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  1. Title: Soil survey of Pennington County, Minnesota

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    Summary: At head of title: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Soils.; "Issued July 15, 1916." 24 centimeters Scale 1:63,360; 1 inch = 1 mile Minnesota County Maps, Plat Books, and Atlases

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  2. Title: Soil map : Minnesota, Goodhue County sheet

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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale [1:63,360]. 1 in. = 1 mile (W 93°03'--W 92°15'/N 44°45'--N 44°10'). In lower right margin: Field operations, Bureau of Soils, 1913. 90 x 97 centimeters Scale [1:63,360]. 1 inch = 1 mile Minnesota County Maps, Plat Books, and Atlases

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  3. Title: A map of the countries adjacent to Carlisle, shewing the route of the rebels with their principal fords over ye Rr. Eden

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    Summary: Extent: 1 map Notes: Title from cartouche. Includes inset drawing: The West prospect of Carlisle Castle. Includes index. Scale approximately 1:50,000

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  4. Title: Ohio boundary no. 1 south bend of Lake Michigan: Map, exhibiting the position occupied in the determination of the latitude of the extreme south bend of Lake Michigan surveyed under the direction of Capt. A. Talcott, United States Engrs.; by Lieuts. W. Hood & Willm. Smith.

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. Removed from: Ohio and Michigan boundary ..., 1836. Below names of authors: Lt. W. Hood, del. Endorsed at lower left: A. Talcott capt engs. Includes references to the position occupied. 1 map; 32 x 74 cm., folded to 19 x 10 cm.

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  5. Title: The cantonments, civil station and environs of Cawnpoor : 1852-3-4

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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale [1:7,290]. 10 chains or 660 ft. = 1 in. 8 in. = 1 mi. Includes notes, area statement, and signature of deputy surveyor general of India. North oriented to the upper left."On transfer paper by Munneerodeen, Mahomed Azeem & Sobhan Buksha." 62 x 165 centimeters, folded to 34 x 22 centimeters Scale [1:7,290]; 10 chains or 660 feet = 1 inch 8 inch = 1 miles Ames Library of South Asia Maps

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  6. Title: Tiverton, Rhode Island, 1854 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Map of the town of Tiverton, Newport County, R.I., by Wm. G. Borden, civil engineer. It was published in 1854 by Friend & Aub. Scale [ca. 1:21,200]. Covers Tiverton, Rhode Island and a portion of Fall River, Massachusetts. 'Note: this map is partly from note furnished by H.F. Walling, civil engineer, and partly from original surveys.' The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Rhode Island State Plane Coordinate System (Feet) (FIPS 3800). 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, drainage, selected private buildings labeled with owners' names, public buildings, churches, schools, industry locations (e.g. mills, factories, mines, etc.), cemeteries, town and school district boundaries, and more. Relief shown by hachures. Includes table and view of Oliver Chace's Thread Mill. 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: A delineation of the strata of England and Wales, with part of Scotland : exhibiting the collieries and mines, the marshes and fen lands originally overflowed by the sea, and the varieties of soil according to the variations in the substrata, illustrated by the most descriptive names (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: 'A delineation of the strata of England and Wales, with part of Scotland : exhibiting the collieries and mines, the marshes and fen lands originally overflowed by the sea, and the varieties of soil according to the variations in the substrata, illustrated by the most descriptive names.' The original map was created by William Smith in 1815, at a scale of 5 miles to one inch.Historic paper maps can provide an excellent view of the changes that have occurred in the cultural and physical landscape. The wide range of information provided on these maps make them useful in the study of historic geography, and urban and rural land use change. As this map has been georeferenced, it can be used in a GIS as a source or background layer in conjunction with other GIS data.

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  8. Title: Railroad System, United States, 1861

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    Summary: This line shapefile represents the railroad network of the United States in 1861. This layer is part of the Railroads and the Making of Modern America project. This project seeks to document and represent the rapid and far-reaching social effects of railroads and to explore the transformation of the United States to modern ideas, institutions, and practices in the nineteenth century. University of Nebraska. Lincoln. (2006). Railroad System, United States, 1861. University of Nebraska Lincoln. Available at: https://purl.stanford.edu/nh989wx0112. This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.

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  9. Title: Railroad System, United States, 1840

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    Summary: This line shapefile represents the railroad network of the United States in 1840. This layer is part of the Railroads and the Making of Modern America project. This project seeks to document and represent the rapid and far-reaching social effects of railroads and to explore the transformation of the United States to modern ideas, institutions, and practices in the nineteenth century. University of Nebraska. Lincoln. (2006). Railroad System, United States, 1840. University of Nebraska Lincoln. Available at: https://purl.stanford.edu/st852jv1039. This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.

