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  1. Title: Americae tam septentrionalis quam meridionalis in mappa geographica delineatio; Opera A.F. Zürneri.

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. Engraved inset of Columbus with Indians. Listed as map no. 5 in Peter Schenk's Atlas contractus sive mapparum Sansoniarum auctarum et correctarum nova congeries. (Amstelodami, 1709(?)). Cf. U.S. Lib. of Cong. Div. of Maps. A list of geogr. atlases in the Lib. of Congress, p. 551. Shows drainage, etc. 1 map: hand col.; 48 x 57 cm

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  2. Title: Land caerte van 't Verenigde Nederland, met 't gene daer onderhoort, verdeelt in syn provincien, en minder verdelingen

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. Title above neat line: Belgii pars septentrionalis communi nomine vulgo Hollandia nuncupata continens statum potentissimæ Batavorum Reipublicæ seu provincias VII. foederatas : cum omnium provinciarum insignibus, additis omnibus nominibus urbium et pagorum / edente Petro Schenkio. Includes text and 7 ill. of coat of arms. Insets: Batavorum coloniæ Occident. Indiis Septentrionalis Americæ implantatæ -- India Orientalis Batavorum commerciis potentià & coloniis celeberrima. Includes views of New Amsterdam and Batavia.

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  3. Title: Svmatræ et insularum locorumque nonnullorum circumiacentium tabula noua

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorically. Oriented with north to the left. Based upon plates from Jan Jansson's Atlas novus, which Schenk and Valck acquired in 1694. cf. Tooley's dictionary of mapmakers.

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  4. Title: Regna Congo et Angola

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. Based upon the plates from Johannes Janssonius's Atlas novus, which Schenk and Valck acquired in 1694. cf. Tooley's dictionary of mapmakers. Probably issued in: Atlas contractus, sive, Mapparum geographiacarum ... [Amsterdam : P. Schenk, 1700]

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  5. Title: Bay of Bengal Region, ca. 1708 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Sinus Gangeticus : vulgo golfo de Bengala nova descriptio. It was published by Typis G. Valk, et P. Schenk, ca. 1708. Scale [ca. 1:5,000,000]. Covers the Bay of Bengal region. Map in Latin.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 pictorialy, depths by soundings.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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  6. Title: New England and Middle Atlantic States, ca. 1690 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Belgii novi, angliae novae, et partis Virginiae : novissima delineatio. It was published by Petrum Schenk and Gerardum Valk, ca. 1690. Scale [ca. 1:2,450,000]. Covers the northeast Atlantic States from Maine to Virginia, and a portion of Canada. In Latin. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Mercator (world) 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, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows features such as human settlements, forts, Native American tribal lands, drainage, territory boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief is shown pictorially. Includes illustrations and decorative cartouches. 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 purposes.

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  7. Title: Eastern Europe, 1734 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: La Pologne : dressée sur ce qu'en ont donée Starovolsk, Beauplan, Hartnoch, et autres auteurs, rectifiee par les observations d'Hevelius, etc. It was published by: Chez Pierre Schenk in 1734. Scale approximately 1:2,550,000. Map in French. 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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  8. Title: Poland and Germany, ca. 1720 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Ducatus in Silesia Inferiore Olsnensis novissima delineatio Wratislaviae. It was published by: Impensis Petri Schenk jun ca. 1720. Scale approximately 1:220,000. 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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  9. Title: General Charta Öfwer Stockholm med malmarne āhr 1733

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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale indeterminable. Relief shown by landforms and pictorially. Includes index. 1 map : color ; 68 x 83 centimeters + text (2 pages ; 26 centimeters) Scale not given. General Map Collection

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  10. Title: La Louisiana, parte settentrionalle

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    Summary: Extent: 1 map Notes: Illustrated. Watermark. Relief shown pictorially. Scale approximately 1:5,100,000

