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  1. Title: Newton, Massachusetts, 1831 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Map of the town of Newton, Mass., surveyed by E.F. Woodward & W.F. Ward. It was published by Annin, Smith, & Co.'s Lithogy. in Nov. 1831. Scale [ca. 1:20,660]. 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, railroads, drainage, public buildings, schools, churches, cemeteries, industry locations (e.g. mills, factories, mines, etc.), private buildings with names of property owners, town boundaries and more. The map shows town boundaries as of 1831 and thus covers also portions of modern day Waltham and Boston. Manuscript annotations on the map show approximate locations of current town boundaries. Relief is shown by hachures. 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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  2. Title: Map showing the plane-table and compass traverse, in southeastern Tibet

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    Summary: Relief shown by shading and spot heights.; From the Geographical Journal Feb., 1926.; Includes Latitudes and inset. 35 x 50 Centimeters Scale 1:1,000,000 General Map Collection

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  3. Title: A more or less inaccurate map of Taos, New Mexico : and guide to the land of mañana in a state of peace

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. "Scale of miles? Everything is out of scale around here so what's the use!" From: Four hundred years in Taos / Ruth G. Fish. Taos, N.M. : El Crepusculo, [1940?]

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  4. Title: Puget Sound, Washington, 1854 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Reconnaissance of Duwamish Bay & Seattle Harbor, Washington Ter., by the hydrographic party under the command of Lieut. James Alden, U.S.N. Assistant; redd. drng by J. R. Key; engd. by Apps. J.J. Knight & F. W. Benner. It was published by the U.S. Coast Survey in 1854. Scale 1:40,000. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Washington State Plane North Coordinate System HARN NAD83 (in Feet) (Fipszone 4601). 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 coastal features such as channels, points, coves, islands, bottom soil types, flats, and more. Depths shown by soundings. Includes note. 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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  5. Title: Fort Wagner, Morris Island, South Carolina,1863 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper manuscript map: Battery Wagner, Morris Isld., Francis D. Lee, Capt. Engrs. ; Langdon Cheves, Asst. Engr. in charge of work ; drawn by F.W. Bornemann, C.S. Engr. Office. It was drawn Nov 26, 1863. Scale [1:480]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the South Carolina State Plane Coordinate System (in Meters) (Fipszone 3900). 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 Fort dimensions and structures, landscape of area surrounding Fort, drainage, and more. 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.

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  6. Title: Lake George and vicinity, New York, ca. 1876 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Map of Lake George & vicinity : from recent and careful surveys, by F.W. Beers. It was published by J.B. Beers & Co., ca. 1876. Scale [1:79,200]. 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, railroads, drainage, post offices, hotels, township boundaries, 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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  7. Title: Island Pond, Brighton, Vermont, 1878 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Island Pond, Town of Brighton. It was published in 1878 by F.W. Beers. Scale [1:2,400]. Covers Island Pond, Brighton, Vermont. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Vermont State Plane Coordinate System (Meters) (FIPS 4400). 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 is a partial cadastral map showing features such as drainage, streets, railroads, cemeteries, parks, churches, schools, mills, property lot numbers, names of landowners, selected building footprints, and more. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps of New England 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, scales, and map purposes.

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  8. Title: Lake Superior and the northern part of Michigan

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    Summary: Extent: 1 map Abstract: Digital scan of a map of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and Lake Superior, from an 1873 atlas. Shows counties, survey townships, cities and towns, roads, railroads, and water features. Notes: Relief shown by hachures. From: Beers, F. W. (Frederick W.). Atlas of Calhoun Co. Michigan : from recent and actual surveys and records / under the superintendence of F.W. Beers. New York : F.W. Beers & Co., 1873. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington. Scale not determined

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  9. Title: Michigan

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    Summary: Extent: 1 map Abstract: Digital scan of a map of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, from an 1873 atlas. Shows counties, civil townships, cities and towns, roads, railroads, and water features. Notes: From: Beers, F. W. (Frederick W.). Atlas of Calhoun Co. Michigan : from recent and actual surveys and records / under the superintendence of F.W. Beers. New York : F.W. Beers & Co., 1873. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington. Scale not determined

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  10. Title: Global GIS : international river basins of the world

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    Summary: This datalayer is a polygon coverage representing the Transboundary Freshwater Dispute Database dataset: international river basins of the world. This version of the datalayer was published as part of the USGS Global GIS : global coverage database (2003). Does not cover Antarctica. The USGS Global GIS database contains a wealth of USGS and other public domain data, including global coverages of elevation, landcover, seismicity, and resources of minerals and energy at a nominal scale of 1:1 million. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and The American Geological Institute (AGI) announced a cooperative agreement that will focus on making the USGS Global Geographic Information System (GIS) database readily available to educators and the general public in the form of a DVD based world atlas.

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  11. Title: Ward, Lock, & Co.s plan of the city of Paris

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    Summary: Shows railways, underground railways, and tramway routes; underground railways routes outlined in green. Probably issued in: A pictorial and descriptive guide to Paris ... London : Ward, Lock and Co., [1905?]

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  12. Title: Johnson's Michigan and Wisconsin; by Johnson and Ward.

