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  1. Title: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, 1825 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan of Edinburgh and its environs, from a survey by James Knox ; engd. by R. Scott. It was published by John Fairbairn 13, Waterloo Place, Manners & Miller, ... and John Anderson, Junr. in 1825. Scale [ca. 1:6,000]. 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 roads, drainage, built-up areas and selected buildings, selected names of property owners, parks, ground cover, and more. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Includes population statistics from 1821 and note.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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  2. Title: Liverpool, England, 1766 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: A plan of Liverpool : with the docks, Williamson, Liverpool, print. It was sold at R. Williamson's shop ... in 1766. Scale [ca. 1:6,650]. 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 roads, drainage, built-up areas and selected buildings and industry, cemeteries, parks, docks, wharves, ground cover, and more. Includes also text below map describing the town, including markets, members of parliament &c.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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  3. Title: Map of the Thunder Bay and Lake Nipigon Regions

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    Summary: 1 map on 3 sheets; 109 x 100 cm.. Longitude west from Greenwich

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  4. Title: Beijing, China, 1843 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Chinese plan of the city of Peking, T.B. Jervis; the chinese characters and explanations rendered into English were furnished by Mr. Samuel Birch, from a comparison of the above documents and the notes appended to the original by the students in the Missionary College at Naples. It was published by lithographed and printed under the direction of T.B. Jervis Scale [ca. 1:50,000]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM Zone 50N, meters, WGS 1984) 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, drainage, built-up areas and selected buildings, parks, cemeteries, ground cover, city districts, fortification, missions, temples, and more. Relief shown pictorially. Includes also dedication: 'To Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. This fac-simile of a Chinese plan of the Tartar, or inner city, Nuyching, and the Imperial Palace Kingtoo of Peking or Chun Thein Foo. The northern residence of the court, or capital of the Chinese Empire is most respectfully inscribed, with Her Majesty's faithful servant T. B. Jervis.'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: Lower Manhattan, New York, N.Y., 1792 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan of the city of New York, Tiebout, sculpt. It was published by T. & J. Swords for the New-York directory, and register, for the year 1792. Scale [ca. 1:12,500]. Covers lower Manhattan and portions of Brooklyn. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) Zone 18N NAD83 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 roads, drainage, city wards, selected public buildings, selected private buildings with names of property owners, ferry lines, wharves, and more. Relief is shown by hachures. Includes index to points of interest. 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: Maine, 1815 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Map of the district of Maine : from the latest and best authorities, by Moses Greenleaf, Esqr. ; engraved by W.B. Annin. It was published in 1815 by Cummings & Hilliard. Scale [ca. 1:506,880]. Covers Maine and portions of New Hampshire, the provinces of Quebec and New Brunswick, Canada.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to Universal Transverse Mercator projection (UTM Zone 19N, meters, NAD 83). 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 roads; selected mills, factories, meeting houses, and court houses; drainage; land grant, town, county, state, and national boundaries; distances of each town from Boston and the shire town, and more. Relief shown by hachures.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 map purposes.

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  7. Title: United States of America by Bradford Scott 1816 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced image of a map of the United States in 1816. The original map appears in "North America; United States of America By Bradford Scott. 1816; South America, By Bradford Scott. 1816." 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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  8. Title: Map of Dublin and suburbs

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    Summary: Some buildings are shown pictorially.

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  9. Title: Seat of war in Canada.

