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  1. Title: Europa in suas partes principales divisa, 168u- (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Europa in suas partes principales divisa : ut sunt: Insulae Britannicae, Scandinavia, Moscovia, Germania, Gallia, Polonia, Hispania,, Italia, Hungaria, et Turcia in Europa, cum adiacentibus regnis, statibus et regionibus. It was published by: Johannes Hoffmannus ca. 168u. Scale ca. 1:10,000,000. Map in Latin. 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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  2. Title: Partie septentrionale de L'Evesché de Chartres, divisé en archidiaconez et doyennéz, à l'usage de Monseigneur le Duc de Bourgogne, 1700-1710 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Partie septentrionale de L'Evesché de Chartres, divisé en archidiaconez et doyennéz, à l'usage de Monseigneur le Duc de Bourgogne. It was published by: Chez Pierre Mortier et Compagnie, Avec Privil between 1700 and 1710. Scale approximately 1:203,000. Map in French. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the WGS 1984 UTM Zone 31N (EPSG: 32631) 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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  3. Title: La Saintonge vers le Midy, avecq le Brouageais, terre d'Arvert &c, 1646 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: La Saintonge vers le Midy, avecq le Brouageais, terre d'Arvert &c. It was published by: Apud Ioannem Ianssonium in 1646. Scale approximately 1:1:225.000, 4 Lieues Communes de France [= 7.9 cm]. Map in French. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the WGS 1984 UTM Zone 30N (EPSG: 32630) 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: La Saintonge vers le Septentrion, avecq le Pais d'Aulnis et les Isles de Ré et Oleron, 1646 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: La Saintonge vers le Septentrion, avecq le Pais d'Aulnis et les Isles de Ré et Oleron. It was published by: Apud Ioannem Ianssonium in 1646. Scale approximately 1:222.000]. 3 1/2 Lieues Communes de France [= 7 cm]. Map in French. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the WGS 1984 UTM Zone 30N (EPSG: 32630) 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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  5. Title: Partie meridionale de L'Evesché de Chartres, divisé en archidiaconez et doyennéz, 1700-1710 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Partie meridionale de L'Evesché de Chartres, divisé en archidiaconez et doyennéz : dédié a Monseigneur Paul Godet des Marais, Evesque de Chartres et Abbé de Digny. It was published by: Chez Pierre Mortier et Compagnie, Avec Privilege between 1700 and 1710. Scale approximately 1:203,000. Map in French. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the WGS 1984 UTM Zone 31N (EPSG: 32631) 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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  6. Title: A new and exact mapp of Scotland or North Britain, 1745 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: A new and exact mapp of Scotland or North Britain. It was published by: Printed and sold by Henry Overton, at the White Horse without Newgate in 1745. Scale [ca. 1:790,000]. Map in English. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the WGS 1984 UTM Zone 30N (EPSG: 32630) 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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  7. Title: Great Britain, 1696 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Les Isles Britanniques : qui contiennent les royaumes d'Angleterre, Escosse & distingués en leurs principales provinces, subdivisées en leurs shireries, ou comtés : tiré de G. Cambdene, Chr. Saxton, I. Speede, T. Pont, R. Gordon, et de I.B. Boazius / par le Sr. Sanson, géographe ordinaire du Roy. It was published by H. Iaillot, joignan les grands Augustins, aux deux Globes, avec privilege du Roy, pour vingt ans in 1696. Scale [ca. 1:2,100,000]. Map in French. 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 drainage, cities and other human settlements, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown pictorially. Includes also title cartouche, scale cartouche, and inset map shows the 'Isles Orkney ou Orcades', the 'Isles de Féro ou de Farre' and the 'Isles de Hetland ou de Schetland.' 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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  8. Title: Northern South America, Venezuela,Columbia, 1656 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Terre Ferme : ou sont les governations, ou gouvernemens de Terre Ferme, Cartagene, Ste. Marthe, Rio de la Hache, Venezuela, Nouvelle Andalusie, Popayan, Nouveau Roy.me de Grenade, &c. / par N. Sanson d'Abbeville, Géographe ordinaire du Roy ; Somer sculp. It was published by Chez Pierre Mariette, Rue St. Iacque a l'Esperance in 1656. Scale ca. 1:5,400,000. Map in French. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the South America Lambert Conformal Conic 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, tribal descriptions, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown pictorially. 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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  9. Title: Africa, ca. 1725 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Africa vetus, autore N. Sanson. It was published by J. Covens & C. Mortier ca. 1725. Scale [ca. 1:25,000,000]. Covers Africa and small portions of Europe and the Middle East. Map in Latin. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Africa Sinusoidal 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 boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown pictorially. 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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  10. Title: Central & Eastern Africa, 1655 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Haute Ethiopie, ou sont L'Empire des Abissins, La Nubie, et le Zanguebar : subdivises en leurs principales parties, tires de Sanut de Mercator &c. par le Sr. Sanson d'Abbeville. It was published by P. Mariette in 1655. Covers Central and Eastern Africa. Scale [ca. 1:12,000,000]. Map in French.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Africa Sinusoidal 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 boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown pictorially.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: North & West Africa, 1655 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: L'Afrique, ou Lybie ulterieure : ou sont le Saara, ou desert, le pays des Negres, la Guinee, et les pays circonv. tiree en partie de Sanut, et de l'Arabe de Nubie, en partie de diverses cartes veues jusques a present par le S. Sanson d'Abbeville, geog. ordre. du Roy ; I. Somer Pruthenus, sculp. It was published by Chez Pierre Mariette, rue St. Iacques a l'Esperance in 1655. Scale [ca. 1:10,500,000]. Covers portions of North and West Africa. Map in French.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, cities and other human settlements, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown pictorially.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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  12. Title: Southern, Central, & Eastern Africa, 1655 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Basse Aethiopie, qui comprend les Royaume de Congo, coste, et pays des Cafres, empires du Monomatapa, Monoemugi : la coste deca le Cap Negre est tiree en partie de Samuel Blommaert ; en dela, avecq l'Isle de Madagascar, de Sanuto ; le dedans du pays, d'autres, par N. Sanson. I. Somer Pruthenus Sculp. It was published by Chez Pierre Mariette in 1655. Scale [ca. 1:11,250,000]. Covers portions of Southern, Central, and Eastern Africa. Map in French.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Africa Sinusoidal 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 boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown pictorially.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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  13. Title: Mediterranean Sea Region, 1700-1710 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Carte nouvelle de la mer Mediterranee : divisee en mer de Levant et de Ponant, subdivises en leurs principales parties ou mers : avec les observations des Mrs. de l'Academie, dressee par ... Sanson. It was published by chez Pierre Mortier, between 1700 and 1710. Scale [ca. 1:4,375,000]. Covers the Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea regions. Map in French. 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, cities and other human settlements, roads, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown pictorially.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: Arabian Peninsula and Middle East, 1654 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Carte des trois Arabies : tiree en partie de l'Arabe de Nubie, en partie de diuers autres autheurs, par le S. N. Sanson d'Abbeville Geographe ordinaire du Roy ; J. Somer sculp. It was published by Chez Pierre Mariette in 1654. Scale [ca. 1:7,500,000]. Map in French and Latin. Covers the Arabian Peninsula. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the World Miller Cylindrical projection. 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. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from the Harvard Map Collection as part of the Open Collections Program at Harvard University project: Islamic Heritage Project. Maps selected for the project represent a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and purposes. The Islamic Heritage Project consists of over 100,000 digitized pages from Harvard's collections of Islamic manuscripts and published materials. Supported by Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal and developed in association with the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program at Harvard University.

