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  1. Title: Gulf of Suez and Sinai Peninsula, 1799 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Carte du Golfe de Suez : dressée au Dépôt des cartes et plans de la Marine, d'après les observations faites en 1787 sur la Frégate la Vénus par le Cen. Rosili ... et publiée par ordre du ministre pour le Service des vaisseaux de la République Française l'an VII de la République ; gravé par E. Collin ; J. Aubert script. It was published by: Dépôt des cartes et plans de la Marine in 1799. Scale approximately 1:610,000. Map in French. 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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  2. Title: Wall Towers and Gates, Paris, 13th to the 17th Century

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    Summary: This point shapefile contains the locations of historic wall towers and gates in Paris from the 13th to the 17th centuries. The ALPAGE programme aims to provide collaborative tools for the Humanities and Social Sciences and for Information Communication Technology (ICT) allowing for the development of research about the Parisian urban area. This aim is achieved by means of a GIS that includes cadastral and historical layers. APUR © ALPAGE: E. Lallau and H. Noizet, 2010. ISO 19139 XML Metadata (in French) and a full copy of the license (ODBL) are included with this layer. This data is a direct result of the work of the researchers from the ALPAGE consortium who released this data under an Open Data Commons Open Database Licence (ODbL). Therefore, use of this data by others must respect the legal requirements specific to this licence. All freely downloadable data contains the shapefiles, metadata file and licence files describing the users rights and responsibilities. All data produced within the consortium is published in this way with the exception of any ongoing work which is in process of academic evaluation (masters, doctoral thesis, habilitation to supervise research). 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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  3. Title: Paris Churches from Late Antiquity to 1790

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    Summary: This point shapefile represents churches in Paris from the early Middle Ages (816) until the French Revolution (1790). Some buildlings contained in this layer existed prior to 816. Each building is accompanied by attributes including proper name, start and end dates of construction, cartographic and archaeological sources, type (ecclesiastical, secular, religious, uncertin, etc.), gender of covenant residents, and time period. If a point representing a particular church is duplicated, one of the following 4 changes has occurred. (1) Geographic: represents an institutional move. (2) Name: represents an official name change. (3) Type: represents a change between religious and secular. (4) Status: representsa religious affiliation change, or when parishes are formed. For each of these changes, a new point is created (usually in the same place). Dates of the later building follow the dates of the preceeding building. The ALPAGE programme aims to provide collaborative tools for the Humanities and Social Sciences and for Information Communication Technology (ICT) allowing for the development of research about the Parisian urban area. This aim is achieved by means of a GIS that includes cadastral and historical layers. APUR © ALPAGE: E. Lallau, 2013. ISO 19139 XML Metadata (in French) and a full copy of the license (ODBL) are included with this layer. This data is a direct result of the work of the researchers from the ALPAGE consortium who released this data under an Open Data Commons Open Database Licence (ODbL). Therefore, use of this data by others must respect the legal requirements specific to this licence. All freely downloadable data contains the shapefiles, metadata file and licence files describing the users rights and responsibilities. All data produced within the consortium is published in this way with the exception of any ongoing work which is in process of academic evaluation (masters, doctoral thesis, habilitation to supervise research). 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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  4. Title: Inaccurately Located Masonry Wall Remains, Paris, 1190-1678

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    Summary: This point shapefile contains imprecise locations of masonry wall remains in Paris based on archaeological references. The points contained in this layer lack the precise information to accurately locate them geographically. These point locations were gathered from archaeological documentation (textual descriptions), or from sources which could no be precisely geolocated. The work of gathering the archaeological information was directed by Etienne Lardkhan. (Univ. Paris-1, ed. D. Aina-Deroin and H. Noizet, 2007-2008). The ALPAGE programme aims to provide collaborative tools for the Humanities and Social Sciences and for Information Communication Technology (ICT) allowing for the development of research about the Parisian urban area. This aim is achieved by means of a GIS that includes cadastral and historical layers. APUR © ALPAGE: E. Lallau, 2010. ISO 19139 XML Metadata (in French) and a full copy of the license (ODBL) are included with this layer. This data is a direct result of the work of the researchers from the ALPAGE consortium who released this data under an Open Data Commons Open Database Licence (ODbL). Therefore, use of this data by others must respect the legal requirements specific to this licence. All freely downloadable data contains the shapefiles, metadata file and licence files describing the users rights and responsibilities. All data produced within the consortium is published in this way with the exception of any ongoing work which is in process of academic evaluation (masters, doctoral thesis, habilitation to supervise research). 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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  5. Title: L'isle de France: Parisiẽsis agri descriptio.

