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  1. Title: A new chart of the English empire in North America

    • Not specified
    • 1942
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    Summary: Scale: 1:3,850,000; 1 inch to 61 miles.; 1 map; 70 x 77 cm United States--Maps.

  2. Title: A new chart of the English empire in North America

    • Image data
    • 1942
    Contributors:

    Summary: Issued in envelope with title on flap. The title "is taken from the copy in the Public record office [London] upon which it is found in the form of an engrossed inscription." cf. Notes on the Southack map (Boston, 1717) "A facsimile of the original map in the John Carter Brown Library, Providence, Rhode Island, 1942. Reproduced in collotype by the Meriden Gravure Company." "To His Excellency Samuel Shute esqr. ... And also to the Honble. Council and Representatives in General court assembled at the sessions held at Boston the 7th of Noember, 1716. This chart is most humbly dedicated & presented by Capt. Cyprian Southack." Key to 140 place names included. Historic Maps copy imperfect: envelope and "Notes on the Southack map" wanting.

  3. Title: A plan of the Coppermine River

    • Not specified
    • 1771
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    Summary: Photostat of original owned in 1944 by James F. Bell. 17.3 x 56 centimeters

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

    • Not specified
    • 1746
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    Summary: Extent: 1 map Notes: Title from cartouche. Includes inset drawing: The West prospect of Carlisle Castle. Includes index.

  5. Title: Versailles, France, 1725 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2015
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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan general de la ville et du chateau de Versailles : de ses jardins, bosquets et fontaines dedie au Roy, par Pierre le Pautre, architecte et graveur ordinaire de sa Majeste ; Eleazar Gouman fecit. It was published by And. en Hand. de Leth. op de Beurszluys in de Visser in [1725]. Scale [ca. 1:7,500]. Covers the grounds of Versailles. Map in French and Dutch.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 roads, paths, drainage, buildings, gardens, ground cover, 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.

  6. Title: Western Hemisphere, 1740 (Image 1 of 2) (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2009
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Carte nouvelle de la mer du Sud : dressee par ordre des principaux directeurs & tiree des memoires les plus recents et des relations des navigateurs les plus modernes, tant de France, que d'Espagne l'on ya joint, diverses remarques curieuses par raport aux decouvertes des graduations des manierres du pais que de la navigation. It was published by Donne au public, par And. & Henry de Leth ... sur le Pont de la Bourse au Pescheur ca. 1740. Scale [ca. 1:30,000,000]. Covers the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, and the Americas, with parts of Asia, Australia, Europe, and Africa. This layer is image 1 of 2 total images of the two sheet source map representing the western portion of the map. Text in French, Dutch, and Latin. 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. Note: The central meridian of this map is not the same as the Prime Meridian and may wrap the International Date Line or overlap itself when displayed in GIS software. This map shows features such as drainage, cities and other human settlements, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief is shown pictorially. Includes historical and cultural notes, view of 'Fort au Cap de Bonne Esperance,' and other ill. Insets: Vera-cruz -- Baye de Rio Janeiro -- La Havane ... -- Le Detroit de Gibaltar -- La ville de Mexico -- Istme de Panama ou de Darien -- Baye de Porto Bello. 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.

  7. Title: Western Hemisphere, 1740 (Image 2 of 2) (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2009
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Carte nouvelle de la mer du Sud : dressee par ordre des principaux directeurs & tiree des memoires les plus recents et des relations des navigateurs les plus modernes, tant de France, que d'Espagne l'on ya joint, diverses remarques curieuses par raport aux decouvertes des graduations des manierres du pais que de la navigation. It was published by Donne au public, par And. & Henry de Leth ... sur le Pont de la Bourse au Pescheur ca. 1740. Scale [ca. 1:30,000,000]. Covers the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, and the Americas, with parts of Asia, Australia, Europe, and Africa. This layer is image 2 of 2 total images of the two sheet source map representing the eastern portion of the map. Text in French, Dutch, and Latin. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to a non-standard 'Mercator' projection with the central meridian at 172.66600 degrees west. 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. Note: The central meridian of this map is not the same as the Prime Meridian and may wrap the International Date Line or overlap itself when displayed in GIS software. This map shows features such as drainage, cities and other human settlements, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief is shown pictorially. Includes historical and cultural notes, view of 'Fort au Cap de Bonne Esperance,' and other ill. Insets: Vera-cruz -- Baye de Rio Janeiro -- La Havane ... -- Le Detroit de Gibaltar -- La ville de Mexico -- Istme de Panama ou de Darien -- Baye de Porto Bello. 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.

  8. Title: Messin Nova Territorii Metensis Descriptio; autore Abrahamo Fabert.

    • Not specified
    • 1630
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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. North is oriented to the right of the map. Includes two coat of arms in the upper right and left corners. Similar to the state listed in Van der Krogt's Atlantes Neerlandici but lacks Henricus Hondius' name from the title cartouche. From the Composite Atlas of France, title created to represent a unique collection within the Clark Library, University of Michigan. 1 map; 47 x 37 cm

  9. Title: La Grecia antica divisa ne' suoi stati

    • Image data
    • 1799
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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. From: Nuovo atlante geographico universale delineato sulle ultime osservazioni / Giovanni Maria Cassini. Rome: Presso la Calcogr. camerale, 1792-1801.

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