 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 and administrative boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown by hachures. Includes inset: 'Isle of Ceylon' ; scale [ca. 1: 4,500,000].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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  5. Title: Liverpool, England, 1854 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Map of the borough of Liverpool : with Parliamentary boundaries, ecclesiastical divisions and a part of the Cheshire coast. It was published by engraved and published by H. Hilliar in 1854. Scale [ca. 1:17,000]. Covers portions of Liverpool and Birkenhead, England. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the 'British National Grid' 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, built-up areas and selected buildings and industries, canals, docks, wharves, city districts, ground cover, parks 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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  6. Title: Battlefield of Antietam, Sharpsburg, Maryland and vicinity, ca. 1862 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map: Map of the battlefield of Antietam, prepared by Wm. H. Willcox, Top. Off. & A.A.D.C. on Brig. Genl. Doubleday's staff from actual surveys ; J.G. Shoemaker, engr. 4th ed. It was published ca. 1862 by Lith. of P.S. Duval & Son. Scale [ca. 1:13,300]. Covers area in Washington County, Maryland including the Sharpsburg region and the Antietam National Battlefield. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Maryland State Plane Coordinate System (in Meters) (Fipszone 1900). 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 and streets, houses, fences, vegetation, drainage, and artillery and Union and Confederate troop positions, and more. Relief shown by hachures. Includes inset: [Map of the environs of Sharpsburg]. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps of the Civil War from the Harvard Map Collection. Many items from this selection are from a collection of maps deposited by the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States Commandery of the State of Massachusetts (MOLLUS) in the Harvard Map Collection in 1938. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features, in particular showing places of military importance. The selection represents a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and purposes.

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  7. Title: Boston and vicinity, Massachusetts, railroads, 1865 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Rail road map : showing the street rail road routes in and leading from Boston, with the terminus of each road in suburban cities or towns, prepared by J.G. Chase, civil engineer. It was published by J.H. Bufford in 1865. Scale [1:42,240]. 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 street railroads, steam railroads, selected roads, drainage, town boundaries and more. 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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  8. Title: Cary's new plan of London and its vicinity, 1834 : shewing the limits of the Two-penny Post Delivery.

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. "Published by authority of His Majesty's Post Master General." 68 x 80 centimeters Scale approximately 1:15,000 City Maps

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  9. Title: America

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    Summary: Boundaries; cities, towns, etc.; forts. Pictorial relief. From: A new general atlas / John Thomson. -- Plate no. 52. 43.8 x 49.2 centimeters Scale approximately 1:55,123,200 General Map Collection

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  10. Title: Europe; J. & G. Menzies sculpt.

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. Greenwich prime meridian. Bar scales in British statute miles, Common French leagues and German, Dutch & Polish miles. "No. 8" from Thomson's new general atlas. 1 map: hand col.; 43 x 51 cm

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  11. Title: (Composite of) A new and correct map of Scotland or North Britain, with the post and military roads, divisions &ca. Drawn from the most approved surveys illustrated with many additional improvements, and regulated by the latest astronomical observations by Lieut. Campbell. London, printed for Robt. Sayer, no. 53 Fleet Street, as the Act directs 10 Jany. 1790 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced image of a map of Scotland. The map shows counties in outline color and classified roads with distances. The original map appears in "A general atlas, describing the whole universe: being a complete collection of the most approved maps extant; corrected with the greatest care, and augmented from the latest discoveries. The whole being an improvement of the maps of D'Anville and Robert. Engraved in the best manner on sixty-two copper-plates, by Thomas Kitchin, Senior, and Others. London: printed For Robert Sayer, no. 53, Fleet-Street, (1790)." The historic map layers in the Google Earth Rumsey Map Collection have been selected by David Rumsey from his large collection of historical maps, as well as some from other collections with which he collaborates. All the maps contain rich information about the past and represent a sampling of time periods, scales, and cartographic art, resulting in visual history stories that only old maps can tell. Each map has been georeferenced by Rumsey, thus creating unique digital map images that allow the old maps to appear in their correct places on the modern globe. Some of the maps fit perfectly in their modern spaces, while othersgenerally earlier period mapsreveal interesting geographical misconceptions of their time. Cultural features on the maps can be compared to the modern satellite views using the slider bars to adjust transparency. The result is an exploration of time as well as space, a marriage of historic cartographic masterpieces with innovative contemporary software tools.

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  12. Title: Ohio boundary no. 1 south bend of Lake Michigan: Map, exhibiting the position occupied in the determination of the latitude of the extreme south bend of Lake Michigan surveyed under the direction of Capt. A. Talcott, United States Engrs.; by Lieuts. W. Hood & Willm. Smith.

