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  1. Title: Vermont, 1857 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: An improved map of Vermont : compiled from the latest authorities. It was published in 1857 by Lewis Robinson. Scale [ca. 1:450,000]. Covers also adjacent parts of New York and New Hampshire. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Vermont State Plane Coordinate System (Meters) (FIPS 4400). 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, county and town boundaries and more. Relief shown by hachures. Includes table of distances from Montpelier and population by county and town in left margin. 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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  2. Title: New Hampshire, 1849 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Map of New Hampshire : compiled from the latest authorities. It was published in 1849 by Lewis Robinson. Scale [ca. 1:445,000]. Covers New Hampshire and portions of Maine, Vermont, and Massachusetts. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the New Hampshire State Plane Coordinate System (Feet) (FIPS 2800). 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, state, county and town boundaries and more. Relief shown by hachures. Includes table of statistics and inset: N. part of New Hampshire. 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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  3. Title: Vermont, 1861 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: An improved map of Vermont : compiled from the latest authorities. It was published in 1861 by Lewis Robinson. Scale [ca. 1:450,000]. Covers also adjacent parts of New York and New Hampshire. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Vermont State Plane Coordinate System (Meters) (FIPS 4400). 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, county and town boundaries and more. Relief shown by hachures. Includes table of distances from Montpelier and population by county and town in left margin. 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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  4. Title: Guide map of the city of Detroit; drawn by Eugene Robinson, city surveyor.; Guide map of the city of Detroit showing location of hotels, churches, schools, railroad depots and all places of interest;Hand book and guide map of the city of Detroit

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    Summary: North oriented toward upper right. "Entered according to act of Congress...12th day of August, 1863..." Accompanied by booklet entitled Hand book and guide map of the city of Detroit. Detroit, Mich.: S. Farmer & Co., [1870]. 28 p.; 14 cm. The booklet is continued on the verso of the map (p. 29-69). The title, Guide map of the city of Detroit showing location of hotels, churches, schools, railroad depots and all places of interest has been covered by the new title. Inset: Junction of Grand Trunk, Michigan Central, and Michigan Southern railroads. Includes text and index. Arc distances measured from Campus Martius. Shows ferry lines to Windsor, railroad lines, points of interest. Text and advertisements on verso. 1 map; 59 x 66 cm. folded to 13 x 9 cm.

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  5. Title: Map of the country embracing the route of the expedition of 1823 commanded by Major S.H. Long

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    Summary: Extent: 1 map Abstract: Map of the Great Lakes and Rainy River regions and the valleys of the Minnesota River and Red River of the North, showing the route of the 1823 expedition of Stephen Harriman Long. Includes descriptive notes, and indicates the dates and locations where the expedition stopped. Indicates settlements, forts, and Native American tribal regions. The route of the expedition is shown in red. Notes: Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians: Washington and Greenwich. From: Narrative of an expedition to the source of St. Peter's River : Lake Winnepeek, Lake of the Woods, &c., performed in the year 1823, by order of the Hon. J.C. Calhoun, Secretary of War, under the command of Stephen H. Long, U.S.T.E. : compiled from the notes of Major Long, Messrs. Say, Keating, & Colhoun by William H. Keating. London : G.B. Whittaker, 1825. Scale approximately 1:3,000,000

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  6. Title: Michigan

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    Summary: Extent: 1 map Notes: Greenwich and Washington prime meridians. Scale approximately 1:2,100,000

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  7. Title: Map of Bergen County, New Jersey : with a portion of Passaic Co.

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    Summary: Wall map showing landowners' names. Relief shown by spot heights. Historic Maps copy dissected in 4 pieces.

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  8. Title: Atlas of the city of New York : from official records, private plans and actual surveys, volume 6

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    Summary: 56 centimeters Scales differ. City Maps

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  9. Title: Atlas of the city of New York : from official records, private plans and actual surveys, volume 5

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    Summary: 56 centimeters Scales differ. City Maps

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  10. Title: Madison - Chatham Township 1887

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    Summary: Plate 9 from F. Robinson's Atlas of Morris County, N.J. 1887. Attribution states map was entered according to Act of Congress in 1887 by F. Robinson, in the office of the Librarian of Congress, Washington D.C. Color map shows names of property owners, local parks and cemeteries and a segment of the Morris and Essex railroad line.

