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  1. Title: W.H. Pumphrey's map of western Washington : compiled from official records and personal reconnaissance

    • Not specified
    • 1892
    Contributors:

    Summary: 1891--Cover.; Hand colored.; Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. 126 x 177 centimeters on 2 sheets

  2. Title: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, 1827 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2015
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Hamilton's plan of the city of Edinburgh and its vicinity, drawn & engd. by Charles Thomson Edinr. It was published by Robert Hamilton Ornamental Stationer to His Majesty in 1827. Scale [ca. 1:12,000]. Covers Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom.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 roads, drainage, built-up areas and selected buildings, parks, and more. Relief shown by hachures. Includes also illustrations and inset: Plan of the environs of Edinburgh.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.

  3. Title: India & South Asia, 1821 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2011
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Hindoostan, J. & G. Menzies sculp. It was published by Baldwin, Cradock & Joy in 1821. Scale [1: 7,000,000]. Covers India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, and portions of Afghanistan, Pakistan, China, Sri Lanka, and Maldives.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Kalianpur 1975 India Zone III 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, territorial and administrative boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown by hachures. Includes inset: 'Isle of Ceylon' ; scale [ca. 1: 4,500,000].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.

  4. Title: Birman Empire

    • Not specified
    • 1817
    Contributors:

    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale approximately 1:3,700,000 (E 89°--E 105°/N 27°--N 8°).Relief shown by hachures and shading. Shows boundaries, rivers, woods and principal settlements."Eng. by Moffat & Smellie ...""Drawn & Engraved for Thomson's New General Atlas." Numbered"43 2d." 60 x 50 centimeters

  5. Title: Spain and Portugal

    • Image data
    • 1821
    Contributors:

    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. In upper margin: No. 23. Faint image of illegible text visible below neat line; removed from engraving plate used for a previous issue, probably the issue of 12th Dec. 1815 engraved by S.I. Neele. Probably issued in: A new general atlas ... Edinburgh : Printed for John Thomson & Co., 1821.

  6. Title: Europe; J. & G. Menzies sculpt.

    • Not specified
    • 1815
    Contributors:

    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. Greenwich prime meridian. Bar scales in British statute miles, Common French leagues and German, Dutch & Polish miles. "No. 8" from Thomson's new general atlas. 1 map: hand col.; 43 x 51 cm

  7. Title: Map of the city of Woonsocket, Providence County, Rhode Island

    • Not specified
    • 1929
    Contributors:

    Summary: Copyright 1930 by city of Woonsocket ... Commissioner of Public Works.; Includes street index. 48 x 68 centimeters

  8. Title: Smith's Map of Grant County, Indiana

    • Cadastral maps
    • 1920
    Contributors:

    Summary: Cadastral map showing landowners. "Compiled and made from county records and surveys." Imprint: Marion, Ind.: Ansel R. Smith, 1920. Scale: 1:31,680; Dimensions: 105 x 116 cm Coordinates: W0855200 W0852700 N0403900 N0402300

  9. Title: White's Map of Marion Indiana

    • Cadastral maps
    • 1907
    Contributors:

    Summary: Partial cadastral map showing landowners. Shows radial distances. Includes indexes. Imprint: Marion, Ind. : DeWolf, White & Co., [1907] Scale: Scale not given.; Dimensions: 41 x 39 cm, on sheet 43 x 46 cm Coordinates: W0854353 W0853222 N0403527 N0402844

  10. Title: Map of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta

    • Not specified
    • 1906
    Contributors:

    Summary: Shows main political divisions and dominion electoral divisions.; Relief shown by spot heights.; "Corrected to May 1st, 1905." 96 x 197 centimeters

  11. Title: Map of Grant County, Ind.

    • Cadastral maps
    • 1906
    Contributors:

    Summary: Cadastral map showing landowners. "F.W. White, draftsman." Imprint: Marion, Ind. : Ansel R. Smith, 1906. Dimensions: 105 x 115 cm; Scale: 1:31,680 Coordinates: W0855153 W0852639 N0403913 N0402242

  12. Title: New Brunswick Charlotte, St. John, Kings, Queens, Sunbury, York, Carleton, Victoria, Northumerland, Glouceater and portions of Albert, Westmorland, Kent, Restigouche and Madawaska counties

    • Not specified
    • 1905
    Contributors:

    Summary: Standard topographical map. Sheet 13 at head of map.; Depths shown in fathoms. 80 x 52 centimeters

  13. Title: Relief map of the Dominion of Canada

    • Not specified
    • 1904
    Contributors:

    Summary: Shows existing railroads and connecting lines in the United States. 44 x 93 centimeters

  14. Title: Explorations in northern Canada and adjacent portions of Greenland and Alaska, 1904

    • Not specified
    • 1904
    Contributors:

    Summary: Includes lists of coast explorations and track expeditions. 63 x 90 centimeters

  15. Title: Assiniboia

    • Not specified
    • 1903
    Contributors:

    Summary: Map shows land district boundaries in Assiniboia District, which is now Saskatchewan. Relief shown by shading and spot heights.; Inset: Hawaiian Archipelago, scale [approximately 1:9,500,000].; Includes table of distances "from Honolulu to the principal ports of the Pacific." 50 x 99 centimeters

  16. Title: Connecticut.

    • Not specified
    • 1899
    Contributors:

    Summary: Scale approximately 1:500,000; 1 map: color; 26 x 34 cm Connecticut--Maps

  17. Title: Indiana

    • Not specified
    • 1899
    Contributors:

    Summary: Shows bank towns, county boundaries, and railroads. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington. Includes index to counties. On verso: explanation of bank towns including index to railroads and express companies and advertisement for the Capital National Bank. Imprint: [Place of publication not identified] : J.W. White, [1899] Scale: 1:1,500,000; Dimensions: 32 x 25 cm Coordinates: W0880700 W0844500 N0414500 N0375200

  18. Title: Denmark

    • Not specified
    • 1814
    Contributors:

    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale [1: 1,600,000]. Imprint derived from the atlas in which the map was issued. Inset maps: "Iceland" ; "Feroe Islands." "Eng. by W. Dassauville ... " Shows boundaries, rivers and principal settlements. Greenwich meridian. Is part of - New general atlas. 1 map ; 52 x 60 centimeters

  19. Title: Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, and vicinity, 1862 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2007
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the untitled historic paper manuscript map: [Map of the country between Harpers Ferry and Leesburg, 1862]. It was sketched by Union General John White Geary, Oct. 21st, 1862. Scale not given. Covers Harpers Ferry region, West Virginia, including portions of Loudoun County, Virginia, Frederick and Washington Counties, Maryland, and Jefferson County, West Virginia. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Virginia State Plane North Coordinate System (in Meters) (Fipszone 4501). 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 shows features such as roads, towns and villages, drainage, and more. Relief shown by form lines. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps of the Civil War from the Harvard Map Collection. Many items from this selection are from a collection of maps deposited by the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States Commandery of the State of Massachusetts (MOLLUS) in the Harvard Map Collection in 1938. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features, in particular showing places of military importance. The selection represents a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and purposes.

  20. Title: Glacial geology of Ashland County, Ohio

    • Thematic maps
    • 1977
    Contributors:

    Summary: by George W. White. Includes bibliography. Ohio Docs no.: ONR 84.19:101.

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