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. Possibly from Le Clerc's 1622 edition of "Theatre Géographique du Royaume de France" or Tavernier's 1632 edition of "Theatre geographique du royaume de France." From the Composite Atlas of France, title created to represent a unique collection within the Clark Library, University of Michigan. 1 map; 32 x 45 cm.

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  6. Title: Etats-Unis de l'Amérique Septentrionale avec les isles Royale, de Terre Neuve, de St. Jean, l'Acadie & c 1785

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    Summary: Extent: 1 map Notes: Printed from same plate as Delamarche imprint but with change of publisher and addition below title of: Supplément à l'atlas de M. Robert de Vaugondy. Prime meridians: Isle de Fer and Paris. Includes table at lower right giving populations of individual states. Scale 1:7,500,000

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  7. Title: Nieuwe Kaart van het Eyland Japan, 1724-1726 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Nieuwe Kaart van het Eyland Japan. It was published by: J. van Braam et G. onder de Linden Amsterdam between 1724 and 1726. Scale ca. 1:2,500,000. Map in Dutch. 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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  8. Title: Ager Parisiensis vulgo l'Isle de France

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    Summary: 1 map ; 45 x 55 cm. Relief shown pictorially. Decorative title cartouche depicting two cherubs presenting the escutcheon of France. This state was published in atlases by Jan Jansson in 1636, 1637, and 1680. From the Jansson Appendix Atlas 1636-1680, title created to represent a unique collection within the Clark Library, University of Michigan.

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  9. Title: Carte de la partie méridionale de l'Afrique, 1795 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Carte de la partie méridionale de l'Afrique : pour servir d'intelligence aux deux voyages de Levaillant. It was published by: H.J. Jansen et Compagnie, Imprimeurs-Libraires in 1795. Scale [ca. 1:2,250,000].. Map in French. 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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  10. Title: Mississippi River Valley

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    Summary: 4042.M5 1718 .F3; Les costes de la Louisiane.; J. F. Benard, 1718.;PC 17721;maps and travel accounts of Illinois, no. 8.;1 map, hand colored;97 x 65 cm.;ca. 1:5,150,000

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  11. Title: Carte Generale de L'Afrique (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of an historic continental map of Africa from 1832, originally created by Charles François Beautemps-Beaupré, This map was georeferenced by the Stanford University Geospatial Center using a Sinusoidal projection. This map is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps of Africa held at Stanford University Libraries. This historic paper map provides an historical perspective of the cultural and physical landscape during this time period. The wide range of information provided on these maps make them useful in the study of historic geography. As this map has been georeferenced, it also can be used as a background layer in conjunction with other GIS data. The horizontal positional accuracy of a raster image is approximately the same as the accuracy of the published source map. The lack of a greater accuracy is largely the result of the inaccuracies with the original measurements and possible distortions in the original paper map document. There may also be errors introduced during the digitizing and georeferencing process. In most cases, however, errors in the raster image are small compared with sources of error in the original map graphic. The RMS error for this map is 4087.63 meters. This value describes how consistent the transformation is between the different control points (links). The RMS error is only an assessment of the accuracy of the transformation. Beautemps-Beaupré, Charles François, and Stanford Geospatial Center. (2013). Carte Generale de L'Afrique (Raster Image). Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/cn934pb9430. For more information about Stanford's Maps of Africa Collection, see here: https://exhibits.stanford.edu/maps-of-africa. 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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  12. Title: Carte des archipels des Iles Salomon, de la Louisiade et de la Nouvl̂ê. Bretagne. : situés à l'est de la Nouvelle Guinée

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    Summary: Solomon Islands--Maps

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  13. Title: Florida and Georgia, ca. 1807 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Carte de la Floride et de la Georgie, P.F. Tardieu, sculpsit ; P.J. Valet, scripsit. It was published by P.G. Chanlaire and E. Mentelle ca. 1807. Scale ca. 1:3,500,000. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the North American Lambert Conformal Conic 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 boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown pictorially. Includes also names of states, Indian territories, cities, towns, and swampland. Map covers also part of South Carolina, Louisiana and the Bahamas. 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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  14. Title: Carte particuliere de la côte du nord-ouest de l'Amérique : reconnue par les frégates Françaises la Boussole et l'Astrolabe en 1786

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures; depths shown by soundings.; Shows the Pacific Coast of British Columbia and Alaska.; In: La Pérouse. Voyage de La Pérouse autour du monde ... . Paris, 1797. Atlas, no. 17. 49.2 x 68 Centimeters Scale approximately 1:1,790,000. General Map Collection

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