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  1. Title: Africa with the discoveries to May 1858 of Livingstone, Barth, Vogel, & of the Chadda expedition, from documents in possession of the Royal Geographical Society (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of an historic continental map of Africa created in 1860. Originally created by George Swanton, this map is based on the explorations of Livingstone and Barth and contains insets of Cape Verde Islands, the Delta of the Niger, Cape Colony and Mauritius. 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 scanned and 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 2994.42 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. Africa with the discoveries to May 1858 of Livingstone, Barth, Vogel, & of the Chadda expedition, from documents in possession of the Royal Geographical Society (Raster Image). Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/yj385yn3969. 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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  2. Title: British possessions in the Indian seas

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    Summary: Maps of Sri Lanka, Singapore and the Malay Peninsula with relief shown by hachures and spot heights.; Plate VLII probably from: The comapnion atlas to the gazetteer of the world ... / by G.H. Swanston. 23 x 14 centimeters or smaller on sheet 464 x 31.7 centimeters

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  3. Title: London, England, 1877 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Illustrated map of London, or, Stranger's guide to the public buildings, theatres, music halls, & all places of interest. It was published by George H. Young in 1877. Scale [ca. 1:13,700]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the British National Grid coordinate system (British National Grid, Airy Spheroid OSGB (1936) Datum). 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, selected buildings, and more. Selected points of interest and 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 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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  4. Title: Map of western Washington, showing classification of lands; by John W. Rankine and Geo. H. Plummer, 1898.

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    Summary: Shows cut areas, timbered and timberless areas, burned areas, and Northern Pacific land grant boundaries. Plate III from the "Nineteenth annual report" of the U.S. Geological Survey, Part 5, Forest reserves (1898). Public land grid. "Julius Bien & Co. Lith. N.Y." 1 map: col.; 107 x 70 cm

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  5. Title: Colorado Geo. H. Adams & Son.

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Greenwich and Washington prime meridians. Shows towns, counties, railroads and natural features. Index on verso. 1 map: col., encapsulated in Mylar; 39 x 55 cm

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  6. Title: Stratigraphic chart : Indiana coal measures giving general view of relations of coals and rocks, by means of selected general and local sections

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    Summary: Includes approximately 100 stratigraphic columns and correlation lines. Detached from: The coal deposits of Indiana : a supplemental report to the one issued in 1898 / George H. Ashley. In Indiana Department of Geology and Natural Resources thirty-third annual report, 1908. Indianapolis : Wm. B. Burford, 1909. Page 54. Imprint: [Indianapolis] : [Indiana Department of Geology and Natural Resources], [1909] Dimensions: 40 x 75 cm

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  7. Title: Coal chart : Indiana measures showing thickness, partings, roof and floor of the principal coal beds

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    Summary: Includes several hundred stratigraphic columns showing coal measurements for sites across Indiana and correlation lines. Detached from: The coal deposits of Indiana : a supplemental report to the one issued in 1898 / George H. Ashley. In Indiana Department of Geology and Natural Resources thirty-third annual report, 1908. Indianapolis : Wm. B. Burford, 1909. Page 96. Imprint: [Indianapolis] : [Indiana Department of Geology and Natural Resources], [1909] Dimensions: 41 x 54 cm; Scale: Horizontal scale not given. Vertical scale approximately 1:12. 1 inch = 8 feet

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  8. Title: Table of recent analyses of Indiana coal

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    Summary: Detached from: The coal deposits of Indiana : a supplemental report to the one issued in 1898 / by Beorge H. Ashley. In Indiana Department of Geology and Natural Resources thirty-third annual report ... 1908. Indianapolis : Wm. B. Burford, 1909. Page 144. Imprint: Indianapolis : 1909 Dimensions: 40 x 38 cm

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  9. Title: Structure chart : east-west cross sections showing dip and elevations of coal beds

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    Summary: 15 sections on one sheet. Detached from: The coal deposits of Indiana : a supplemental report to the one issued in 1898 / George H. Ashley. In Indiana Department of Geology and Natural Resources thirty-third annual report, 1908. Indianapolis : Wm. B. Burford, 1909. Page 132. Imprint: [Indianapolis] : [Indiana Department of Geology and Natural Resources], [1909] Dimensions: 44 x 53 cm; Scale: Approximately 1:126,720. 2 miles = 1 inch. Vertical scale approximately 1:12,000. 1,000 feet = 1 inch

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  10. Title: Geological map of the lower Carboniferous area of Southern Indiana (Corydon sheet)

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    Summary: From the 27th Annual report of the Department of Geology and Natural Resources of Indiana, 1902. Includes three East-West cross-sections: through New Amsterdam, through Corydon, and along line of Southern railway. Vertical scale 1:9,600. Detached from: The geology of the lower Carboniferous area of Southern Indiana / by George Hall Ashley , assisted by Edward M. Kindle. In Indiana Department of Geology and Natural Resources twenty-seventh annual report ... 1902. Indianapolis : Wm. B. Burford, 1903. Page 70. Imprint: [Indianapolis] : [Wm. B. Burford], [1903]; Imprint: [Indianapolis] : [Indiana Department of Geology and Natural Resources], [1902] Scale: Approximately 1:126,720. 2 miles = 1 in. Vertical scale approximately 1:9,600. 800 feet = 1 in.; Dimensions: 51 x 76 cm, on sheet 56 x 80 cm Coordinates: W0864835 W0854540 N0382520 N0375015

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  11. Title: Geological map of the coal region of Indiana. Sheet D, Knox, Daviess and Martin Counties, to accompany the Report on the coal of Indiana

