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  1. Title: Plano della città e porto dell' Havana

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and soundings. From: Atlante dell'America. Livorno : Presso Gio. Tommaso Masi e Comp., 1777.

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  2. Title: Great Britain, ca. 1695 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Magnae Britanniae Tabula : comprehendens Angliae, Scotiae, ac Hiberniae Regna, in omnes suascujusque Provincias peraccurate et distincte divisa / per Nicolm. Vissche, Amst. Bat. It was published by P. Schenk Jur. ca. 1725. Scale [ca. 1:2,300,000]. Map in Latin. 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. Relief shown pictorially. Includes also ornate title cartouche with Hercules clubbing the hydra and dedication to King William III: 'Guilielmo III D.G. Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae, et Hiberniae Regi; religionis et libertatis oppressae liberatori ac defensori.' 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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  3. Title: Orleans, France, ca. 1728 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Les jonctions de deux grandes rivieres de Loire et de Seine par le nouveau canal d'Orleans et celuy de Briare, mis au jourr par le Sr. Fer. It was published by chez Danet... sur le pont N. Dame a la Sphere Royale ca. 1728. Scale not given. 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 drainage, cities and other human settlements, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown by shading and hachures. Includes also indexes, descriptive notes on both canals, and scale bar with compass in boat transporting barrels. 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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  4. Title: France, 1723 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: La France divisée par generalitez, par N. de Fer, Geographe de sa Majesté Catholique. It was published by Chez le Sr. Danet, Gendre de lAuteur sur le Pont N. Dame a la Sphere Royale avec Privil. du Roy in 1723. Scale approximately 1:2,200,000. Map in French. 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, territorial and administrative boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown pictorially. Includes also a table of the longitude and latitude of principal cities as determined by the latest observations of the Royal Academy of Sciences. and a detailied list of the generalities of France and of all their subdivisions.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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  5. Title: Groton and Ayer, Massachusetts, 1829 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: A map of the town of Groton, Middlesex County, Mass. : from a survey made in the years 1828 & 1829, by Caleb Butler, surveyor. It was published by Pendleton's Lithography, ca. 1832. Scale [ca. 1:20,500]. Covers also the town of Ayer, Massachusetts. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Massachusetts State Plane Coordinate System, Mainland Zone (in Feet) (Fipszone 2001). 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, drainage, public buildings, schools, churches, industry locations (e.g. mills, factories, mines, etc.), private buildings with names of property owners, town boundaries, and more. Relief shown by hachures. Includes notes. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps of Massachusetts from the Harvard Map Collection. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features. The selection represents a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates (1755-1922), scales, and purposes. The digitized selection includes maps of: the state, Massachusetts counties, town surveys, coastal features, real property, parks, cemeteries, railroads, roads, public works projects, etc.

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  6. Title: At the request of the recorder Thomas Jones Esqr. chairman, & the other gentlemen of the committee, I have surveyed the farm commonly called Tuttle Bay, granted by William Keist 23d of April 1646. unto George Holmes & Thomas Hall, and find the same to be agreeable to the above draft

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    Summary: Facsimile of ms. map. Covers the area later bounded by 42nd and 53rd Streets, 3rd Avenue and the East River, Manhattan, New York (N.Y.) Shows property lines, acreages, buildings and owners' names. Gives some dimensions. Also shows roads and streams.

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  7. Title: A chart of magnetic curves of equal variation

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    Summary: World map showing magnetic curves. In lower right margin: Engd. by G. Aikman. Plate III-I from: General atlas of the world. Edinburgh : A. and C. Black, 1854. Prime meridian: Greenwich.

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  8. Title: A plan of the city of New-York from an actual survey, anno domini, MDCCLV : copy of an original map in the possession of the corporation of Trinity Church

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    Summary: "For D.T. Valentine's History of New York." "To the Honorable James De Lancey ... this plan of the City of New-York is humbly dedicd. by your honours most obedt. humble servent Gs. Duyckinck." "Edw. Holland Esq., Mayor." Oriented with north to the upper right. Shows ward boundaries. Includes table of "Reference" and seal of the city.

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  9. Title: A plan of the city of New York : reduced from an actual survey

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    Summary: Shows streets and public buildings. "1763." "Lith. of H.R. Robinson for D.T. Valentine's Manual." "Copy from an original map in the possession of John F. Seaman, Esqr." Oriented with north to upper right corner. Includes index to points of interest.

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  10. Title: Yemen, 1774 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Terrae Yemen maxima Pars. seu Imperii Imami, Principatus Kaukeban, nec non ditionum Haschid U Bekil, Nehhm, Chaulan, Abu Arisch Et Aden Tabula : ex observationibus astronomicis et hodometricis jussu et suntibus Potentissimor: Daniae Regnum Friderici V et Christiani VII institutis, delineata Auctore C. Niebuhr ; Gustav Conrad Lotter Sculps. It was published by Tob. Conr. Lotter in 1774. Scale [ca. 1,250,000]. Covers a portion of Yemen and Saudi Arabia. Map in Latin. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the World Miller Cylindrical 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, territorial boundaries, 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 as part of the Open Collections Program at Harvard University project: Islamic Heritage Project. Maps selected for the project represent a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and purposes. The Islamic Heritage Project consists of over 100,000 digitized pages from Harvard's collections of Islamic manuscripts and published materials. Supported by Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal and developed in association with the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program at Harvard University.