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  11. Title: Atlas of the city of New York : from official records, private plans and actual surveys, volume 4

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    Summary: 56 centimeters Scales differ. City Maps

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  12. Title: Atlas of the city of New York : from official records, private plans and actual surveys, volume 2

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    Summary: 56 centimeters Scales differ. City Maps

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  13. Title: Atlas of the city of New York : from official records, private plans and actual surveys, volume 3

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    Summary: 56 centimeters Scales differ. City Maps

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  14. Title: Atlas of the city of New York : from official records, private plans and actual surveys, volume 1

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    Summary: 56 centimeters Scales differ. City Maps

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  15. Title: USA (Presidential Election Results by County, 2004)

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    • 2004
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    Summary: This data was compiled from multiple sources. The data file was downloaded from: http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/a/c/acr181/election.html

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  16. Title: A new map of Denmark and Sweden, ca. 1730 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: A new map of Denmark and Sweden : according to ye newest and most exact observations. It was published by: Printed for H. Moll over against Devereux Court without Temple Bar in the Strand, Iohn Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill, Thomas Bowles Print & Mapseller next to the Chapter house in St. Pauls Church yard and by Philip Overton Map & Printseller near S. Dunstans Church Fleetstreet ca. 1730. Scale [ca. 1:2,700,000].. Map in English. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Europe Lambert Conformal Conic (EPSG: 102014) 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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  17. Title: Map of the Territory of New Guinea, administered by the Commonwealth of Australia under mandate from the League of Nations, and Papua, a territory of the Commonwealth of Australia

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    Summary: Shows administrative boundaries and names. Panel title: New Guinea, a detailed map. "Map no. 315."

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  18. Title: Plan of Jerusalem

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Ancillary map: Environs of Jerusalem / from the routes and observations of Robinson and Smith. Scale 1:100,000. Historic Maps copy 2 is hand colored and unfolded to 35 x 44 cm.

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  19. Title: A new map of Denmark and Sweden : according to ye newest and most exact observations.

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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale approximately 1:2,700,000 (W 0°04ʹ00ʺ--E 35°07ʹ00ʺ/N 71°21ʹ00ʺ--N 53°41ʹ00ʺ). Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridians: London and Ferro Island. Dedication: To His Excellency John Lord Bishop of Bristol Ld. Privy Seal and Her Majesty's first Plenipotentiary at the Treaty of Utrecht. This map is Humbly Dedicated by your Excellency's most humble Servant. H: Moll Geographer. Inset (upper left): The north part of Norway, Lapland and Greenland ... This Draught taken from J. Peterson ... Five b&w vignettes pertaining to Laplanders on right side, with caption below: The Laplanders being the most remarkable people in Europe; it will not be amiss to give a scheach of their manner of living ... Note (to upper left of title cartouche): The double line from Upsal to Torne shews ye rout King Charles ye XI, and his mathematicians took Anno 1694 in making their observations, which are carefully inserted here with many other remarks left to ye curious to observe. 1 map : color ; 60 x 100 centimeter on sheet 63 x 107 centimeter Scale approximately 1:2,700,000 General Map Collection

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  20. Title: The "Chevalier" commercial, pictorial and tourist map of San Francisco : from latest U.S. gov. and official surveys (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced image of a pictorial map of San Francisco originally created in 1903. This map shows contour lines and all important buildings and public improvements are drawn in vignettes on the map. At the bottom of the map is the publisher's statement: "This Map is an Improved and Enlarged Edition of The Commercial Pictorial and Tourist Map of San Francisco Copyrighted Dec. 1903 by August Chevalier. Similar Maps For Other Cities in the U.S. Are Being Made."The Exposition City 1915." 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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