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  1. Title: Arabian Peninsula and Middle East, 1654 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Carte des trois Arabies : tiree en partie de l'Arabe de Nubie, en partie de diuers autres autheurs, par le S. N. Sanson d'Abbeville Geographe ordinaire du Roy ; J. Somer sculp. It was published by Chez Pierre Mariette in 1654. Scale [ca. 1:7,500,000]. Map in French and Latin. Covers the Arabian Peninsula. 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 pictorially. 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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  2. Title: L'inde deça et delaè le Gange, ou est l'Empire du Grand Mogol : et pays circonvoisins tireáe de purchas, et de diverses relatio

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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale approximately 1:8,950,000. Relief shown pictorially. Has watermark. 33 x 53 centimeters Scale approximately 1:8,950,000 Ames Library of South Asia Maps

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  3. Title: Northern South America, Venezuela,Columbia, 1656 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Terre Ferme : ou sont les governations, ou gouvernemens de Terre Ferme, Cartagene, Ste. Marthe, Rio de la Hache, Venezuela, Nouvelle Andalusie, Popayan, Nouveau Roy.me de Grenade, &c. / par N. Sanson d'Abbeville, Géographe ordinaire du Roy ; Somer sculp. It was published by Chez Pierre Mariette, Rue St. Iacque a l'Esperance in 1656. Scale ca. 1:5,400,000. Map in French. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the South America Lambert Conformal Conic 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, tribal descriptions, 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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  4. Title: North & West Africa, 1655 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: L'Afrique, ou Lybie ulterieure : ou sont le Saara, ou desert, le pays des Negres, la Guinee, et les pays circonv. tiree en partie de Sanut, et de l'Arabe de Nubie, en partie de diverses cartes veues jusques a present par le S. Sanson d'Abbeville, geog. ordre. du Roy ; I. Somer Pruthenus, sculp. It was published by Chez Pierre Mariette, rue St. Iacques a l'Esperance in 1655. Scale [ca. 1:10,500,000]. Covers portions of North and West Africa. Map in French.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 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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  5. Title: Southern, Central, & Eastern Africa, 1655 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Basse Aethiopie, qui comprend les Royaume de Congo, coste, et pays des Cafres, empires du Monomatapa, Monoemugi : la coste deca le Cap Negre est tiree en partie de Samuel Blommaert ; en dela, avecq l'Isle de Madagascar, de Sanuto ; le dedans du pays, d'autres, par N. Sanson. I. Somer Pruthenus Sculp. It was published by Chez Pierre Mariette in 1655. Scale [ca. 1:11,250,000]. Covers portions of Southern, Central, and Eastern Africa. Map in French.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, 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: Harmónie ou correspondance du globe avecq la sphere par les points, lignes, cercles, &c. qui se descrivent en la surface des globes terrestres et des mappemondes;: pour respondre a ceux qui sont imaginés dans la sphere coeleste; Par le Sr. Sanson d'Abbeville, geographe ordre. de sa maiste avecq privilege pour vingt ans. 1659.

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    Summary: Shows eastern and western hemispheres. From his Cartes Générales de toutes les parties du monde...Paris, l'autheur; P. Mariette, 1658 [1660?] (Philips 4260) Jean Somer Pruthenus sculpsit. 1 map: col.; 35 x 52 cm.

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  7. Title: Le Canada, ou Nouvelle France, &c

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    Summary: Extent: 1 map Notes: Relief shown pictorially. Title in decorated cartouche. Appeared in editions of Nicolas Sanson, Cartes générales de toutes les parties du monde (Paris, 1658) and Nicolas Sanson, Cartes générales de la géographie ancienne et nouvelle (Paris, 1675). Scale not given