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  11. Title: Carte de la Grece, ca. 1730 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Carte de la Grece : dressé sur un grand nombre de memoires anciens et nouveaux : sur ceux de Mrs. Wheler et Tournefort, sur les observations astronomiques de Mr. Vernon du P. Feuillée minime &c. It was published by: Chez R. & J. Ottens, geographes ca. 1730. Scale approximately 1:2,100,400. Map in French. Map in multiple languages. 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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  12. Title: Carte de la Grece, ca. 1716 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Carte de la Grece : dressée sur un grand nombre de memoires anciens et nouveaux, sur ceux de Mrs. Wheler et Tournefort, sur les observations astronomiques de Mr. Vernon, du P. Feuillée Minime & c. It was published by: Chez l'Auteur sur le Quai de l'Horloge ca. 1716. Scale approximately 1:2,500,000. 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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  13. Title: Diocese de Nismes, 1698 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Diocese de Nismes. It was published by: Chez I.B. Nollin in 1698. Scale [ca. 1:103,000].. 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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  14. Title: Versailles, France, 1725 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan general de la ville et du chateau de Versailles : de ses jardins, bosquets et fontaines dedie au Roy, par Pierre le Pautre, architecte et graveur ordinaire de sa Majeste ; Eleazar Gouman fecit. It was published by And. en Hand. de Leth. op de Beurszluys in de Visser in [1725]. Scale [ca. 1:7,500]. Covers the grounds of Versailles. Map in French and Dutch.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 31N 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, paths, drainage, buildings, gardens, ground cover, and more. Relief is shown by hachures.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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  15. Title: Carte de l'Afrique: corrigeé et augmentée dessus toutes les autres cy devant faictes l'anneé.

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. From Pierre Mariette's "Theatre geographique de France contenant les cartes particulieres de ses provinces". 1 map; 38 x 50 cm

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  16. Title: Carte de l'Asie

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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale approximately 1:27,000,000. Relief shown pictorially. From Tassin's Cartes geáneárales de toutes les prouinces de France, 1640-1643. In lower right corner:"Cornelis Danckertz schulpsit." 37 x 49 centimeters Scale approximately 1:27,000,000 Ames Library of South Asia Maps

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  17. Title: Carte de l'Amerique : corrigée et augmentée, dessus toutes les aultres cy deuant

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. State 1 according to Burden. Includes ill, text, and insets of Greenland area and Antarctica.

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  18. Title: Ins. Ceilan quae incolis Tenarisin dicitur

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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale approximately 1:970,000 (E 79°22'00"--E 82°04'00"/N 10°02'00"--N 5°43'00"). Map of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) with relief shown pictorially. Oritented with north to the left."Ceilan hujus insulae descri ptionem aè Cypriano Sanchez cosmographo Hispano deline ; atam, huic nostro operi inse: rendam, dedit Clarissimus vir Petrus Plancius." From: Atlas sive cosmographicae meditationes de fabrica mundi et fabricati figura / Gerard Mercator and Jodocus Hondius. Amsterdam : Jodocus Hondius. French text on verso: L'Isle de Zeilan, ov Ceilon (2 pages). Page numbers on verso: 685 and 688. In Latin and French. 33 x 48 centimeters Scale approximately 1:970,000 Ames Library of South Asia Maps

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  19. Title: Descriptio terræ subaustralis

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    Summary: From: P. Bertii tabularum geographicarum contractarum, 1616, p. 82. On verso: Latin text, entitled: P. Bertii tabularum geographicarum contractarum. Liber tertius, in quo terra subaustralis. Hemispherical map centred on the South Pole. "Shows 'Magallanica sive Terra Australis Incognita' practically joined to New Guinea, with Beach Provincia, Psittacorum Regio, Promontorium terrae australis and Terra del fuogo all joined together in one vast continent"--Tooley.

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  20. Title: Nova Guinea et ins. Salomonis

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    Summary: Map of New Guinea and Solomons. In Latin. At head of map: Descriptio Novæ Guineæ &c. Pg. 88 from: P. Bertij Tabularum geographicarum contractarum. Amsterodami : I. Hondij, 1616. Includes text on verso: Descriptio Terrae Subaustralis.

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