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  1. Title: Quam hic vides orbis imagine[m] lector ca[n]dide ea[m] vt posteriore[m] ita & eme[n]datiorem ijs que hactenus circu[m]ferebantur esse America sarmatiaq[ue] ac India testantur ...

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. A very close copy of the world map of Mercator, published in Louvain in 1538.

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  2. Title: Cairus, quae olim Babylon : Aegypti maxima urbs

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    Summary: Reproduction of Cairo map from Braun and Hogenberg's Civitates orbis terrarum, Cologne, 1574; from a view by Matteo Pagano, approximately 1549. Bird's-eye view of Cairo sowing minarets, pyramids, the Sphinx, and gardens to the right side of the Nile. The left side illustrates scenes from daily life. In 1517 Cairo became part of the Ottoman Empire. The accompanying Latin text to right side of view says of the Sphinx: [This head consists of a single piece of stone; the face alone is ten lesser hexapedes. According to Strabo, it is a monument to a beautiful, tragic hetaera named Rhodopis. The king took her as his wife and after her death he had this head and pyramid built for her." The Latin text at the top runs: "These pyramids were nothing but an idle display of royal wealth. In this way the kings, or rather the crowned beasts, namely hoped to make their names immortal on earth and to keep their memory alive for a long time. Nothing in the world is of less fame, however, since neither the architect nor the insane king who built a pyramid is recorded.]

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  3. Title: Map of the Hindu Kush and the regions adjoining, to illustrate the journey of Benedict Goës compiled by H. Y.

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    Summary: Shows "route of Goës." Relief shown by hachures. Lithographer Edward Weller. "Names used by Goës." Gives "obsolete names." Map "To face title of part II" of ["Cathay and the way thither ... by Henry Yule, c.b."]. 1 map: col.; 32 x 50 cm

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  4. Title: Cairus, quae olim Babylon : Aegypti maxima urbs

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. From a view done by Matheo Pagano in 1549. "Cum priuilegio." German text on verso with caption title: Alcair; p. 56. From: Beschreibung und Contrafactur der Vornembster Stät der Welt / Georgius Braun und Franciscus Hohenberg. Zu Cölln : [T. Graminaeus ... et al.], 1572-1618.. Indexed for points of interest.

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  5. Title: Milan, Italy, 1820 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Pianta della citta di Milano : anno 1820, Anto. Tua Pt. Archo. Geogo. dis. ; Gasp. Cagnoni inc in Milo. It was published by presso Ferdo. Artaria in 1820. Scale [ca. 1:800]. Covers Milan, Italy. Map in Italian.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the 'European Datum 1950 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, drainage, built-up areas and selected buildings, fortification, ground cover, parks, and more. Includes index and inset view: Il Duomo di Milano. 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: Milan, Italy, 1860 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Pianta di Milano, designata dal Tenente Ingegnere Geografo Giovanni Brenna. It was published by Antonio Vallardi in 1860. Scale [ca. 1:5,000]. Covers Milan, Italy. Map in Italian. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the 'European Datum 1950 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, drainage, built-up areas and selected buildings, fortification, ground cover, parks, and more. Includes index.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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  7. Title: Panorama d'Europa

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    Summary: Relief shown by shading. Includes inset profile of mountains.

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  8. Title: Viaggio ai tre laghi

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    Summary: Relief shown by shading.

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  9. Title: Plano de la Ciudad de Lima, Capital de la Republica. Levantado en 1859 por el ingeniero y arquitecto del Estado Antonio Maria Dupard. Paz Soldan. Geografia del Peru Grabado por Delamare, Calle St. Andre des Arts, 45, Paris. Paris. Impr. Janson, calle Ant: Dubois, 6. (Paris, Libreria de Augusto Durand, 1865) (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced image of a map of Lima originally published in 1865. 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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  10. Title: Milan, Italy, 1875 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Pianta della citta di Milano : illustrato colle vedutine dei principali monumenti e fabbricati. It was published by Antonio Vallardi in 1875. Scale not given. Covers Milan, Italy. Map in Italian.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the European Datum 1950, Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) Zone 32N 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 roads, railroads and stations, drainage, built-up areas and selected buildings (shown pictorially), fortification, ground cover, parks, cemeteries, and more. Relief shown pictorially. Includes index.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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  11. Title: Democratic Republic of the Congo Roads

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    Summary: The Democratic Republic of the Congo roads from The Multipurpose Africover Database for the Environmental Resources produced by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Scale of the dataset: 1:200,000. The roads have been taken from the DCW dataset.

