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  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. Title: Carte des coôtes de Malabar et de Coromandel

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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale approximately 1:4,000,000 (E 69°--E 88°/N 23°--N 8°).Relief shown pictorially. 42 x 55 centimeters Scale approximately 1:4,000,000 Ames Library of South Asia Maps

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  4. Title: Great Britain, ca. 1695 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Magnae Britanniae Tabula : comprehendens Angliae, Scotiae, ac Hiberniae Regna, in omnes suascujusque Provincias peraccurate et distincte divisa / per Nicolm. Vissche, Amst. Bat. It was published by P. Schenk Jur. ca. 1725. Scale [ca. 1:2,300,000]. Map in Latin. 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 ornate title cartouche with Hercules clubbing the hydra and dedication to King William III: 'Guilielmo III D.G. Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae, et Hiberniae Regi; religionis et libertatis oppressae liberatori ac defensori.' 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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  5. Title: Africa, 1730-1740 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Africae in tabula geographica delineatio : admentem novissimorum corumq. optimorum geographorum emendata, indicibus utilissimis aucta et adusum tyronum imprimis geographicorum, variis compendiosae methodi adminiculis accomodata opera A. F. Zurneri Reg: maj: Pol: et el: Sax: provinciarum finiumq. commissarii et geographi ut et Reg: Soc: Sci: B. M. It was published by ex officina Petri Schenkii in platea vulgo de Warmoes straat sub signo N. Visschers atlas, between 1730 and 1740. Scale [ca. 1:19,250,000]. Covers Africa and parts 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, roads and routes, 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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  6. 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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  7. 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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  8. 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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  9. 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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  10. 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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  11. 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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  12. 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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  13. 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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  14. Title: Rhodi

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. In upper margin: 't Eyland Rhodus. 559. Text in Dutch on verso with title: Beschryvinghe van't Eijland Rhodus. Probably issued in: P. Bertij Tabularum geographicarum contractarum ... Amsterodami : J. Hondius, 1616.

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  15. Title: Typus orbis terrarum Domini est terra et plenitudo eius

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    Summary: Title in upper margin: Descriptio orbis nostra. Text on verso: Comparatio operis praesentis cum Ptolemaico ... From: Petri Berti Tabularum Geographicarum Contractarum Libri septem.

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  16. Title: Arachan & Pegv.

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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale 1:12,000,000 (E 92°20'00"--E 101°20'00"/N 25°30'00"--N 12°30'00"). Relief shown pictorially. On verso: French text, entitled: Description de Bengala. Oriented with north to the left. Page number in upper left: 734. Likely from: Tabularum geographicarum contractarum libri septem / Petrus Bertius. 1602. 9 x 13 centimeters Scale 1:12,000,000 Ames Library of South Asia Maps

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  17. Title: Brasilia

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    Summary: In upper margin: Descriptio Brasiliæ. Latin text on verso with caption title: Descriptio Americæ Australis, p. 603. Probably issued in: P. Bertii Tabularum geographicarum contractarum libri quinque. Amstelodami, : apud Cornelium Nicolai, anno 1602 ; veneunt autem Arnhemij apud Ioannem Ioannis.

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  18. Title: Fretum Magellanicum

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. In upper margin: Strate van Magellanes. 753. Text in Dutch on verso with title: Beschryvinghe vande Strate van Magellanes. From: P. Bertij Tabularum geographicarum contractarum ... Editio secunda. Amstelodami : Apud Cornelium Nicolai, Anno 1602.

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  19. Title: Orbis terrarum typus de integro multis in locis emendatus

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    Summary: Engraved by Jan van Doetecam. Double hemispherical map of the world, with 2 smaller celestial hemispheres. New Guinea shown as part of southern continent called Magallanica.The two hemispheres are surrounded by representations of Europa, Asia, Mexicana, Peruana, Africa, and Magallanica.

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  20. Title: North America upon the globular projection, drawn from the latest and best authorities

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    Summary: Extent: 1 map Notes: Relief shown pictorially. Map was likely extracted from: Volume II of A new and comprehensive system of philology; or, a treatise of the literary arts and sciences, according to their present state / by Benjamin Martin, published in 1764, originally published in monthly installments as: The general magazine of arts and sciences, philosophical, philological, mathematical and mechanical. Prime meridian: London. Shows colonial boundaries. Scale not given

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