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  1. Title: Les environs de Rochelle et Rochefort avec les isles d'Oleron et de Re, 1757-1762 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Les environs de Rochelle et Rochefort avec les isles d'Oleron et de Re. It was published by: A.C.M. Seutter between 1757 and 1762. Scale approximately 1:150,000. 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 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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  2. Title: Plan tres exact et vüe de la ville, baye, et des nouvelles fortifications de Gibraltar située au Detroit de ce nom tiré del l'original de Mr. Harcourt & mis nouvellement au jour

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. North oriented to the left. Insets (below map): Vüe du Detroit de Gibraltar, comme il se represente du Côté de la Mer Mediteranée -- Vüe de la ville, et du Detroit de Gibraltar du Côté de l'Ocean Atlantique, ou Occidental. Historiated title cartouche with various mythological & royal figures and symbols. Includes explication.

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  3. Title: Generalcharte von Rumeli nebst Morea und Bosna, 1812 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Generalcharte von Rumeli nebst Morea und Bosna : nach allen vorhandenen Ortsbestimmungen, Seecharten, Reisen, Aufnahmen, Nachrichten und dem geographischen Werke des Hadschi Chalfa kritisch bearbeitet und gezeichnet. It was published by: Im Kunst und Industrie Comptoir in 1812. Scale approximately 1:1,925,000. Map in German. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the WGS 1984 UTM Zone 34N (EPSG: 32634) 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: Roads, Poland, 1853 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Karte von dem Königreich Pohlen, Gross-Herzogthum Posen und den angrenzenden Staaten in IV Sectionen. It was published by: Simon Schropp & Comp in 1853. Scale approximately 1:760,870. Myriamètres 7 =[9.2 cm]. Map in German. 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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  5. Title: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1828 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan von Philadelphia, Carl Metzeroth, sc. It was published by Wilhelm Hoffmann in 1828. Scale [ca.1:15,000]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Pennsylvania South State Plane Coordinate System NAD83 (in Feet) (Fipszone 3702). 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, canals, wharves, selected public buildings, and more. Title in German; index and references in English. 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: Wirtschaftskarte von Deutsch-Ostafrika : im amtlichen auftrage und in verbindung mit dem Kolonial-Wirtschaftlichen Kommitee, auf grund der berichte der bezirksämter u. Militärstationen, nach eigenen erkundungen u. anderen angaben

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    Summary: Mines and mineral resources--Tanzania--Maps.

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  7. Title: Chart of the Quanza River, from the Bar to the Livingstone Falls surveyed and drawn by Carl Alexanderson, 1873-74

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    Summary: Depth shown by soundings and shading. Relief shown by hachures. "The figures denote the depth of water during the dry season in feet. In the rainy season the water rises from 6-16 feet. Rise and Fall at the Bar 5 feet." Vegetation along riverbanks is shown. From: Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 46 (1876), pp. 428-31; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J687 v.46 1876

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  8. Title: Carte geographique representant le cours entier du Rhin, de la Moselle, de la Meuse et de l'Escaut avec les pays confins specialement l'etat actuel de toutes les possessions de la Maison d'Autriche dans les Pays Bas et une grande partie de la France

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Unidentified meridian.

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  9. Title: A new and correct map of North America with the West India Islands : divided according to the last Treaty of Peace, concluded at Paris the 20th of Jan. 1783. wherein are particularly distinguished the thirteen provinces wich [sic] compose the United States of North America

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    Summary: Shows the north american continent from New South Wales to Central America including boundaries of the original thirteen United States, European possessions in the West Indies, towns, forts, indian villages, roads, rivers and mines.; Title from title block.; Relief shown pictorially.; Hand colored.; Prime meridian: London (W 1150∞0'--W 430∞0'/N 484∞5'--N 33∞0').; Includes additional longitudinal coordinates measured west from Ferro (W 97∞-W 25∞).; Insets: A particular map of Baffin and Hudson's Bay -- The passage by land to California discover'd by Father Eusebius Francis Kino a Jesuit; between the years 1698 and 1701, before which, and for a considerable time since California has always been described in all charts & maps as an island.; "N.B. The letters E, F, S, D, Da, annexed to the names of the islands, denote them to belong either to the English, French, Spanish, Dutch, or Danes, &c."; Includes illustrations, compass rose, and decorative spray which borders "The Scales" and "Explanation."; Includes key to symbols, "Explanation." 97 x 112 centimeters on sheets 585 x 72.3 centimeters Scale varies approximately 1:9,504,000-1:5,702,400 General Map Collection

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  10. 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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  11. Title: (Composite Map) (Facsimile) Rocque's Map of London. 1746 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This raster layer is a georeferenced image of a map titled "Composite Map: (Facsimile) Rocque's Map of London. 1746." Published in 1919, this composite map is considered one of the best facsimiles of the original Rocque Map ("A plan of the cities of London and Westminster, and borough of Southwark"), created by John Rocque and first published in 1746. A scanned version of this map available from The David Rumsey Map Collection was georeferenced by the Kindred London mapping project. The broad goal of the Kindred London project is to create four digitized road networks from four historic maps of London that will be used for an online, interactive web platform that will allow users to experience what it would have been like to travel the streets of London.