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    Summary: Canada--Maps

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  10. Title: Teschen, ca. 1770 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Nova et accurata geographica delineatio Ducatus Teschenensis In Silesia Superiore : cum finitimorum Hungariae et Poloniae Regnorum, ut et Moraviae limitibus. It was published by: sumtibus Tobiae Conradi Lotteri ca. 1770. Scale approximately 1:160,000]. 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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  11. Title: Dorset, United Kingdom, 1796 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: The county of Dorset : reduced from the large map in six sheets and planned by a scale of two statute miles to one inch / surveyed by Isaac Taylor. It was published by Wm. Faden, Geographer to His Majesty ... on July 1st, 1796. Scale ca. 1:123,000; 10 statute miles = 13.1 cm. 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, roads, forests, cities and other human settlements, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief and depths shown by hachures. 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: London, ca. 1760 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Delineatio ac finitima regio Magnae Brittaniae metropoleos Londini, ad novissimam normam repraesentata et excusa à T. Conr. Lotter, augustano chalcogr. et geogr. It was published by Tobias Conrad Lotter ca. 1760. Scale ca. 1:120.000. Map in Latin and English. 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, roads, bridges, park and town views, cities and other human settlements, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown pictorially. Includes also cartouche decorated with the coat of arms of England supported by a lion and a unicorn, includes also the allegory of wealth and Mercury flying over a group of merchants. 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: Gibraltar, 1720 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Castellum Gibraltar in Andalusia situm cum celebri freto inter Europam et Africam : annexis circumjacentibus Portubus et Castellis, accurate designatum cura et sumptibus Tobi? Conradi Lotter Geogr. Aug. Vindel. It was published by Seutter Matthaeus in 1720. The original sheet map contains 2 maps on 1 sheet. This dataset is georeferenced to the larger scale map entitled: Gibraltar. Scale [ca. 1:12,100]. Map in Latin, German, and French.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 30N 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, drainage, built-up areas and selected buildings, fortification, ground cover, coastal features, and more. Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. Includes indexes.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: Majorca Island, Minorca Island, and Isla de Ibiza, Spain, ca. 1756 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Carte des l'isles de Maiorque, Minorque et d'Yvice, gravee par Matthieu Seutter, Geographe de S.M. Imper. et Cathol. ; Tob. Conr. Lotter, sc. It was published by M. Seutter ca. 1756. Scale [ca. 1:560,000]. Covers Majorca Island, Minorca Island, and Isla de Ibiza, Spain. Map in French.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 drainage, cities and other human settlements, road, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown by hachures and pictorially. Includes 2 insets, one showing the islands and the western part of the Mediterranean, and, 'Plan du port et ville de Mahon, du Fort. St. Philippe et ses fortifications.'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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  15. Title: Yemen, 1774 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Terrae Yemen maxima Pars. seu Imperii Imami, Principatus Kaukeban, nec non ditionum Haschid U Bekil, Nehhm, Chaulan, Abu Arisch Et Aden Tabula : ex observationibus astronomicis et hodometricis jussu et suntibus Potentissimor: Daniae Regnum Friderici V et Christiani VII institutis, delineata Auctore C. Niebuhr ; Gustav Conrad Lotter Sculps. It was published by Tob. Conr. Lotter in 1774. Scale [ca. 1,250,000]. Covers a portion of Yemen and Saudi Arabia. Map in Latin. 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 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 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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  16. Title: To his Excellency George Clinton Esqr., Captain General and Governur in Chief of the State of New-York and the territories depending thereon, Chancellor and Vice Admiral of the same, This plan of the city of New-York and its environs is most humbly dedicated by his Excellency's most obedt. humble servant, John Hills

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Facsimile. "Copy of the original map presented by John Lozier, Esqr. to the Corporation of New York." "Lith. for D.T. Valentine's Manual, 1857, by G. Hayward ..." Oriented with north to the upper right. Includes "Reference" key.

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  17. Title: Rome & its environs from a trigonometrical survey

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    Summary: Cover title: Gell's topography of Rome. Relief shown by hachures. Place names in Italian and Latin. Originally issued folded in cover 23 x 15 cm.

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  18. Title: A plan of the city of Philadelphia and environs

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Shows names of landowners. "The distance between the circles is one mile." "Published May 1st 1808, as the act directs and sold by the author, and principal booksellers in Philadelphia." Circular map with ill. Includes dedication, and note by J.B. Varnum, dated Feb. 1st, 1809.

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  19. Title: Carte de l'océan Pacifique au nord de l'Equateur, et des côtes qui le bornent des deux côtés: d'aprés les dernieres découvertes faites par les Espagnols, les Russes et les Anglois, jusqu'en 1780.; Alternate title: Charte des Stillen Weltmeers in nördlichen Aequator und der küsten die es auf beiden seiten einschroenken: nach den neuesten, von den Spaniern, Russen und Engelloendern bis 1780 , gemachten entdeckungen

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    Summary: Shows North Pacific and surrounding coastlines with tracks of various Spanish, Russian, and English voyages. Explanatory text at bottom is signed T.A. Mann, 1781. 1 map: col.; 36 x 50 cm.

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  20. Title: Carte nouvelle de l'Amerique Angloise contenant tout ce que les Anglois possedent sur le continent de l'Amerique Septentrionale, savoir le Canada, la Nouvelle Ecosse ou Acadie, les treize provinces unies qie sont les quartes colonies de la Nouvelle Angleterre ...; Gravée exactement ... par Matthieu Albert Lotter Augsbourg.

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    Summary: Listed as map no. 93 in T.C. Lotter's Atlas Géographique...[Nurnberg] 1778; Phillips no. 3517. 1 map: col.; 60 x 47 cm

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