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  1. Title: Map of San Joaquin County, California

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    Summary: 12-10-28.; On verso: Map of the City of Stockton, with street index. 39 x 56 Centimeters, folded to 27 x 23 Centimeters Scale approximately 1:150,000 General Map Collection

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  2. Title: Bekins map of the East Bay cities

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    Summary: Also covers Emeryville. Includes street index. Advertisements and ill. on verso. Panel title: City map of Oakland, Berkeley, Alameda, Piedmont and surrounding suburbs combined population 400,000. 35 x 49 centimeters Scale approximately 1:45,000 City Maps

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  3. Title: Thomas Bros. Map of San Diego, National City & La Mesa. (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced image of the first "road" atlas of California. According to Tom Lennon of Thomas Brothers Map Co. in Los Angeles, this atlas is rare; they have five copies of it in their L.A. office, and he has never seen any other copies. He thinks the original issue was very small. Bancroft has no copies, but does have a copy of Thomas Bros. Atlas of Western Cities and Towns (no date but library note says acquired in 1937) which duplicates some of this atlas's material (smaller S.F. map, larger color Pasadena map) and adds more on cities in adjoining western states. Lennon said this atlas was "a put together thing by George Thomas." He also said there was an Atlas of the San Francisco Bay Area by the company, produced for the World's Fair of 1936. Maps are printed with and without color. Bound with three illustrated promotional pamphlets advertising various scenic areas of California. The original map appears in 'Thomas Bros. Recreational and Statistical Atlas, California.'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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  4. Title: Physikos, historikos,, oikonomikos, touristikos, geographikos chartes [?] eikonon AttikeĢ„s ...

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially and by spot heights.

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  5. Title: Map of the city of Detroit, Michigan

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    Summary: Oriented with north toward the upper right. Shows street car lines. Street index on verso. 35 x 53 centimeters Scale approximately 1:43,000 City Maps

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  6. Title: New Jersey

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. On verso of card: Arbuckles' ariosa coffee : costs more and is worth more than other brands of coffee. "No. 93." Advertising card with map of New Jersey surrounded by illustrations of pottery and silk manufacture. "This series of cards ... consists of fifty cards, each one of which shows a correct map ... of one state, or territory."

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  7. Title: Lyon, France, ca. 1910 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Noveau plan topographique de la ville Lyon : comprenant et indiquant toutes les ameliorations en projet et en voie d'execution, par l'agence Fournier, Lyon. It was published by Fournier ca. 1910. Scale [ca. 1:10,000]. 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, railroads and stations, drainage, built-up areas and selected buildings, fortification, property boundaries, parks, 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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  8. 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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  9. Title: East & Southern Africa, 1862 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Zambezia e Sofalla : mappa coordenado sobre numerosos documentos antigos e modernos portuguezes e estrangeiros, pelo Vde. de Sa da Bandeira, 1861 ; dresse a la moitie de l'original sous la direction de M. V.A Malte-Brun ; grave chez Erhard. It was published by Societe de Geographie in 1862. Scale [ca. 1:7,250,000]. Covers Zimbabwe and portions of Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Botswana, and South Africa. Map in Portuguese.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, roads, administrative and territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown by hachures. Includes inset of Africa showing Portuguese possessions.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: Western Sahara, Mauritania, & Senegal, 1861 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Carte du voyage execute dans le Sahara occidental, d'apres les instructions du colonel ... Faidherbe..., par le capitaine ... Vincent, dressee par Vuillemin ; gravee chez Erhard. It was published by Societe de Geographie in 1861. Scale [ca. 1:4,000,000]. Covers portions of Western Sahara, Mauritania, Senegal, and Guinea. Map in French.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, roads, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Includes notes.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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  11. Title: Lago Titicaca Region, Peru and Bolivia, 1893 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Lago Titicaca : plano formado sobre los trabajos de Pentland, Raimondi, Agassiz, etc. : para la conferencia que en la noche del 21 de Diciembre del ano de 1891, dio en el l'oeal de la Sociedad Geografica, el Dr. Dn. Ignacio La Puenta sobre el estudio monografico del Lago, bajo su aspecto fisico e historico, por Rafael E. Baluarte, cartografo de la Sociedad Geografica de Lima, Colaborador y dibujante del Mapa oficial del Peru del Profesor Sor A. Raimondi. It was published by Sociedad Geografica de Lima in 1893. Scale 1:500,000. Map in Spanish. 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. This map shows features such as drainage, cities and other human settlements, roads, railroads, and more. Relief is 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 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.

