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  1. Title: Robinson's standard map of South Africa

    • Not specified
    • 1904
    Contributors:

    Summary: Relief shown by hachures.; Title in English and Russian. Text, legend, and place-names in English. Statement in upper margin in English and 2 languages in Arabic alphabet.; "Entered at Stationers Hall, London, Saturday 20th May, 1854."; "Corr. to 1855 from general Schubert's official map."; Originally printed on 10 sheets.; Includes text, notes, population table, and hand col. inset of geology of Crimea and adjacent regions. 164 x 220 centimeters, sheets 88 x 115 centimeters

  2. Title: Soil map, Washington County, Indiana

    • Thematic maps
    • 1932
    Contributors:

    Summary: Shows soil types classification by colors and symbols. "Field Operations, Bureau of Chemistry and Soils." "Litho Eastern Offset Inc., Balto." Imprint: [Washington, D.C.?] : The Bureau of Soils, [1932] Scale: 1:63,360; Dimensions: 63 x 64 cm Coordinates: W0861900 W0855100 N0384700 N0382500

  3. Title: View of Fort Wayne Ind.

    • Aerial views ; Pictorial maps
    • 1981
    Contributors:

    Summary: Bird's eye view. Facsimile. Left and right sides of original cut off creating the following texts: "lished by J.T. Palmatary" and "Drawn on stone & printed in oil colors by Middleton, Wallace & 115 wa." Imprint: [Fort Wayne, Ind.?] : Allen County-Fort Wayne Historical Society, 1981. Scale: Scale not given.; Dimensions: 51 x 84 cm, on sheet 59 x 89 cm Coordinates: W0851811 W0845955 N0411159 N0405755

  4. Title: Map showing oil, gas, and gas storage fields in Indiana

    • Thematic maps
    • 1998
    Contributors:

    Summary: "Compilation complete to December 1998." "Base map digitized from 1978 U.S. Geological Survey map of Indiana. Scale 1:500,000." Imprint: Bloomington : Indiana Geological Survey, 1998. Scale: 1:550,000; 1:1:275,000; Dimensions: 83 x 150 cm W0880000 W0860000 N0395000 N0380000; Coordinates: W0880700 W0844500 N0414500 N0375200

  5. Title: View of Indianapolis

    • Aerial views ; Pictorial maps
    • 1998
    Contributors:

    Summary: Panorama. Shows "view of Indianapolis from the top of the Asylum for the Blind." "Though credited...as being 'drawn from nature' by E. Sachse, there is evidence that this view was actually done by James T. Palmatary, who is designated only as publisher"--Map verso. Includes drawings of prominent buildings and views of building facades along "Washington Street North East" and "Washington Street South East" surrounding the view. Imprint: Indianapolis : Indiana Historical Society, [1998] Dimensions: 30 x 65 cm, on sheet 58 x 92 cm; Scale: Not drawn to scale. Coordinates: W0861941 W0855614 N0395538 N0393755

  6. Title: Historical map of Palestine or the Holy Land

    • Not specified
    • 1828
    Contributors:

    Summary: Relief show by hachures.; "Now greatly improved ... by Joseph W. Ingraham."; "Printed by L. Stevens."; Representation of events shown pictorially and with Biblical citations.; Map within decorative border. 90 x 57 centimeters, on sheet 114 x 75 centimeters

  7. Title: Monroe County Indiana

    • Cadastral maps
    • 1950
    Contributors:

    Summary: Blue line print. Cadastral map showing landowners. "1950." Imprint: [Bloomington, Ind.?] : [publisher not identified], 1950. Dimensions: 127 x 99 cm; Scale: 1:63,360 Coordinates: W0864100 W0861900 N0392100 N0390000

  8. Title: Map of the rail roads of New Jersey, 1887

    • Not specified
    • 1887
    Contributors:

    Summary: Includes "Table of railroads by systems."; "H.A. Thomas & Wylie, Lith. ... N.Y." 104 x 71 centimeters

  9. Title: Oak Lane, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1900 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2008
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: For sale : Lawnton and Oak Lane building lots : twenty-second ward : estate of E. M. Davis, deceased. It was published by J.T. Jackson & Co. ca. 1900. Scale [ca. 1:528,000]. Covers the Oak Lane neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 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. Cadastral map showing buildings, property boundaries and dimensions, names of landowners, streets names, railroad line and station stops, and more. Relief is shown by countours and spot heights. Includes sales and advertisement notice. 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.

  10. Title: Lower Manhattan, New York, N.Y., 1792 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2007
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan of the city of New York, Tiebout, sculpt. It was published by T. & J. Swords for the New-York directory, and register, for the year 1792. 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, selected private buildings with names of property owners, 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.

  11. Title: Brookline, Massachusetts, 1855 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2006
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Map of the town of Brookline, Mass. It was surveyed by T. & J. Doane and published by L.H. Bradford & Co. in 1855. Scale [1:9,600]. 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. Relief is shown by hachures. It includes tables of population and public street lengths. 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.