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  10. Title: Railroad System, United States, 1855

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    Summary: This line shapefile represents the railroad network of the United States in 1855. This layer is part of the Railroads and the Making of Modern America project. This project seeks to document and represent the rapid and far-reaching social effects of railroads and to explore the transformation of the United States to modern ideas, institutions, and practices in the nineteenth century. University of Nebraska. Lincoln. (2006). Railroad System, United States, 1855. University of Nebraska Lincoln. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/sg805fy3196. This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.

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  11. Title: Railroad System, United States, 1870

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    Summary: This line shapefile represents the railroad system of the United States in 1870. This layer is part of the Railroads and the Making of Modern America project. This project seeks to document and represent the rapid and far-reaching social effects of railroads and to explore the transformation of the United States to modern ideas, institutions, and practices in the nineteenth century. University of Nebraska. Lincoln. (2006). Railroad System, United States, 1870. University of Nebraska Lincoln. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/tb303xn7959. This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.

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  12. Title: Railroad System, United States, 1845

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    Summary: This line shapefile represents the railroad network of the United States in 1845. This layer is part of the Railroads and the Making of Modern America project. This project seeks to document and represent the rapid and far-reaching social effects of railroads and to explore the transformation of the United States to modern ideas, institutions, and practices in the nineteenth century. University of Nebraska. Lincoln. (2006). Railroad System, United States, 1845. University of Nebraska Lincoln. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/rb309fs8300. This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.

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  13. Title: Railroad System, United States, 1850

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    Summary: This line shapefile represents the railroad network of the United States in 1850. This layer is part of the Railroads and the Making of Modern America project. This project seeks to document and represent the rapid and far-reaching social effects of railroads and to explore the transformation of the United States to modern ideas, institutions, and practices in the nineteenth century. University of Nebraska. Lincoln. (2006). Railroad System, United States, 1850. University of Nebraska. Lincoln. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/yb081jb9131. This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.

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  14. Title: Railroads and the making of modern America

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    Summary: "[This site] explores the dynamic social change that came between 1850 and 1900 with the growth of railroads, telegraphs, steam ships and other technologies. It concentrates on the railroad network, and explores how the railroad's expansion and development brought profound economic, social, and political changes." Title from home page (viewed June 3, 2009). This collection includes shapefile data representing railroad networks in the United States from 1840 to 1870. Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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  15. Title: Soil map, Indiana, Hamilton County

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    Summary: Detached from: Soil survey of Hamilton County, Indiana / Lewis A. Hurst [and others]. In 37th Annual report of Deptartment of Geology and Natural Resources, Indiana. Scale approximately 1:95,000 U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Soils; State of Indiana, Department of Geology; soils surveyed by Lewis A. Hurst of the U.S. Deptartment of Agriculture, Bureau of Soils; E.J. Grimes, R.S. Hesler, and H.G. Young of the Indiana Department of Geology.

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  16. Title: South & Southeast Asia, 1846 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: India and countries adjacent : to accompany Symond's Introduction to the geography of India, G.W. Mahon 1846 ; J. Sinclair, del. It was published by R. Twigg in 1847. Scale [ca. 1:8,750,000]. Covers portions of South and Southeast Asia and China. 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 and administrative boundaries, shoreline features, the Great Wall of China, 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. 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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  17. Title: China Socioeconomic and Physiographic Macroregions, 2007

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    Summary: China Socioeconomic and Physiographic Macroregions, 2007 is a polygon theme representing late 20th century socioeconomic macroregions in China. Attribute information identifies noting the physiographic macroregion the socioeconomic region is in. The socioeconomic and physiographic macroregions are as defined by G. William Skinner (1977, 2000).

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  18. Title: Sketch map of central and southern Africa : showing the main lines of migration followed by the various races now inhabiting the southern portion of the continent

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    Summary: Relief shown by shading. From: The native races of South Africa ... / By George W. Stow ... London : Swan Sonnenschein & Co., Limited ... , 1905.

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  19. Title: Survey for a ship canal to connect the Lakes Erie & Ontario, Lockport route; Surveyed under the direction of Capt. W.G. Williams, U.S. Top. Engs., by Lieuts. T.F. Drayton & J.G. Reed; drawn by Lieut. J.G. Reed.; Survey for a ship canal to connect Lakes Erie and Ontario Lockport route

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. "Map no. 3." Shows canal survey from Kempville (Olcott)on Lake Ontario through Lockport to Tonawanda on the Niagara R. Map drawn in 3 segments. Direction arrows pointing south. 1 map on 2 sheets; sheets 67 x 85 cm

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  20. Title: Map of the Haring or Herring Farm, 1869

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    Summary: This is a scanned version of the 1869 paper map entitled: Map of the Haring or Herring Farm. The map was scanned at 300 dots per inch and is in the TIFF format.

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