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  1. Title: Congo River Basin, 1885 (Image 2 of 2) (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: A map of the Congo basin and adjoining territories : shewing the extent of the Congo Free State, Henry M. Stanley. It was published by Harper & Brothers in 1885. Scale [ca. 1:3,000,000]. This layer is image 2 of 2 total images of the two sheet source map, representing the eastern portion of the map. Covers a portion of Central Africa. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Africa 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, shoreline features, and more. Relief 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. 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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  2. Title: Congo River Basin, 1885 (Image 1 of 2) (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: A map of the Congo basin and adjoining territories : shewing the extent of the Congo Free State, Henry M. Stanley. It was published by Harper & Brothers in 1885. Scale [ca. 1:3,000,000]. This layer is image 1 of 2 total images of the two sheet source map, representing the western portion of the map. Covers a portion of Central Africa.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Africa 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, shoreline features, and more. Relief 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. 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: A map of the great forest region showing the routes of the Emin Pasha relief expedition from the River Congo to the Victoria Nyanza

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights.

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  4. Title: English Channel

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Depths shown by soundings. Oriented with north to upper left. Includes ill., notes and views. In margin: Chart no. 4. Insets: Falmouth Harbour -- Lizard Point -- Manacles -- Penzance Bay -- Land's End -- Dartmouth Hr. -- Plymouth Sound -- Weymouth Harbour -- Tor Bay -- Anchorage east of Dungeness -- Dover -- Calais -- The Downs -- Approaches to Portsmouth and Southampton -- Continuation to Southampton. Historic Maps copy has paper label on verso: Chart no. 4. English Channel. Price, with a book of directions, 12s. Historic Maps copy has ms. annotations.

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  5. Title: (Composite Map of) A Map of the British Empire in America with the French and Spanish Settlements adjacent thereto. by Henry Popple. C. Lempriere inv. & del. B Baron Sculp. To the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty This Map is most humbly Inscribed by Your Majesty's most Dutiful, most Obedient, and most Humble Servant Henry Popple. London Engrav'd by Willm. Henry Toms & R.W. Seale 1733 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced image of a map of North America originally created by H. Popple in 1733. The original map appears in "A Map of the British Empire in America with the French and Spanish Settlements adjacent thereto. by Henry Popple. C. Lempriere inv. & del. B Baron Sculp. To the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty This Map is most humbly Inscribed by Your Majesty's most Dutiful, most Obedient, and most Humble Servant Henry Popple. London Engrav'd by Willm. Henry Toms & R.W. Seale, 1733. (index map) ... W.H. Toms Sculp." 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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  6. Title: Africa (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced image of an historic continental map of Africa from 1831, originally created by Henry Teesdale. 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 was georeferenced by the Stanford University Geospatial Center using a Sinusoidal projection. This map is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps of Africa held at Stanford University Libraries. This historic paper map provides an historical perspective of the cultural and physical landscape during this time period. The wide range of information provided on these maps make them useful in the study of historic geography. As this map has been georeferenced, it also can be used as a background layer in conjunction with other GIS data. The horizontal positional accuracy of a raster image is approximately the same as the accuracy of the published source map. The lack of a greater accuracy is largely the result of the inaccuracies with the original measurements and possible distortions in the original paper map document. There may also be errors introduced during the digitizing and georeferencing process. In most cases, however, errors in the raster image are small compared with sources of error in the original map graphic. The RMS error for this map is 4137.66 meters. This value describes how consistent the transformation is between the different control points (links). The RMS error is only an assessment of the accuracy of the transformation. Teesdale, Henry, Dower, John, and Stanford Geospatial Center. (2013). Africa (Raster Image). Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/qj152rq1246. For more information about Stanford's Maps of Africa Collection, see here: https://exhibits.stanford.edu/maps-of-africa. 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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  7. Title: Atlantic Coast, New England, ca. 1773 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: A new and correct chart of the sea coast of New-England from Cape Codd to Casco Bay, lately survey'd by Capt. Henry Barnsley. It was published by W. & I. Mount & T. Page on Tower hill ca. 1773. Scale [ca. 1:142,560]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the World Mercator 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 coastal features such as rocks, channels, points, coves, islands, flats, banks, ports, and more. Includes also selected land features such as towns and more. Depths shown by soundings. Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings and shading. Includes also 5 views of coastline.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: Ireland and Northern Ireland, 1705 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: A mapp of the kingdom of Ireland : newly corrected & improv'd by actual observations : divided into its provinces, counties, & baronies, and supply'd with many market towns & other places of note omitted in former mapps ... : together with plans of the citys and fortified towns, as allso a short description of the kingdom by Henry Pratt ; to this map is added a large index of the measur'd distances of ev'ry town from Dublin, of the burroughs, barracks, and post towns with many other improuements and emendations ; I. Harris, sculp. It was published by H. Pratt in 1708. Scale [ca. 1:385,000]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Irish Grid (Transverse Mercator 1965 (TM-65)) 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, major roads, territorial and administrative boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown pictorially. Includes also text, index, 16 ancillary town maps, and inset: The sea coasts of Great Britain and Ireland.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: Morocco, 1908 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Maroc, carte dessinee par R. de Flotte de Roquevaire. It was published by Maison Andriveau-Goujon, Henry Barrere Editeur in 1908. Scale 1:1,000,000. Covers Morocco and portions of Algeria. Map in French. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to a modified 'Europe Lambert Conformal Conic' projection with a central meridian of 7 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. This map shows features such as drainage, cities and other human settlements, roads, ruins, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown by landforms and spot heights. Includes indexs and insets: Mazagan (Scale 1:20,000) -- Casa Blanca (Scale 1:20,000) -- Tanger (Scale 1:20,000) -- Safi (Scale 1:20,000) -- Larache (Scale 1:20,000) -- El-Qsar el-Kebir (Scale 1:20,000) -- Rabat (Scale 1:50,000) -- Taroudant (Scale 1:40,000) -- Mogador (Scale 1:20,000) -- Agadir Irir (Scale 1:20,000) -- Oujda (Scale 1:20,000) -- El-Aioun Si Mellouk (Scale 1:10,000) -- Meknes (Scale 1:50,000) -- Fes (Scale 1:30,000) -- Figuig (Scale 1:200,000) -- Marrakech (Scale 1:60,000) -- Environs de Fes (Scale 1:100,000). 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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  10. Title: The voyage of the Pequod from the book, Moby Dick, by Herman Melville

