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  1. Title: Washington, D.C., 1815 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Territory of Columbia, drawn by And'w Ellicott ; engraved by P.A.F. Tardieu, Paris, 1815. It was published in 1815. Scale [ca. 1:63,360]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Maryland State Plane Coordinate System Meters NAD83 (Fipszone 1900). 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, district boundaries, government buildings, parks 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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  2. Title: United States of Nth. America = Carte des Etats-Unis de l'Amérique Septentrionale [map]

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Cartouche incorporates view of Niagara Falls with text describing them. In lower margin: À Paris, Chez Tardieu, graveur et editeur-propriétaire, Place de l'Estrapade, no. 34; Dezauche, ingénieur géoographe, rue des Noyers; Chles. Picquet, géographe-graveur, Quai de la Monnaie no. 17; J. Goujon, marchand de cartes géographiques, rue du Bac no. 6.

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  3. Title: Carte des routes de postes de l'Empire Français, du Royaume d'Italie et de la Confédération du Rhin

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    Summary: No relief shown. Publisher and place of publication from labels pasted on versos. Historic Maps copy has label on verso: J. Goujon, marchand de cartes, Rue du Bac, no. 6, à Paris.

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  4. Title: Carte géométrique des routes de postes de l'Empire français : dressée par ordre du Conseil d'Administration des Postes aux Chevaux pour l'an XIV, et l'année 1806

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    Summary: Map of France and northern Italy. Shows postal routes with number of hours required to cover distances between locations. No relief shown. Inset: Environs de Paris. In lower left-hand corner: Départemens de l'Empire Français.

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  5. Title: Constantinople

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    Summary: Relief shown by shading and hachures. "Superficie 3,975,000 toises." Probably issued in: Atlas nouveau / Edme Mentelle. Paris, 1782.

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  6. Title: Carte des isles de la Jamaïque et de St. Domingue

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. In upper right-hand corner: No. 139. From: Atlas nouveau / Edme Mentelle. Paris, 1782.

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  7. Title: Carte de la Finlande, 1808 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Carte de la Finlande. It was published by: no publisher in 1808. Scale approximately 1:2,450,000. 12 myriamètres [= 4.9 cm]. Map in French. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the EUREF FIN TM35FIN (EPSG: 3067) coordinate system. All map features and collar and inset information are shown 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 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 geographies, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and map purposes.

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  8. Title: Coasts, Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea Region, 1814 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Carte reduite de la mer Mediterranee et de la mer Noire : dediee et presentee a S.A.R. M. le duc d'Angouleme..., par P. Lapie, geographe, Directeur du Cabinet topographique du Roi ; grave par P.A.F. Tardieu. It was published by Rey et Gravier, libraires Quai des Augustins, no. 55 in 1814. Scale [ca. 1:35,500]. Covers Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, and coasts of Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East. 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, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. Includes also inset map of the Sea of Azov.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: Florida and Georgia, ca. 1807 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Carte de la Floride et de la Georgie, P.F. Tardieu, sculpsit ; P.J. Valet, scripsit. It was published by P.G. Chanlaire and E. Mentelle ca. 1807. Scale ca. 1:3,500,000. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the North American 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, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown pictorially. Includes also names of states, Indian territories, cities, towns, and swampland. Map covers also part of South Carolina, Louisiana and the Bahamas. 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: Carte des routes de poste de France

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    Summary: Inset: Environs de Paris.

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  11. Title: A Map of Louisiana and Mexico Carte de la Louisiane et du Mexique, dressee par P. Tardieu fils aine. Gravee par P. A. F. Tardieu pere.

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. "Ecrit par Richomme.";hand colored map on 2 sheets;106 x 78 cm.;ca. 1:4,500,000

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  12. Title: Four sheets - United States of Nth. America; carte des Etats-Unis de l'Amâerique Septentrionale.

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    Summary: 1 map, colored;Four images;A Paris, 1808.;Relief shown pictorially. "Ecrit par J. J. Pachoux.";"Cette carte, copiâee de la carte anglaise d'Arrowsmith.";Includes text, illus., and inset "Plan de la ville de Washington situâee sur le Territoire de Columbia.";Not available;122 x 141 cm.;ca. 1:1,860,000

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  13. Title: Central, Northern, and Eastern Africa, 1862 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Esquisse de l'Afrique centrale et orientale, dressee par P[ier]re Tremaux, d'apres ses propres voyages et renseignements et ceux de M. M. Livingston, Burton, Speke ... [et al.] ; grave chez Erhard, r[ue] Bonaparte 42. It was published by Societe de Geographie in 1862. Scale 1:10,000,000. Covers Northern, 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, roads, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, dunes, 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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  14. Title: Mississippi River Valley

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    Summary: 4042.M5 1718 .F3; Les costes de la Louisiane.; J. F. Benard, 1718.;PC 17721;maps and travel accounts of Illinois, no. 8.;1 map, hand colored;97 x 65 cm.;ca. 1:5,150,000

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  15. Title: Afrique; par J.B. Poirson.

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    Summary: 1 map: col.; 20 x 24 cm

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  16. Title: Great Britain, 1677 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Carte des isles Britaniques, où sont les Royaumes d'Angleterre, et d'Escosse, que nous appellons Grande Bretagne et celui d'Irlande : avecque les isles qui en sont proche, et les costes de France, de Flandre et de Holande / par P. Du Val, Geographe du Roy. It was published by the author, en l'Isle du Palais sur le Quay de l'Horloge, avecque privilege du Roy in 1677. Scale not given. Map in French. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the 'British National 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 drainage, cities and other human settlements, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Includes also illustrations of ships. 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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  17. Title: La Floride françoise

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. Mainly shows coast of South Carolina. In lower margin: Reproduced for the Hon. William A. Courtenay, LL. D., of South Carolina, from the original map in the Public Records Office, London. Originally from Du Val, P. Diverses cartes et tables. Paris, [1669?]. 15 x 22 centimeters Scale approximately 1:4,200,000 General Map Collection

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  18. Title: L'Afrique: reueuë et augmenteé; par P. Du Val.

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: Ferro. 1 map: hand col.; 40 x 52 cm.

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  19. Title: L'ocean pres d'Europe, auec les costes de France, d'Espagne, de Portugal, d'Angleterre, de Holande, de Danemarc, &c. : suivant les cartes marines, les plus nouvelles

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    Summary: Depths shown by soundings. From: Cartes de geographie les plus nouvelles et les plus fideles, avecque leurs divisions regulieres / suivant les memoires de P. Du Val geographe ordinaire du Roy. A Paris : chez l'auteur pres le Palais, 1667.

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  20. Title: Carte de Nigritie et Guinee; par P. du Val d'Abbeville, geographe du Roy.

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. Shows western Africa and the west coast of central Africa south to Luanda, Angola. I. Somer sculp. 1 map: hand col.; 38 x 54 cm

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