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  12. Title: Democratic Republic of the Congo Major Towns

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    Summary: The Democratic Republic of the Congo major towns from The Multipurpose Africover Database for the Environmental Resources produced by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Scale of the dataset: 1:100,000. The towns and major towns shapefiles were developed from data from the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA).

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  13. Title: Democratic Republic of the Congo National Boundaries

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    Summary: The Democratic Republic of the Congo national boundaries from The Multipurpose Africover Database for the Environmental Resources produced by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Scale of the dataset: 1:200,000. National boundaries have been taken from the DCW dataset.

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  14. Title: Democratic Republic of the Congo Towns

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    Summary: The Democratic Republic of the Congo towns from The Multipurpose Africover Database for the Environmental Resources produced by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Scale of the dataset: 1:100,000. The towns and major towns shapefiles were developed from data from the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA).

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  15. Title: Democratic Republic of the Congo Landcover

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    Summary: The Democratic Republic of the Congo landcover from The Multipurpose Africover Database for the Environmental Resources produced by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Scale of the dataset: 1:200,000. The land cover has been produced from visual interpretation of digitally enhanced LANDSAT TM images (Bands 4,3,2) acquired mainly in the year 2000-2001. The land cover classes have been developed using the FAO/UNEP international standard LCCS classification system.

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  16. Title: Democratic Republic of the Congo Spatially Aggregated Multipurpose Landcover Database

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    Summary: The Democratic Republic of the Congo spatially aggregated multipurpose landcover database from The Multipurpose Africover Database for the Environmental Resources produced by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Scale of the dataset: 1:200,000. This dataset is a spatially reaggregated version of the original national Africover landcover multipurpose database. The land cover has been produced from visual interpretation of digitally enhanced LANDSAT TM images (Bands 4,3,2) acquired mainly in the year 2000-2001. The land cover classes have been developed using the FAO/UNEP international standard LCCS classification system.

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  17. Title: Democratic Republic of the Congo Thematic Grassland Aggregation Landcover

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    Summary: The Democratic Republic of the Congo thematic grassland aggregation landcover from The Multipurpose Africover Database for the Environmental Resources produced by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Scale of the dataset: 1:200,000. This dataset is a reaggregated version of the original national Africover landcover multipurpose database. It contains all natural vegetation with a herbaceous component. The land cover has been produced from visual interpretation of digitally enhanced LANDSAT TM images (Bands 4,3,2) acquired mainly in the year 2000-2001. The land cover classes have been developed using the FAO/UNEP international standard LCCS classification system.

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  18. Title: Democratic Republic of the Congo Thematic Agriculture Aggregation Landcover

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    Summary: The Democratic Republic of the Congo thematic agriculture aggregation landcover from The Multipurpose Africover Database for the Environmental Resources produced by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Scale of the dataset: 1:200,000. This dataset is a reaggregated version of the original national Africover landcover multipurpose database. It contains all cultivated land. The land cover has been produced from visual interpretation of digitally enhanced LANDSAT TM images (Bands 4,3,2) acquired mainly in the year 2000-2001. The land cover classes have been developed using the FAO/UNEP international standard LCCS classification system.

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  19. Title: Democratic Republic of the Congo Rivers

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    Summary: The Democratic Republic of the Congo rivers from The Multipurpose Africover Database for the Environmental Resources produced by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Scale of the dataset: 1:200,000. The rivers have been taken from the DCW dataset.

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  20. Title: Democratic Republic of the Congo Thematic Woody Aggregation Landcover

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    Summary: The Democratic Republic of the Congo thematic woody aggregation landcover from The Multipurpose Africover Database for the Environmental Resources produced by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Scale of the dataset: 1:200,000. This dataset is a reaggregated version of the original national Africover landcover multipurpose database. It contains all natural vegetation with a woody component. The land cover has been produced from visual interpretation of digitally enhanced LANDSAT TM images (Bands 4,3,2) acquired mainly in the year 2000-2001. The land cover classes have been developed using the FAO/UNEP international standard LCCS classification system.

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