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  11. Title: America Meridionalis : concin[n]ata juxta observationes Dnñ. Acad. Regalis Scientiarum et nonnullorum aliorum, et juxta annotationes recentissimas

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    Summary: Five scales: Milliaria communia Francica, Milliaria marima Gallica, Milliaria marima Hispanica et Portugallica, Milliaria communia Germanica, Millaria diurna communa. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: Ferro. From: Lotter, T.C. Atlas novus, sive, Tabulae geographiae. Augustae Vindelicorum [Augsburg, 1772?]. "Observatio: Reddo rationem in nova Introductione mea ad Geographiam de variationibus quae occurrent in hac mappa".

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  12. Title: Poland and Germany, ca. 1720 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Ducatus in Silesia Inferiore Olsnensis novissima delineatio Wratislaviae. It was published by: Impensis Petri Schenk jun ca. 1720. Scale approximately 1:220,000. Map in Latin. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Europe Lambert Conformal Conic (EPSG: 102014) 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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  13. Title: Nord-Westliches Deutschland, Niederlande Und Belgien. Bearbeitet von C. Vogel. Gest v. W. Alt, Berge v. E. Kratz. Gotha: Justus Perthes 1872 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced image of a political map of Germany< Belgium, and the Netherlands, created in 1875. The original map appears in "Hand Atlas Uber Alle Theile Der Erde Und Uber Das Weltgebaude. Herausgegeben Von Adolf Stieler. Gotha Justus Perthes."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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  14. Title: Stieler's Hand-Atlas ... No. 24. Sud-westliches Deutschland und die Schweiz (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced image of a map of southwest Germany and Switzerland published in 1872. The original map appears in "Hand Atlas Uber Alle Theile Der Erde Und Uber Das Weltgebaude. Erste Auscabe 1817 Jubel Auscabe 1867. Herausgegeben Von Adolf Stieler. Gotha Justus Perthes." 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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  15. Title: Western and Central Europe, 1831 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Post- und Reise-Karte von Deutschland und den anliegenden Landern : bis London, Havre de Grace, Tours, Lyon, Genua, Bologna, Pesth, Warschau, Konigsberg u. jenseits Kopenhagen, nebst den Haupt-Routen durch das ubrige Europa, herausgegeben, und nach den Postcursen aus meist officiellen Quellen bearbeitet von F. M. Diez ; geographisch entworfen von Ad. St. It was published by Justus Perthes in 1831. Scale [ca. 1:1,500,000]. Covers portion of Central and Western Europe. 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, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown by hachures. Includes insets: 'Haupt Routen durch Frank Reich, Spanien, Portugal u. Italien' and two showing the main roads through Poland, Latvia and Estonia.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: Lower Manhattan, New York, N.Y., 1799 (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 New-York, Tannar, sc. It was published ca. 1799. Scale [ca. 1:12,500]. Covers lower Manhattan and portions of Brooklyn. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) Zone 18N NAD83 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 roads, drainage, city wards, selected public buildings, ferry lines, wharves, and more. Relief is shown by hachures. Includes index to points of interest. 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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  17. Title: West-Sibirien

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    Summary: Relief shown by shading, hachures and spot heights. In upper margin: Stielers Hand-Atlas. No. 57.

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  18. Title: Iran & Turan

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. In upper margin: Stielers Hand-Atlas no. 61. Probably issued in: Stielers Hand-atlas ... 9., von Grund aus neubearb. und neugestochene Aufl. Gotha : Justus Perthes, 1905.

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  19. Title: Nord-Polar-karte.

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Includes 12 ancillary detailed maps of various polar regions. "Steiler's hand atlas no. 10." 1 map: col.; 34 x 34 cm.

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  20. Title: Nord-Polar-Karte

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures; depths shown by gradient tints.; Polar projection.; "Stieler's Hand-atlas No. 10."; "Entw. v. Herm. Berghaus 1879. Nachtr. 1883."; "Gest. v. H. Eberhardt u. A. Kramer."; "Die beobachtungs - Stationen f.d.j. 1882/83 sind farbig unterstrichen."; Insets (scales vary): Nord-Pol -- Nord-Durch fahrt -- Pendulum Inseln -- Grónland -- Bering Stasse -- Seestrómungen -- Spitzbergen -- Franz Josefs Land -- Nowaja Semlja -- Nord-Cap -- Neue Vulkane in island -- Jan Mayan -- Nordlight-Verbreitung. 33 x 42 centimeters, on sheet 39 x 47 centimeters Scale 1:20,000,000 General Map Collection

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