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  1. Title: Plan of the rivers Ucayali & Amazon from the Mission of Sarayacu to the Rio Negro from the observations of Lieut. Wm. Smyth & Mr. Fredk. Lowe, R.N., 1835

    • Image data
    • 1836
    Contributors:

    Summary: Depth shown by soundings. River currents shown in miles per hour. Major tributaries are shown. "The blue line indicates the course of the river according to the best previous Maps." Includes inset: Continued from the map of Spix and Martius to Para [scale ca. 1:6,666,000]. Tribes are located and their approximate population size is given. From: The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 6, (1836), pp. 11-23; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J687 v.6 1836.

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  2. Title: Battles of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico, 1848 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2011
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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Battles of Mexico : survey of the line of operations of the U.S. Army, under command of Major General Winfield Scott, on the 19th & 20th August & on the 8th, 12th & 13th September, 1847, made by Maj. Turnbull, Capt. McClellan & Lieut. Hardcastle, Topl. Engs. ; drawn by Capt. McClellan. It was published by C.B. Graham in 1848. Scale [ca. 1:31,680]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM Zone 14N, 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, built-up areas, selected buildings with names of landowners, drainage, canals, troop disposition, movements, and lines of defenses, fortifications, ground cover, and more. Relief shown by hachures and pictorially. Includes positions and numbers of troops, and casualty statistics for the battles of Contreras, Churubusco, Molino del Rey, and Chapultepec, and inset: Part of the Valley of Mexico. 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: Battles of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico, 1847 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2011
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Battles of Mexico : survey of the line of operations of the U.S. Army under the command of Major General Winfield Scott on the 8th, 12th, & 13th Septr. 1847 made under the direction of Maj. W. Turnbull Topl. Engineers by Capt. McClellan & Lieut. Hardcastle, Topl. Engineers ; drawn by Capt. McClellan. It was published by Lit. de Salazar in 1847. Scale [ca. 1:15,900]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM Zone 14N, 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, built-up areas, selected buildings with names of landowners, drainage, canals, troop disposition, movements, and lines of defenses, fortifications, ground cover, and more. Relief shown by hachures. Includes also legend of troop movements, chart of 'killed or wounded & missing 13th', and inset: 'Worth's Command on 8th Sept.'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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  4. Title: Italy, sheet II west coast from Piombino to Civita Vecchia

    • Image data
    • 1841
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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. "1400." Historic Maps copy annotated in ms.: cor. to Oct. '63, Oct. '64; includes other ms. corrections.

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  5. Title: A new chart of the Mediterranean Sea, comprehending the coasts from Cape St. Mary, (in Portugal) to Constantinople, and from Rabat, in Africa, to Alexandretto, or Iskenderoon, in Asia, &c.

    • Image data
    • 1826
    Contributors:

    Summary: Nautical chart called "blueback." Relief shown by hacures. Depths shown by soundings. Insets: Carthagena -- Bay of Gibraltar -- The Strait of Gibraltar, from Tofino -- Environs of Marseille, &c. -- Messina -- Bay of Naples -- Palermo -- Trieste -- Alexandria -- The Gulf of Smyrna -- The Maddalena Islands and Strait of Bonifacio -- Corsica -- Corfu -- Gulf of Palma -- Valetta, &c. -- The Maltese islands -- Genoa -- The roads, &c., of Livorno or Leghorn -- Bay of Algier -- Harbour of Malaga

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  6. Title: Atlas zur kirchengeschichte.

    • World maps
    • 1919
    Contributors:

    Summary: Historical Atlases

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  7. Title: Mexico, 1847 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2013
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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Mapa de los Estados Unidos de Méjico :segun lo organizado y definido por las varias actas del congreso de dicha Républica y construido por las mejores autoridades. It was published by J. Disturnell in 1847. Scale ca. 1:4,435,200. Map in Spanish. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the North America Albers Equal Area Conic projection 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, wagon roads, railroads, wetlands, drainage, cities and other human settlements, territorial boundaries, elevation, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown by hachures. Includes also names of tribes, land exploration notes in Spanish and English, Mexican coat of arms, battle routes, and inset maps and notes describing geographic information and historical events, including those of the Mexican War. 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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  8. Title: Archipel des Tuamotu, French Poynesia, 1885 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2009
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Low Archipelago or Paumotu Group, by the U.S. Ex. Ex., Charles Wilkes Esq. Commander 1839 ; corrected to July 1872 by the latest French charts ; R.H. Wyman, Commo. U.S.N. Hydrographer to the Bureau of Navigation. Cor. Apr. 1878, Oct. 1880, Apr. 1885. It was published by Hydrographic Office in 1885. Scale [ca. 1: 2,200,000]. Covers Archipel des Tuamotu, French Poynesia.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the 'Mercator' 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, human settlements, inhabited and uninhabited islands, shoreline features, inlets, islands and islets, shoals, harbors, anchorage points, tidal directions, and more. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Depths shown by soundings.This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from the Harvard Map Collection and the Harvard University Library as part of the Open Collections Program at Harvard University project: Organizing Our World: Sponsored Exploration and Scientific Discovery in the Modern Age. Maps selected for the project correspond to various expeditions and represent a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and purposes.

