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  1. Title: Nieuwe kaart van Kanada : se Landen aan de Hodsons-Baay en de Noordwestelyke deelen van Noord- Amerika

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially.; Prime meridian: Ferro.; Detached from an atlas; "III" in ms. on verso.; Insets: [Eastern extention showing Gulf of St. Lawrence]. 30 x 42 centimeters Scale approximately 1:7,750,000 General Map Collection

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  2. Title: Nieuwe kaart van de Grootbrittannische volkplantingen in Noord America waar in tevens de Fransche bezittingen en de Landen, tusschen die beide volken in geschil staande en de wederzydsche pretensien duidelyk aangewezen worden.; Getrokken uit de beste kaarten van de Hr. Mitchell en anderen.

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    Summary: Hand colored. Prime meridian: Ferro and London. Relief shown pictorially. "Ter opheldering van de Hedendaagsche historie van Groot Brittanje." 1 map: hand col.; 36 x 46 cm.

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  3. Title: Nieuwe kaart van India over de Ganges : of van Malakka, Siam, Cambodia, Chiampa, Kochinchina, Laos, Pegu, Ava, enz.

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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale 1° to 15 German miles. 1° to 60 English miles. 1° to 20 French miles (E 86°--E 120°/N 28°--N 1°). Hand-coloured. Limited coverage. Probably from his Nieuwe en beknopte hand-atlas, 1744-1769. 29 x 36 centimeters Scale 1° to 15 German miles. 1° to 60 English miles. 1° to 20 French miles Ames Library of South Asia Maps

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  4. Title: Nieuwe kaart van t Eiland Ceilon

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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale approximately 1:1,600,000 (E 78°30'00"--E 82°15'00"/N 10°30'00"--N 5°30'00"). Relief shown pictorially. Oriented with north to the left. Date from previous call number. On verso:"No. 88." In Dutch. 27 x 35 centimeters Scale approximately 1:1,600,000 Ames Library of South Asia Maps

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  5. Title: Nieuwe kaart van t Keyzer Ryk van den Grooten Mogol

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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale approximately 1:13,000,000 (E 59°58'00"--E 97°36'00"/N 35°57'00"--N 5°40'00"). Relief shown pictorially. 27 x 35 centimeters Scale approximately 1:13,000,000 Ames Library of South Asia Maps

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  6. Title: The Hague, Netherlands, 1745 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: 's-Gravenhage : en de omgelegen landstreek volgens de nauwkeurige, metting van N. Cruquius. It was published by Isaak Tirion in 1745. Scale [ca.1:37,650]. Covers The Hague, Netherlands. Map in Dutch. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the 'RD_New (Rijksdriehoekstelsel), GCS Amersfoort' 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, ground cover, canals, windmills, and more. 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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  7. Title: Landkaart van de volkplantingen Suriname en Berbice

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    Summary: Inset: Plan van de stad Paramaribo. Probably issued in: Nieuwe en beknopte hand-atlas ... Te Amsterdam : By Isaak Tirion, [1769]. Indexed for points of interest.

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  8. Title: Nieuwe kaart van Spanje en Portugal

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially.

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  9. Title: Nieuwe aftekening der stad en berg van Gibraltar

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    Summary: View of the island of Gibraltar; relief shown pictorially. Probably issued in: Nieuwe en beknopte hand-atlas ... Te Amsterdam : By Isaak Tirion, [ca. 1740-1784]. There were 6 editions with the number of maps varying from 34 to more than 100; cf. Tooley's dictionary of mapmakers.

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  10. Title: Land-kaart van het eiland en de volkplanting van Cayenne aan de kust van Zuid-Amerika

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures; depths shown by soundings. Inset: Platte gronde van de stad en't kasteel van Cayenne. Probably issued in: Nieuwe en beknopte hand-atlas ... Te Amsterdam : By Isaak Tirion, [ca. 1740-1784]. There were 6 editions with the number of maps varying from 34 to more than 100; cf. Tooley's dictionary of mapmakers. Indexed for points of interest.

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  11. Title: Nieuwe zeekaart van de Straat van Gibraltar : benevens een gedeelte van de Spaansche, Portugeesche en Moorsche kust : met naaukeurige aftekeningen der havens, baayen enz. als inzonderheid Lissabon, S. Ubes, Cadix, Gibraltar enz. getrokken uit de nieuwe paskaart van den ... Heere Hendrik Lynslager, thans Vice Admiraal van den Staat

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    Summary: Map of the Strait of Gibraltar with parts of the Spanish and Portuguese coastlines; relief shown pictorially; depth shown by soundings. Oriented with north toward left.