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. Removed from: Ohio and Michigan boundary ..., 1836. Below names of authors: Lt. W. Hood, del. Endorsed at lower left: A. Talcott capt engs. Includes references to the position occupied. 1 map; 32 x 74 cm., folded to 19 x 10 cm.

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  13. Title: A map of the Kingdom of Caubul : and some of the neighbouring countries, altered from a map constructed in the year 1809 by John

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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale approximately 1:2,500,000 (E 59°--E 79°/N 40°--N 27°). Relief shown by hachures."A new edition; re-drawn & engraved with considerable improvements." 59 x 74 centimeters Scale approximately 1:2,500,000 Ames Library of South Asia Maps

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  14. Title: Course of the river Mississippi, from the Balise to Fort Chartres: taken on an expedition to the Illinois, in the latter end of the year 1765; by Lieut. Ross of the 34th regiment: Improved from the surveys of that river made by the French.

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Prime meridian: New Orleans and Ferro. Shows historic points of interest. Includes descriptive notes and "Depths of the Mississippi." From "A general atlas, describing the whole universe: being a complete collection of the most approved maps extant; corrected with the greatest care, and augmented from the latest discoveries. The whole being an improvement of the maps of D'Anville and Robert" by Thomas Kitchin and published between 1768 and 1793. 1 map: hand col.; 113 x 35 cm.

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  15. Title: The Dermott or tin case map of the city of Washington 1797-8.

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    Summary: Photolithographic reproduction of 1797-8 map. Publisher from Phillips, P.L. List of maps and views of Washington and District of Columbia, page 23. Depths shown by soundings. Shows lot numbers and some street names. Tracing for photolithography done by H.J. Schneider. -- Cf. Ehrenberg, R.E. Mapping the nation's capital : the Surveyor's Office, 1797-1818. In Quarterly journal of the Library of Congress.--Volume 36, no. 3 (Summer 1979). Insets: Facsimile within red border, of written statement of Joseph Elgar, March 30, 1854, attesting to the removal of letters signed by George Washington and John Adams -- Printed texts of letters mentioned above, from George Washington, March 2, 1797, and John Adams, July 23, 1798 -- Printed text of approval for publication of the map, May 4 1888, from F.M. Thorn, Superintendent of Coast and Geodetic Survey. 168 x 145 centimeters Scale approximately 1:7200 City Maps

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  16. Title: New England Energy Facilities, Massachusetts, 1985 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: New England energy facilities map, prepared by Alonzo B. Reed, Inc. for the Massachusetts Energy Facilities Sitting Council. It was published by Alonzo B. Reed, Inc. in 1985. Scale ca. 1:106,000. 1 in. = .6 mi. 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, 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 power plants, substations, transmission lines, natural gas facilities, and a legend. 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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  17. Title: Washington, D.C., 1884 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Topographical map of the District of Columbia and a portion of Virginia, compiled under the direction of Major G.J. Lydecker, Corps of Engineers, Engineer Commissioner D.C., by Captain F.V. Greene, Corps of Engineers ; drawn by W.T.O. Bruff. It was published in 1884. Scale [1:15,840]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Maryland State Plane Coordinate System Meters NAD83 (Fipszone 1900). 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, selected public buildings, selected private residences and names of landowners, built-up areas, parks, and more. Relief shown by contours. Depths shown by soundings. Includes source materials note. 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: The Gulf of Arta surveyed in 1830

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Depth shown by isobaths and soundings. Estuaries of Louros and Arachthos rivers are shown. From: The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 3 (1833), pp. 77-94; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J687 v.3 1833

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  19. Title: Ruins of Limnæa, Ruins at Camarina, and Argos Amphilocicum

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    Summary: Title given by cataloger. Relief shown by hachures. Includes lithographed illustrations: I. Argos Amphilochicum. -- II. Wall of Limnæa S.W side. From: The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 3 (1833), pp. 77-94; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J687 v.3 1833

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  20. Title: Fault Lines: Generalized Geologic Map of Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, 2005

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    Summary: This line shapefile represents major fault lines in Alaska. This map complements the Generalized Geologic Map of the Conterminous United States by Reed and Bush. The data are generalized from a compilation prepared for use in the Geologic Map of North America, published as a paper map by the Geological Society of America and to be released as a digital file by the U.S. Geological Survey. This layer is part of the 1997-2014 edition National Atlas of the United States. These data have been prepared with a degree of detail appropriate for viewing at a scale of 1:7,500,000. Because of the degree of generalization required (generalization based on compilation scale), the data are intended primarily for display and for regional and national analysis, rather than for more detailed analysis in specific areas. No responsibility is assumed by the U.S. Geological Survey in the use of these data. National Atlas of the United States. (2005). Fault Lines, Alaska: Generalized Geologic Map of Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, 2005. National Atlas of the United States. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/mh719vx4646. 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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