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    Summary: Pictorial world map.

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  11. Title: Belgique, Hollande & bords du Rhin

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    Summary: Map of Belgium and the Netherlands; relief shown by hachures. At top of map: No. 6. In margin: Atlas usuel, no. 6. Atlas universel, no. 19. Historic Maps copy has paper label on verso: E. Andriveau-Goujon, Rue du Bac, 4.

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  12. Title: South Africa

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures.; "Published 1st Jan. 1880."; "With additions and corrections from surveys and explorations to 1878." 40 x 69 centimeters Scale [1:2,851,200] General Map Collection

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  13. Title: South Africa

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    Summary: Maps show altitude profiles (by inverse fahrenheit scale for boiling of water) for two routes traversed by Gibbon, east to west, and north to south.; "To accompany his report."; Linen backed. 67 x 79 centimeters Scale not given. General Map Collection

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  14. Title: Reynolds's map of London with the latest improvements

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    Summary: "The map is divided into half mile squares for the purpose of measuring distance &c." Originally issued with index, folded in covers.

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  15. Title: A general chart exhibiting the discoveries made by Captn. James Cook in this and his two preceeding voyages : with tracks of the ships under his command

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    Summary: "Engrav'd for Cook's Voyage, Octavo Edition." From: Captain Cook's third and last voyage to the Pacific Ocean. London : Printed for J. Fielding and J. Stockdale ... , [1785] Lieutenant Henry Roberts compiled a composite chart of Cook's three voyages for the official account published in 1784. cf. Tooley's dictionary of mapmakers.

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  16. Title: An accurate map of North and South Carolina with their Indian frontiers, shewing in a distinct manner all the mountains, rivers, swamps, marshes, bays, creeks, harbours, sandbanks and soundings on the coasts; with the roads and Indian paths; as well as the boundary of provincial lines, the several townships and other divisions of the land in both the provinces

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    Summary: "Longitude west from London." Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Shows precinct boundaries. Insets: The harbour of Port Royal [ca. 1:200,000]--The bar and harbour of Charlestown [ca. 1:75,000]. Historic Maps copy imperfect: lower sheet wanting.

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  17. Title: Map of the Little Scioto River and Pine Creek Basins and adjacent Ohio River tributaries showing availability of underground water

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    Summary: Text includes information about generalized stratigraphic sequence of the rocks in the Little Scioto River and Pine Creek Basins and adjacent Ohio River tributaries and quality of underground water. Map side also contains legend and explanation of map symbols. "Prepared by HENRY L. PREE, JR., Geologist, Ohio Division of Water" Scale bar lower right corner of map.

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  18. Title: Map of the Symmes Creek, Ice Creek, and Indian Guyan Creek Basins, and adjacent Ohio River Tributaries showing availability of underground water

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    Summary: Map side also contains legend and explanation of map symbols. Text includes information about generalized stratigraphic sequence of the rocks in the Symmes Creek, Ice Creek, and Indian Guyan Creek Basins and adjacent Ohio River Tributaries and quality of underground water. "Prepared by HENRY L. PREE, JR., Geologist, Ohio Division of Water" Scale bar lower right corner of map.

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  19. Title: Map of the Sandy Creek Basin showing availability of underground water

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    Summary: Prepared by HENRY L. PREE, JR. Geologist, Ohio Division of Water Text includes information about generalized stratigraphic sequence of the rocks in the Sandy Creek Basin and quality of underground water. Map side also contains legend and explanation of map symbols. Scale bar lower Right corner of map.

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  20. Title: Map of a part of the Walhonding River Basin showing availability of underground water

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    Summary: Map side also contains legend and explanation of map symbols. "Prepared by HENRY L. PREE, JR., Geologist, Ohio Division of Water" Scale bar lower right corner of map. Text includes information about generalized stratigraphic sequence of the rocks in the Walhonding River Basin and quality of underground water.

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