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  12. Title: (Composite map) A map of the Kingdom of Ireland, divided into provinces counties and baronies. Southern section. Shewing the archbishopricks, bishopricks, cities, boroughs, market towns, villages, barracks, mountains, lakes, bays, rivers, bridges, ferries, passes, also the great, the branch & the by post roads together with the inland navigation, by J. Rocque, Chorographer to His Majesty. London, printed for Robt. Sayer, opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street, (1790?) (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced image of a map of Ireland (1790). The map shows counties in outline color and classified roads with distances. The original map appears in "A general atlas, describing the whole universe: being a complete collection of the most approved maps extant; corrected with the greatest care, and augmented from the latest discoveries. The whole being an improvement of the maps of D'Anville and Robert. Engraved in the best manner on sixty-two copper-plates, by Thomas Kitchin, Senior, and Others. London: printed For Robert Sayer, no. 53, Fleet-Street, (1790)."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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  13. Title: (Composite of) England and Wales, drawn from the most accurate surveys containing all the cities, boroughs, market towns & villages; in which are included all the improvements and observations both astronomical and topographical, which have been made by members of the Royal Society & others. Down to the present year, the whole corected & improv'd by John Rocque, Chorographer to his Majesty. London, printed for Robt. Sayer, Map & Printseller at the Golden Buck in Fleet Street, (1790?) (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced image of a map of England and Wales created by John Rocque c. 1790. The original map is printed on 4 sheets and shows counties in outline color, as well as forested areas and classified roads with distances. The original also includes an inset map of the Isles of Scilly and drawings of ships. David Rumsey Collection sheets mounted together as 2 sheets. (W 7 00--E 2 30/N 56 20--N 49 30). 'Appears in A general atlas, describing the whole universe: being a complete collection of the most approved maps extant; corrected with the greatest care, and augmented from the latest discoveries. The whole being an improvement of the maps of D'Anville and Robert. Engraved in the best manner on sixty-two copper-plates, by Thomas Kitchin, Senior, and Others. London: printed For Robert Sayer, no. 53, Fleet-Street, (1790). '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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  14. Title: A plan of Paris &c. This survey has been reduced to the same scale as that of London & the country around it survey'd and publish'd in 16 sheets = Plan de Paris &c. Ce plan a été reduit sur la meme eschelle de celui de Londres et de ses environs en 16 feuilles

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    Summary: Facsimile. Relief shown by hachures. "... an edition limited to 500 copies." "Reproduced in 1970 by Historic Urban Plans ... from an engraving in its collection." Historic Maps copy is no. 12.

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  15. Title: The traveller's companion, or, The post roads of England and Wales : with the distances in measured miles

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. "Published ... as the Act directs, 12th. May 1794." In upper margin: Carte d'Angleterre avec les routes et distances marqué en milles anglois / par le Sr. J. Rocque.

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  16. Title: England and Wales: drawn from the most accurate surveys containing all the cities boroughs market towns & villages; in which are included all the improvements and observations both astronomical and topographical, which have been made by members of the Royal Society & others down to the present year.; The whole corrected & improv'd by John Rocque ...

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    Summary: Dated from the earliest atlas in which the map was issued. Inset map showing the Isles of Scilly. Title cartouche depicts Britannia, angels, a lion and symbols of the arts and sciences; sea decorated with ships. Shows boundaries, roads with distances, rivers, woods and settlements. Relief shown pictorially. London meridian. 1 map: 4 plates; 118 x 99 cm.

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  17. Title: Durham

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    Summary: Shows roads, rivers, settlements and parks; neighbouring counties rough shaded. Relief shown pictorially. From: The Small British atlas ... London : Published ... by John Rocque ... , 1753.

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  18. Title: Berk Shire

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    Summary: Shows roads, rivers, settlements and parks: neighbouring counties rough shaded. Relief shown pictorially. From: The Small British atlas ... London : Published ... by John Rocque ... , 1753.

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  19. Title: Cumberland

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    Summary: Shows roads, rivers, settlements and parks; neighbouring counties rough shaded. Relief shown pictorially. From: The Small British atlas ... London : Published ... by John Rocque ... , 1753.

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  20. Title: Gutenko Nunataks: Antarctica

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    Summary: Projection: Lambert Conformal Conic Projection: Standard Parallels -76º40' and -79º20'; Series: USGS 1:250,000 Geologic Reconnaissance Series

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