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  15. Title: Carte de la Californie: suivant I. la Carte manuscrite de l'Amérique de Mathieu Néron Pecci olen dresses à Florence en 1604, II. Sanson 1656, III. De l'Isle Amérique Sept. 1700, IV. le Pere Kino Jesuite en 1705, V. la Société des Jésuites en 1767.

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. Shows 5 representations on 1 sheet of California, representing its delineation between 1604 and 1767. "La Côte orientale depuis le C. des Vierges jusqu'à l'embouchure du R. Colorado est extraite de la Carte du P. Ferdinand Gonsaque dressée en 1746." "Suppl, 5e Carte" above top right border. [From: Encyclopedie, ou Dictionnaire raisonne: Suite du recueil de planches ... / [par M. Diderot]. 1 map: engraved; 29 x 38 cm., folded to 19 x 17 cm.

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  16. Title: Amerique septentrionale

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    Summary: Scale not given; 1 map; 14 x 16 cm North America--Maps--Early works to 1800

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  17. Title: Amerique meridionale

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    Summary: South America--Maps--Early works to 1800

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  18. Title: L'Asie diviseáe en ses principaux Empires et Royaumes

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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale approximately 1:20,000,000. Text in right margin. 49 x 54 centimeters Scale approximately 1:20,000,000 Ames Library of South Asia Maps

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  19. Title: L'Italie et ses isles circonvoisines, Sicile, Sardaigne, Corse &c. exactement divisée en leurs etats, royaumes, republiques, &c.

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially.

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  20. Title: L'Asie :

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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale approximately 1:22,000,000."Graveá par Le Tellier." Imprint: A Paris : Ches l'auteur, quai de l'Horloge du Palais proche la rue de Harlay, 1739. Relief shown pictorially. Hand colored in outline. Includes table outlining the physical and political geography of Asia. 48 x 62 centimeters, on sheet 55 x 74 centimeters Scale approximately 1:22,000,000 Ames Library of South Asia Maps

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