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  9. Title: Gilbert Islands, Kiribati, 1887 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2009
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Gilbert Islands or Kingsmill Group, by the U.S. Ex. Ex., Charles Wilkins esq., commander, 1841; corrected May 1876 at the Hydrographic Office, Washington, D.C.; R.H. Wyman Commo. U.S.N. Hydrographer to the Bureau of Navigation. It was published by the Hydrographic Office in 1887. Scale [ca. 1:725,000]. Covers the Gilbert Islands, Kiribati.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the 'Mercator' 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, human settlements, shoreline features, islands and islets, bays, harbors, inlets, points, rocks, and more. Depths shown by soundings. Includes note.This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from the Harvard Map Collection and the Harvard University Library as part of the Open Collections Program at Harvard University project: Organizing Our World: Sponsored Exploration and Scientific Discovery in the Modern Age. Maps selected for the project correspond to various expeditions and represent a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and purposes.

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  10. Title: Atoll Ahe, French Polynesia, 1874 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2009
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan de L'ile Ahe, d'apr?s Wilkes ; grav? par P. M?a. It was published by D?p?t des Cartes et Plans de la Marine in 1874. Scale 1:150,000. Covers Atoll Ahe, Archipel des Tuamotu, French Polynesia.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the 'Mercator' 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 shoreline features such as drainage, shoreline features, bays, harbors, inlets, points, rocks, and more. Includes inset: Entr?e du Lagon par M[r]. Lachave, Lieu[t] de Vaisseau assist? de M[r] Besson, ?l?ve.This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from the Harvard Map Collection and the Harvard University Library as part of the Open Collections Program at Harvard University project: Organizing Our World: Sponsored Exploration and Scientific Discovery in the Modern Age. Maps selected for the project correspond to various expeditions and represent a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and purposes.

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  11. Title: Samoa and American Samoa, 1889 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2009
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Samoan Islands or Navigator Islands, by the U.S. Ex. Ex. Charles Wilkes Esq. commander 1839; corrected to Aug. 1871; R.H. Wyman Capt. U.S.N. Hydrographer to the Bureau of Navigation; eng. by Sherman & Smith N.Y. It was published by the Hydrographic Office in 1889. Ed. of March 1889. Scale [ca. 1:45,000,000]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the 'Mercator' 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, human settlements, shoreline features, and more. Relief is shown by hachures and spot heights. Depths are shown by soundings. Includes inset of Sand Island. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from the Harvard Map Collection and the Harvard University Library as part of the Open Collections Program at Harvard University project: Organizing Our World: Sponsored Exploration and Scientific Discovery in the Modern Age. Maps selected for the project correspond to various expeditions and represent a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and purposes.

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  12. Title: Jerusalem, 1868 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2009
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Ordnance Survey of Jerusalem, surveyed by C.W. Wilson, CE, in 1864-5 and engraved under the direction of Colonel J. Cameron; the hills by D. Law. It was published by Ordnance Survey Office in 1868. Scale 1:10,000. Covers Jerusalem. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Israel Transverse Mercator (ESRI: Israel_TM_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, fortification, and more. Relief is shown by hachures and spot heights. 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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  13. Title: Puget Sound, Washington, 1854 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2008
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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Reconnaissance of Duwamish Bay & Seattle Harbor, Washington Ter., by the hydrographic party under the command of Lieut. James Alden, U.S.N. Assistant; redd. drng by J. R. Key; engd. by Apps. J.J. Knight & F. W. Benner. It was published by the U.S. Coast Survey in 1854. Scale 1:40,000. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Washington State Plane North Coordinate System HARN NAD83 (in Feet) (Fipszone 4601). 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 coastal features such as channels, points, coves, islands, bottom soil types, flats, and more. Depths shown by soundings. Includes note. 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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  14. Title: San Francisco Bay Area, California, Nautical Chart, 1877 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2008
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Entrance to San Francisco Bay, California, from a trigonometrical survey under the direction of A.D. Bache, Superintendent of the Survey of the Coast of the United States ; triangulation by R.D. Cutts, asst. & A.F. Rodgers, sub-asst. ; topography by R.D. Cutts, asst., A.M. Harrison & A.F. Rodgers, sub-assts. ; hydrography by the party under the command of Lieut. Comdg. James Alden, U.S.N. assist. It was published by The Survey in 1877. Scale 1:50,000. Covers the San Francisco Bay Area. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the California Zone III State Plane Coordinate System NAD83 (in Feet) (Fipszone 0403). 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 coastal features such as lighthouses, buoys, beacons, rocks, channels, points, coves, islands, bottom soil types, wharves, and more. Includes also selected land features such as roads, railroads, drainage, land cover, selected buildings, towns, and more. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights; depths by sounding, shading, and contours. Includes inset map: Sub-sketch of entrance to San Francisco Bay (Scale 1:400,000), and inset views: View of the entrance to San Francisco Bay, Alcatraz N.E. by E. 1/2 (by compass 10 miles) -- View of the entrance to San Francisco Bay from Yerba Buena Id. -- View of the entrance to San Pablo Bay from near Angel Id. Also includes text and tables. 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: New York, N.Y. and vicinity, 1836 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2007
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Map of the country thirty miles round the city of New York, designed & drawn by I.H. Eddy. It was published by J. Disturnell in 1836. Scale [1:190,080]. 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, turnpikes and toll locations, railroads, drainage, canals, selected public buildings (industry locations, taverns, etc.), selected private residences with names of landowners, cities and towns, county and state boundaries, 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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  16. Title: Mapa de los estados unidos de Méjico [map] segun lo organizado y definido por las varias actas del Congreso de dicha republica: y construido por las mejores autoridades.