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  8. Title: Enkhuizen, Netherlands, 1734 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Nieuwe afteekening van alle de banken, canaalen, tonnen en dieptens : geleegen voor de stad Enkhuysen in de Zuyder Zee, waar in aengeweesen word, hoedanig men, uyt de stad nae de vuur toren door het Voor Land gevoeglyk kan maken een nieuwe zee haven, getekent door Ian Belkmeer. It was published by Joannes van Keulen in 1734. Scale [ca. 1:9,630]. Covers Enkhuizen, Netherlands. Map in Dutch.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the RD_New (Rijksdriehoekstelsel), GCS Amersfoort 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, fortifications, ground cover, canals, shoreline features, and more. Depths shown by soundings and shading. Includes inset: 'Verbeelding van de mond van de Nieuwe Haven'.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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  9. Title: Central Europe Region, 1730-1739 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Routes des postes et des voitures pour les marchandises et pour les voyages par l'Empire dans les principaux Etats de l'Europe, T. Stemmers, sculp. It was published by chez Reinier & Iosue Ottens, between 1730 and 1739. Scale [ca. 1:2,500,000]. Covers the Central Europe region. 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 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, territorial and administrative boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by shading.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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  10. Title: Geologic atlas of Goodhue County, Minnesota, C-12, Part B, Plate 7, Bedrock and Water-Table Hydrogeology

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    Summary: Maps showing ground water resources and aquifer characteristics in the bedrock and unconsolidated sediments overlying the bedrock, including the age of the water as determined from radioactive isotopes in the water, scale 1:150,000, Goodhue County.

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  11. Title: Geologic atlas of Goodhue County, Minnesota, C-12, Part B, Plate 9, Sensitivity to Pollution of the Uppermost Bedrock Aquifers

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    Summary: Map showing the susceptibility of ground water in the upper most bedrock aquifers to contamination, including the age of the water as determined from radioactive isotopes in the water, scale 1:100,000, Goodhue County.

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  12. Title: Geologic atlas of Goodhue County, Minnesota, C-12, Part B, Plate 8, Hydrogeologic Cross Sections

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    Summary: Cross sections detailing how and when ground water moves through the bedrock and Quaternary (unconsolidated glacial and stream sediment overlying the bedrock) aquifers, scale 1:100,000, Goodhue County.

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  13. Title: Geologic atlas of Goodhue County, Minnesota, C-12, Part B, Plate 10, Sinkholes, Sinkhole Probability, and Springs and Seeps

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    Summary: Maps showing distribution of karst (carbonate rock with caves, springs) units and features and karst hydrology in carbonate rocks susceptible to being dissolved by acidic ground water, scale 1:100000, Goodhue County.

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  14. Title: Geologic atlas of Mower County, Minnesota, C-11, Part B, Plate 10, Karst Hydrogeomorphic Units

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    Summary: Maps showing distribution of karst (carbonate rock with caves, springs) units and features and karst hydrology in carbonate rocks susceptible to being dissolved by acidic ground water, scale 1:100000, Mower County.

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  15. Title: Geologic atlas of Mower County, Minnesota, C-11, Part B, Plate 9, Sensitivity to Pollution of the Uppermost Bedrock Aquifers

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    Summary: Map showing the susceptibility of ground water in the upper most bedrock aquifers to contamination, including the age of the water as determined from radioactive isotopes in the water, scale 1:100,000; 1:200,000, Mower County.

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  16. Title: Geologic atlas of Mower County, Minnesota, C-11, Part B, Plate 7, Bedrock Hydrogeology

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    Summary: Maps showing ground water resources and aquifer characteristics in the bedrock, including the age of the water (how long since the water entered the ground), scale 1:100,000, Mower County.

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  17. Title: Geologic atlas of Mower County, Minnesota, C-11, Part B, Plate 8, Ground-Water Flow in Bedrock Aquifers

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    Summary: Maps and cross sections detailing how and when ground water moves through the bedrock aquifers, scale 1:67,000, Mower County.

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  18. Title: Quaternary geology-upper Minnesota River basin, Minnesota, RHA-4, Part B, Plate 1

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    Summary: Quaternary (glacial and stream sediment) hydrogeology (ground water information) map of the upper Minnesota River basin, Minnesota, scale 1:200,000.

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  19. Title: Quaternary geology-Southern Red River Valley, Minnesota, RHA-3, Part B, Plate 2

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    Summary: Pollution sensitivity of Quaternary (glacial and stream sediment) aquifers, southern Red River Valley, Minnesota, scale 1:200,000.

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  20. Title: Quaternary geology-upper Minnesota River basin, Minnesota, RHA-4, Part B, Plate 2

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    Summary: Pollution sensitivity of Quaternary (glacial and stream sediment) aquifers, of the upper Minnesota River basin, Minnesota, scale 1:200,000.

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