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  12. Title: Peru, 1871 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Mappa del Peru, por Daniel Barrera ; grabado por Erhard Schieble. It was published by Imprenta Lemercier in 1871. Scale [ca. 1:3,000,000]. Covers Peru and portions of Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Ecuador. Map in Spanish.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the 'World 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. This map shows features such as drainage, cities and other human settlements, roads, railroads, canals, ports, administrative boundaries (including departamentos), mines and mineral locations, shoreline features, 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 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.

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  13. Title: Sahara Desert, Northwest Africa, 1862 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Itineraires suivis par les voyages Francais et autres qui ont penetre dans le Sahara, grave chez Erhard. It was published by Imp-Janson in 1862. Scale 1:20,000,000. Map in French. Covers portions of the Sahara Desert, Northwest Africa. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the 'World Polyconic' 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, roads, expedition routes, and more. Includes index of exploration routes. 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.

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  14. Title: Africa, 1890 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Afrique : d'apres les documents les plus recents et les derniers traites, dressee par E. Giffault ; grave et imp. par Erhard Fres. It was published by Le Temps Bureaux in 1890. Scale 1:18,000,000. Map in French. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to a non-standard 'World Sinusoidal' projection with the central meridian at 20 degrees east. 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, roads, caravan routes, cities and other human settlements, territorial boundaries, colonial possessions, and more. Relief is 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 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.

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  15. Title: Map of Michigan and Wisconsin.

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington. From: American household and commercial atlas of the world. No. 15-16. 1 map: hand col.; 53 x 75 cm

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  16. Title: Map of the vicinity of Niagara Falls

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    Summary: Covers the Niagara River above and below the falls, the towns of Niagara Falls and Niagara City, N.Y., and Clifton, Drummondville, and Chippawa, Canada. Relief shown by hachures. In lower right corner: "Burland, Lafricain & Co. Montreal." Includes numbered list of buildings and sites of interest referenced on the map and ill. 23 x 32 centimeters Scale not given. General Map Collection

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  17. Title: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Camden, New Jersey, 1886 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan of the city of Philadelphia and Camden, drawn and engraved by W.H. Gamble. It was published by Wm. M. Bradley & Bro. in 1886. Scale [ca.1:25,000]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Pennsylvania South State Plane Coordinate System NAD83 (in Feet) (Fipszone 3702). 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, railroads, drainage, selected public buildings, city wards, parks, cemeteries, ferry routes, wharves, and more. 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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  18. Title: Map of the city of Detroit, Michigan, showing streets with house numbers, street car lines and location of principal industrial, educational and religious buildings; Drawn and published by Sauer bros. and Frydrych, 1912.

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    Summary: Historical sketch compiled by C. M. Burton, city histrographer & data prepared by board of Commerce. Street index. 1 map: col.; 56 x 84 cm.

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  19. Title: County map of Minnesota

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures.; Shows county boundaries as of 1883, railroads, cities and towns, and roads.; In lower left corner: "Copyright 1887 by Wm. M. Bradley & Bro."; Probably detached from an atlas in which the map is plate no. 81 (number in upper right corner).; Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington, D.C. 32 x 28 centimeters Scale approximately 1:2,100,000 General Minnesota Maps

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  20. Title: Dakota

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    Summary: Page number in margin: 52. 52 x 41 centimeters Scale approximately 1:1,520,640 General Map Collection

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