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  12. Title: Nieuwe kaart van de Grootbrittannische volkplantingen in Noord America waar in tevens de Fransche bezittingen en de Landen, tusschen die beide volken in geschil staande en de wederzydsche pretensien duidelyk aangewezen worden

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    Summary: Prime meridian: Ferro and London. Relief shown pictorially. "Ter opheldering van de Hedendaagsche historie van Groot Brittanje."

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  13. Title: Nuova carta del polo Artico secondo l'ultime osservazioni a Amsterdam

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    Summary: Polar projection. Relief shown pictorially. Scale determined by using graticule method. Place and date of publication taken from Capt. Kit. J. Kapp bookseller's catalog no. 28, p. 16. Kershaw describes a similar map published by Guillaume De l'Isle in 1740. cf. Kershaw, K. A. Early printed maps of Canada, no. 416.

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  14. Title: A delineation of the strata of England and Wales, with part of Scotland : exhibiting the collieries and mines, the marshes and fen lands originally overflowed by the sea, and the varieties of soil according to the variations in the substrata, illustrated by the most descriptive names (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: 'A delineation of the strata of England and Wales, with part of Scotland : exhibiting the collieries and mines, the marshes and fen lands originally overflowed by the sea, and the varieties of soil according to the variations in the substrata, illustrated by the most descriptive names.' The original map was created by William Smith in 1815, at a scale of 5 miles to one inch.Historic paper maps can provide an excellent view of the changes that have occurred in the cultural and physical landscape. The wide range of information provided on these maps make them useful in the study of historic geography, and urban and rural land use change. As this map has been georeferenced, it can be used in a GIS as a source or background layer in conjunction with other GIS data.

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  15. Title: West Coast of Africa, 1745 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: A draught of the coast of Africa from the streights-mouth to Cape Bona-Esprance. It was published by E. Say in 1745. Scale [ca. 1:19,000,000]. 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, territorial boundaries, shoreline features (ports, shoals), and more. Shows trading posts by national claim.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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  16. Title: A new map of North America from the latest discoveries, 1761

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    Summary: State 1 with cartouche design incorporating an urn, engraver's name below neat line at right, and notation above neat line: Engraved for the continuation of Dr. Smollett's History of England.

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  17. Title: (Composite Map of) Carte Generale Du Royaume De La Nouvelle Espagne depuis le Parallele de 16? jusqu'au Parallele de 38? (Latitude Nord). Dressee Sur des Observations Astronomiques et sur l'ensemble des Materiaux qui existoient a Mexico, au commencement de l'annee 1804. Par Alexandre de Humboldt. Ls. Aubert pere Scripsit. 1. and 1(bis). Dessine a Mexico par l'Auteur en 1804, perfectionne par le meme, par M.M. Friesen, Oltmanns, et Thuilier 1809. Grave par Barriere - et l'Ecriture par L. Aubert pere, a Paris (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced image of a map of Mexico, originally created by Alexander von Humboldt in 1809. The original map appears in "Atlas Geographique Et Physique Du Royaume De La Nouvelle-Espagne, Fonde Sur Des Observations Astronomiques, Des Mesures Trigonometriques Et Des Nivellemens Barometriques. Par Al. De Humboldt. Paris, Chez F. Schoell, Rue Des Fosses-Saint-Germain-L'Auxerrois, No. 29. 1811. De L'Imprimerie De J.H. Stone." 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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  18. Title: Naples, Italy, 1826 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan de la ville de Naples : et ses indications, par Mr. le Chancine Andre de Jorio. It was published by l'Imprimerie Francaise[?] in 1826. Scale [ca. 1:9,700]. Covers Naples, Italy. Map in French.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the 'European Datum 1950 UTM Zone 33N' 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, fortification, ground cover, wharves, 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 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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  19. Title: Pompei, Italy, 1829 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan de Pompei, de Mr. le Chanoine D. Andre de Joric ; Na. Riccio inc. ; Giosue Russo dis. It was published by Imprimerie Francaise in 1829. Scale [ca. 1:2,500]. Covers Pompei, Italy. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the 'European Datum 1950 UTM Zone 33 North' 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, selected buildings and plans of ancient sites, ground cover, and more. Relief shown by hachures. Includes index.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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  20. Title: Jamaica, 1763 (Image 1 of 4) (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: This map of the island of Jamaica; laid down from the papers and under the direction of Henry Moore, Esqr.; His Majesty's Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief of that island, in the years 1756, 57, 58, 59, 60 & 61; & from a great number of actual surveys performed by the publishers is humbly inscribed by his lordship's most obedient & most humble servants, Thos. Craskell, engineer, Jas. Simpson, surveyor. It was published by D. Fournier in 1763. Scale [ca 1:200,000]. This layer is image 1 of 4 total images of the four sheet map, representing the southwest portion of the map.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Jamaica Grid 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 towns, villages, and other human settlements, roads, drainage, selected buildings, ground cover, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown pictorially. Includes also illustrations.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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