  12. Title: Plan of Back Bay, Boston, Massachusetts, 1859 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2006
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Part of a plan presented to the Commissioners for the improvement of the Back Bay, [by] T. & J. Doane's Office, published in 1859. Scale [1:2,400]. It shows a plan for a 36 acre lake and surrounding area, Back Bay, Boston, Massachusetts. This is an updated version of the 1854 ed. 'Amended for the use of the City: Boston, Janr. 5th, 1859.' 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 (with street and alley dimensions), drainage, property lots with dimensions, land ownership boundaries with names of landowners, parks, and more. 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.

  13. Title: Map of the grounds of Lafayette College : Pardee Hall

    • Not specified
    • 1876
    Contributors:

    Summary: Bird's-eye-view.; Relief shown by hachures.; "Class of '76, South College." 52 x 68 centimeters

  14. Title: Gest's map of railways centering at Cincinnati with their tributary lines in adjoining states and Canada west.

    • Not specified
    • 1853
    Contributors:

    Summary: The geographical features taken from Colton's map of the United States.;Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1853 by E. Gest in the District Court of Ohio.;1 map;53 x 65 cm.

  15. Title: Squire's map of the state of New Jersey

    • Image data
    • 1836
    Contributors:

    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Includes 8 insets of town plans. Wall map.

  16. Title: St. Louis, Missouri and vicinity, 1903 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2008
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic, topographic paper map entitled: Saint Louis quadrangle, Missouri - Illinois, [by the] Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey; H. M. Wilson, geographer; topography by Chas. E. Cooke, Wm. O. Tufts, Gilbert Young and City of St. Louis; control by U.S.C. and G.S. and Geo. T. Hawkins. Ed. of Apr. 1904, reprinted 1932. Surveyed 1903. It was published by U.S.G.S. Scale 1:62,500. Covers City of Saint Louis, and portions of Saint Louis County, Missouri, and Saint Clair and Madison Counties, Illinois. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Missouri East State Plane Coordinate System NAD27 (in Feet) (Fipszone 2401). 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 is a typical topographic map portraying both natural and manmade features. It shows and names works of nature, such as mountains, valleys, lakes, rivers, vegetation, etc. It also identify the principal works of humans, such as roads, railroads, boundaries, transmission lines, major buildings, etc. Relief is shown with standard contour intervals of 20 feet and spot heights. 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.

  17. Title: India, 1788 (Image 2 of 4) (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2013
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: A map of Hindoostan, or the Mogul Empire : from the latest authorities. Inscribed to Sir Joseph Banks Bart., President of the Royal Society & c., & c. by his much obliged & faithful friend and servant, J. Rennell, 1st Jany. 1788 ; the map engraved by I. Phillips & W. Harrison ; writing by T. Harmar. It was published by James Rennell in 1788. Scale [ca. 1:3,000,000]. This layer is image 2 of 4 total images of the four sheet source map, covering the southeast portion of the map. Covers primarily India and adjacent portions of Asia.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Asia North 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 pictorially. 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.

  18. Title: India, 1788 (Image 4 of 4) (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2013
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: A map of Hindoostan, or the Mogul Empire : from the latest authorities. Inscribed to Sir Joseph Banks Bart., President of the Royal Society & c., & c. by his much obliged & faithful friend and servant, J. Rennell, 1st Jany. 1788 ; the map engraved by I. Phillips & W. Harrison ; writing by T. Harmar. It was published by James Rennell in 1788. Scale [ca. 1:3,000,000]. This layer is image 4 of 4 total images of the four sheet source map, covering the northeast portion of the map. Covers primarily India and adjacent portions of Asia. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Asia North 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 pictorially. 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.

  19. Title: India, 1788 (Image 3 of 4) (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2013
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: A map of Hindoostan, or the Mogul Empire : from the latest authorities. Inscribed to Sir Joseph Banks Bart., President of the Royal Society & c., & c. by his much obliged & faithful friend and servant, J. Rennell, 1st Jany. 1788 ; the map engraved by I. Phillips & W. Harrison ; writing by T. Harmar. It was published by James Rennell in 1788. Scale [ca. 1:3,000,000]. This layer is image 3 of 4 total images of the four sheet source map, covering the northwest portion of the map. Covers primarily India and adjacent portions of Asia. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Asia North 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 pictorially. 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.

  20. Title: India, 1788 (Image 1 of 4) (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2013
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: A map of Hindoostan, or the Mogul Empire : from the latest authorities. Inscribed to Sir Joseph Banks Bart., President of the Royal Society & c., & c. by his much obliged & faithful friend and servant, J. Rennell, 1st Jany. 1788 ; the map engraved by I. Phillips & W. Harrison ; writing by T. Harmar. It was published by James Rennell in 1788. Scale [ca. 1:3,000,000]. This layer is image 1 of 4 total images of the four sheet source map, covering the southwest portion of the map. Covers primarily India and adjacent portions of Asia.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Asia North 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 pictorially. 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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