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    Summary: Relief shown by spot heights. Includes map showing coal locations and features, railroads, and quarries as well as a vertical cross section along the B. & S. S.-W. railway and an inset map for the southwest corner of Lawrence County. Detached from: The coal deposits of Indiana / George Hall Ashley. In Indiana Department of Geology and Natural Resources twenty-third annual report, 1898. Indianapolis : Wm. B. Burford, 1899. Page 928. Imprint: Indianapolis : Wm. B. Burford, [1899] Dimensions: 48 x 78 cm; Scale: Approximately 1:126,720. 2 miles = 1 inch

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  12. Title: Geological map of Lake and Porter counties

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    Summary: Shows lakes, beaches, sand-dune area, morainic area, till plains, crest of moraine, and Kankakee Marsh area. Detached from: The geology of Lake and Porter counties, Indiana / W.S. Blatchley. In Indiana Department of Geology and Natural Resources twenty-second annual report. Indianapolis: Wm. B. Burford, 1898. Page 23. Imprint: [Indianapolis] : Department of Geology and Natural Resources of Indiana, [1898]; Imprint: Indianapolis, Ind. : Wm. B. Burford, lith., [1898] Dimensions: 55 x 42 cm; Scale: Approximately 1:126,720. 2 miles = 1 inch

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  13. Title: Map of the productive oil area of northeastern Indiana

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    Summary: To accompany the report on the petroleum industry in Indiana by W.S. Blatchley, state geologist : annual report of the Department of Geology and Natural Resources of Indiana for 1896. Shows good, fair, and light oil territory, gas territory, and pumping stations. Detached from: The petroleum industry in Indiana / W.S. Blatchley. In Indiana Dept. of Geology and Natural Resources twenty-first annual report, 1896. Indianapolis: Wm. B. Burford, 1897. Page 48. Imprint: [Indianapolis] : Department of Geology and Natural Resources of Indiana, [1897] Dimensions: 35 x 60 cm; Scale: Approximately 1:126,720. 2 miles = 1 inch

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  14. Title: Central Europe Region, ca. 1816 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Deutschland und der groste Theil der umliegenden Staaten : oder Mittel-Europa in 35 Blattern : nach astronomischen Ortsbestimmungen und den besten Special-Karten, mit Rucksicht auf die neuesten Grenz-Bestimmungen entworfen, zufolge der Wiener Congress-Akte, des Pariser Friedens vom 21ten Nov. 1815, und der neuesten Austauschungen 1816, von H.H. Gotthold ; geschrieben und gestochen von H. Kliewer ; samtliche Geburge im Atlas sind gezeichnet und gestochen von Paulus Schmidt, so wie auch die Sectionen 3,11,16,18,19,21,25,26,31 von demselben gestochen worden. It was published by Simon Schropp & Co., ca. 1816. Scale [ca. 1:1,100,000]. Covers the Central Europe region. Map in German. 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, ground cover, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by shading. Includes also inset index map.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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  15. Title: Road map of northeastern Indiana

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    Summary: Blueline. Imprint: [Fort Wayne, Ind.?]: [H.H. Mortorff], 1947. Scale: 1:200,000; Dimensions: 44 x 53 cm Coordinates: W0860000 W0844800 N0414100 N0410400

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  16. Title: Map of the action at Drainsville, Va., December 20th 1861. U.S. forces commanded by Brig Gen. E.O.C. Ord.

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    Summary: Scale not given; 1 map: color; 40 x 26 cm Dranesville (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps

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  17. Title: Geological map of the coal region of Indiana. Sheet G, Posey and Vanderburgh County and part of Gibson County

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    Summary: Relief shown by spot heights. "Based upon[:] B. F. & Co.'s Atlas of Indiana, 1876. Lake's Atlas of Gibson and Pike Counties, 1881. F. C. H. Arentz, Map of Evansville and Surrounding Territory (Tracing). Field work of this survey. Congressional Land Survey." "Note - The main part of the P., D. & E., the O. V. and the E. & N. S. R. R's are from Burford's Railroad Map of Indiana, and are only approximately placed, as are most of the smaller stations." Detached from: The coal deposits of Indiana / George Hall Ashley. In Indiana Department of Geology and Natural Resources twenty-third annual report, 1898. Indianapolis : Wm. B. Burford, 1899. Page 1408. Imprint: Indianapolis, Ind. : Wm. B. Burford, [1899] Dimensions: 78 x 48 cm

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  18. Title: Map (in part) of Brazil Block Coal Co.'s mine no. 8

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    Summary: Plate XIX. Planned and laid out by P.J. Mooney , drawn by G.H.A. Detached from: The coal deposits of Indiana / George Hall Ashley. In Indiana Dept. of Geology and Natural Resources twenty-third annual report, 1898. Indianapolis: Wm. B. Burford, 1899. Page 320. Imprint: [Indianapolis] : [Dept. of Geology and Natural Resources of Indiana], [1899] Dimensions: 22 x 26 cm; Scale: Approximately 1:2,400

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  19. Title: Map of state of Minnesota : showing state roads designated by county resolutions

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    Summary: 48 x 33 centimeters

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  20. Title: Eastern Virginia, ca. 1862 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Map of a part of Eastern Virginia : including portions of Spotsylvania Co. and adjoining counties, compiled under the direction of Col. J.N. Macomb, A.D.C. Maj. Top'l. Engr. ; by Capt. W.H. Paine, A.D.C. It was published by Coast Survey Office ca. 1862. Scale [ca. 1:63,360]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Virginia North State Plane NAD 1983 (Fipszone 4501) 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, railroads, selected buildings with names of landowners, ground cover, 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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