    • Not specified
    • 1948
    Contributors:

    Summary: Area covered includes the southwestern part of the present United States.;Carta de los caminos &c. desde Vera Cruz y Alvarado a Méjico.;Chart of the bay of Vera Cruz. Drawn by order of V. Admiral Baudin.; Tabla de distancias.;Map showing the battle grounds of the 8th and 9th May 1846. By J. H. Eaton.; Washington.;Profile of the route between Mexico and Vera Cruz.;1 map, colored;Profile of the route between [!] Mexico and Acapulco.;Tabla estadistien.;"Disturnell's map, the earliest of five or more 1847 editions. The copy added to the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo of February 2, 1848, in the archives of the Department of state. Reproduced in 1935 to accompany `Treaties and other international acts of the United States of America,' volume 5, See Document 129.";"Reproduced by A. Hoen & co.";"Revised edition.";...Reproduced for the Friends of the Bancroft Library ... 1948.;73 x 102 cm.;ca. 1:4,600,000 or 71 English miles to 1 inch

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  17. Title: Mapa de los estados unidos de Méjico

    • Image data
    • 1935
    Contributors:

    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. "Reproduced in 1935 to accompany ʻTreaties and other international acts of the United States of America, ʼ Volume 5. See Document 129." "The earliest of five or more 1847 editions. The copy added to the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo of February 2, 1848, in the archives of the Department of State." Prime meridian: Washington. Includes table of distances, table of statistics, "Profile of the route between Mexico and Vera Cruz," and "Profile of the route b[e]tween Mexico and Acapulco." Insets: Carta de los caminos &c. desde Vera Cruz y Alvarado a Méjico -- Map showing the battle grounds of the 8th and 9th May 1846. By J.H. Eaton -- Chart of the bay of Vera Cruz. Drawn by order of V. Admiral Baudin.

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  18. Title: Part of the map of Mexico prepared by J. Disturnell and published in New York in 1847

    • Not specified
    • 1930
    Contributors:

    Summary: Published in: Boundaries, areas, geographic centers and altitudes of the United States and the several states / Edward M. Douglas. Washington : Government Printing Office, 1930. Geological Survey Bulletin 817. 2d edition.; Relief shown by hachures.; Prime meridian: Washington.; "Bulletin 817, Plate 6."; "A photographic reproduction of the part of the map referred to in the treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo of 1848 ..."; Includes text.; Includes southwestern USA and northwestern Mexico. 38 x 51 centimeters

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  19. Title: Part of the map of Mexico prepared by J. Disturnell and published in New York in 1847

    • Not specified
    • 1923
    Contributors:

    Summary: Published in: Boundaries, areas, geographic centers and altitudes of the United States and the several states / Edward M. Douglas. Washington : Government Printing Office, 1923. Geological Survey Bulletin 689.; Relief shown by hachures.; Prime meridian: Washington.; "Bulletin 669, Plate IV."; "A photographic reproduction of the part of the map referred to in the treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo of 1848 ... ."; Includes text.; Includes southwestern USA and northwestern Mexico. 38 x 51 centimeters

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  20. Title: Soil map Indiana Montgomery County sheet

    • Thematic maps
    • 1912
    Contributors:

    Summary: Shows soil types classification by colors and symbols. "Field Operations, Bureau of Soils, 1912." A. "Hoen & co. Lith. Baltimore, Md." Imprint: [Washington, D.C.?] : The Bureau, [1912?] Dimensions: 44 x 50 cm

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