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    Summary: Prime meridians at Greenwich and Washington. Includes view of Straits of Mackinaw. Probably detached from an atlas by Alvin J. Johnson, no. 45-46. In upper left margin: 45. In upper right margin: 46. 1 map: hand colored; 44 x 57 cm.

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  13. Title: Johnson's Minnesota and Dakota

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    Summary: Atlas plate 64. Longitude west from Greenwich and Washington, D.C. "Aggregate Statistics of the United States" tables for 1860 on verso. 14 x 18 inches General Minnesota Maps

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  14. Title: Johnson's new military map of the United States showing the forts, military posts &c. with enlarged plans of southern harbors

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington, D.C. Insets: New Orleans and delta of Mississippi, Louisiana -- Mobile Bay, Alabama -- Entrance to Pensacola Bay, Florida -- Key West, Florida -- Savannah River -- Charleston Harbor, S. Carolina -- Hampton Roads and Norfolk Harbor, Virginia -- Washington and vicinity -- Baltimore and vicinity. From Johnson, A. J. Johnson's new illustrated family atlas. New York, 1862. no.20-21.

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  15. Title: South Africa Compiled from the M.S. Maps in the Colonial Office Captn. Owen's Survey &c (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of an historic regional map of Southern Africa originally created by W.F.W. Owen in 1834. The map contains 3 insets: Environs of the Cape district, District of George, Environs of Graham-Town and Cape-Town. 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 was georeferenced by the Stanford University Geospatial Center using a Transverse Mercator projection. This map is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps of Africa held at Stanford University Libraries. This historic paper map provides an historical perspective of the cultural and physical landscape during this time period. The wide range of information provided on these maps make them useful in the study of historic geography. As this map has been georeferenced, it also can be used as a background layer in conjunction with other GIS data. The horizontal positional accuracy of a raster image is approximately the same as the accuracy of the published source map. The lack of a greater accuracy is largely the result of the inaccuracies with the original measurements and possible distortions in the original paper map document. There may also be errors introduced during the digitizing and georeferencing process. In most cases, however, errors in the raster image are small compared with sources of error in the original map graphic. The RMS error for this map is 1897.2 meters. This value describes how consistent the transformation is between the different control points (links). The RMS error is only an assessment of the accuracy of the transformation. Owen, W.F.W., and Stanford Geospatial Center. (2013). South Africa Compiled from the M.S. Maps in the Colonial Office Captn. Owen's Survey &c (Raster Image). Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/mj017zz7129. For more information about Stanford's Maps of Africa Collection, see here: https://exhibits.stanford.edu/maps-of-africa. This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.

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  16. Title: Maldives, 1814 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: To capt. W.F.W. Owen R.N. this chart of the Maldiva Islands, exhibiting the safe channels between the southern attollons, having been constructed from valuable materials furnished chiefly by him, is inscribed by ... James Horsburgh ; engraved by John Bateman. It was published by James Horsburgh in 26th March, 1814. Scale [ca. 1:1,800,000]. Covers Maldives. 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, shoreline features, atolls, channels, routes of historic passages, and more. Includes text.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: Cape of Good Hope and Cape Town Region, South Africa, Nautical Chart, 1822 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic, paper map entitled: Survey of the Cape of Good Hope, by Lieut. A.T.E. Vidal of H.M.S. Leven, assisted by Captn. Chas. Lechmere, R.N. Lieut T. Boteler, and Mr. H.A. Gibbons, Admlty. Midn. under the direction of Captn. W.F.W. Owen, 1822. J. & C. Walker sculpt. It was published according to Act of Parliament at the Hydrographical Office of the Admiralty, 4th March 1828. Scale [ca. 1:153,512]. Covers the Cape Peninsula region, including False Bay and Cape Town, South Africa. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the 'WGS 1984 UTM 34S' 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 coastal features such as beacons, rocks, channels, points, coves, islands, bottom soil types, anchorage points, and more. Includes also selected land features such as roads, drainage, land cover, selected buildings, towns, and more. Relief shown by contours; depths by soundings. Includes notes, table of heights, and two views. 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: Chart of the east coast of Madagascar : including the Mauritius, Seychelle islands &c. : between the latitudes of 2⁰ 30' & 26⁰ 30' S. and the longitudes of 47⁰ & 67⁰ E. from the operations of H.M. ships Leven and Barracouta

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    Summary: Hydrographic chart of east coast of Madagascar, showing I. Bourbon, Isle of France or Mauritius, Seychelle Archipelago, Rodrigue Island, Amirante Isles and other islands; relief shown by hachures and bathymetric soundings. Inset: Tromelin Id. Scale: [ca. 1:63,000]. "677."

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  19. Title: British Sound, on the north east coast of Madagascar

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    Summary: Hydrographic chart of north east coast of Madagascar, showing English Bay, Irish Bay, British Sound, Scotch Bay and Welch Pool; relief shown by hachures and bathymetric soundings. "678."

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  20. Title: St. Augustine Bay and Tullear harbour, on the west coast of Madagascar

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    Summary: Hydrographic chart of west coast of Madagascar, showing Tullear and St. Augustine Bay; relief shown by hachures and bathymetric soundings. "692."

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