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  1. Title: Kolkata, India, City Planning, 1913 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: City of Calcutta, E. P. Richards. It was printed by Jennings & Bewley in 1913. Scale 1:21,120. Covers Kolkata and a portion of H?ora, India. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the 'WGS 1984 UTM Zone 45N' 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 residential and industrial zoning districts and redevelopment zones, roads, railroads, drainage, canals, built-up areas and selected buildings, fortification, docks, parks, and more. Includes index, note, legend of class dwellings, and census 'map' (i.e., chart). 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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  2. Title: Kolkata, India, Roads, 1910 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Urban Calcutta : the existing street and main road system of Calcutta, E.P. Richards, M. Inst., C.E. It was published by Calcutta Improvement Trust in 1910. Scale [1:21,120]. Covers Kolkata, India. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the 'WGS 1984 UTM Zone 45N' 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, selected buildings, fortification, docks, 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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  3. Title: Kolkata, India, Traffic Density, 1913 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Traffic intensities, E. P. Richards. It was published by Calcutta Improvement Trust[?] in 1913. Scale [1:10,560]. Covers Kolkata and a portion of H?ora, India. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the 'WGS 1984 UTM Zone 45N' 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 with traffic density information, railroads, drainage, canals, selected buildings, fortification, docks, parks, and more. Includes note on traffic intensities and legend of vehicles per hour. 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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  4. Title: Adelaide Botanic Gardens, Australia, 1876 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan of the Botanic Garden and Park as designed by Dr. Schomburgk, compiled and drawn in the office of the Surveyor General by E.P. Laurie from a survey made by Mr. Surveyor J.W. Jones 1874. It was published by Surveyor-General's Office in 1876. Scale [ca. 1:1,584].The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the World Miller Cylindrical 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, roads, paths, fountains, buildings, gardens, lawns, 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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  5. Title: Hartford, Connecticut, 1896 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: New map of Hartford, Connecticut : from the latest surveys. It was published by Belknap & Warfield, 1896. Copyright 1896, by L.J. Richards & Co., Springfield, Mass. Scale [ca. 1:12,000]. 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 buildings, cemeteries, parks, fire alarm boxes, police patrol locations, city ward boundaries, radial distances from City Hall, and more. 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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  6. Title: County Meath, Province of Leinster, Ireland

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Includes "Index map of Ireland." "23." From: Memorial atlas of Ireland : showing provinces, counties, baronies, parishes, etc. ... Philadelphia : L.J. Richards & Co., 1901.

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  7. Title: County Sligo, Province of Connaught, Ireland

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Includes "Index map of Ireland." "27." From: Memorial atlas of Ireland : showing provinces, counties, baronies, parishes, etc. ... Philadelphia : L.J. Richards & Co., 1901.

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  8. Title: County Monaghan, Province of Ulster, Ireland

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    Summary: Relief shown by spot heights. Includes "Index map of Ireland." "24." From: Memorial atlas of Ireland : showing provinces, counties, baronies, parishes, etc. ... Philadelphia : L.J. Richards & Co., 1901.

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  9. Title: County Limerick, Province of Munster, Ireland

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    Summary: Relief shown by spot heights. Includes "Index map of Ireland." "18." From: Memorial atlas of Ireland : showing provinces, counties, baronies, parishes, etc. ... Philadelphia : L.J. Richards & Co., 1901.

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  10. Title: County Kilkenny, Province of Leinster, Ireland

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Includes "Index map of Ireland." "15." From: Memorial atlas of Ireland : showing provinces, counties, baronies, parishes, etc. ... Philadelphia : L.J. Richards & Co., 1901.

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  11. Title: County Fermanagh, Province of Ulster, Ireland

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    Summary: Relief shown by spot heights. Includes "Index map of Ireland." "11." From: Memorial atlas of Ireland : showing provinces, counties, baronies, parishes, etc. ... Philadelphia : L.J. Richards & Co., 1901.

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  12. Title: County Wicklow, Province of Leinster, Ireland

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Includes "Index map of Ireland." "33." From: Memorial atlas of Ireland : showing provinces, counties, baronies, parishes, etc. ... Philadelphia : L.J. Richards & Co., 1901.

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  13. Title: County Clare, Province of Munster, Ireland

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    Summary: Relief shown by spot heights. Includes "Index map of Ireland." "6." From: Memorial atlas of Ireland : showing provinces, counties, baronies, parishes, etc. ... Philadelphia : L.J. Richards & Co., 1901.

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  14. Title: County Armagh, Province of Ulster, Ireland

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    Summary: Relief shown by spot heights. Includes "Index map of Ireland." "3." From: Memorial atlas of Ireland : showing provinces, counties, baronies, parishes, etc. ... Philadelphia : L.J. Richards & Co., 1901.

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  15. Title: County Kerry, Province of Munster, Ireland

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Includes "Index map of Ireland" and two insets showing small island groups. "13." From: Memorial atlas of Ireland : showing provinces, counties, baronies, parishes, etc. ... Philadelphia : L.J. Richards & Co., 1901.

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  16. Title: County Cork, Province of Munster, Ireland

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Inset maps of Cork region and Western extension of the peninsula north of Bantry Bay. Includes "Index map of Ireland." "7." From: Memorial atlas of Ireland : showing provinces, counties, baronies, parishes, etc. ... Philadelphia : L.J. Richards & Co., 1901.

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  17. Title: County Tyrone, Province of Ulster, Ireland

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    Summary: Relief shown by spot heights. Includes "Index map of Ireland." "29." From: Memorial atlas of Ireland : showing provinces, counties, baronies, parishes, etc. ... Philadelphia : L.J. Richards & Co., 1901.

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  18. Title: County Mayo, Province of Connaught, Ireland

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Includes "Index map of Ireland." "22." From: Memorial atlas of Ireland : showing provinces, counties, baronies, parishes, etc. ... Philadelphia : L.J. Richards & Co., 1901.

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  19. Title: County Londonderry, Province of Ulster, Ireland

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Includes "Index map of Ireland." "19." From: Memorial atlas of Ireland : showing provinces, counties, baronies, parishes, etc. ... Philadelphia : L.J. Richards & Co., 1901.

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  20. Title: County Louth, Province of Leinster, Ireland

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    Summary: Relief shown by spot heights. Includes "Index map of Ireland." "21." From: Memorial atlas of Ireland : showing provinces, counties, baronies, parishes, etc. ... Philadelphia : L.J. Richards & Co., 1901.

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