Founded in 1818, the Harvard Map Collection holds over 500k antiquarian & modern maps, and provides gis data and support. Check out our instagram: harvardmaps

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If you’ve ever wished your favorite fictional universe was real, a new @HarvardMapColl exhibition is for you. “From Academieland to Zelda” explores fictional maps from movies, books, video games, and more. Come check it out in-person: buff.ly/3X1M6zn

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The Harvard Map Collection is hiring a Map Librarian. If you enjoy teaching and helping with patron research, check out the job description: bit.ly/HMCMapLibrarianJob

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Nicolas de Fer's late 17C "Plan de Tolose divisé en huict capitoulats" #Toulouse #HarvardLibrary high-res: digitalcollections.library.h…
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Henry Francis Walling's #Map of #Piscataquis County #Maine from 1858 high-res: digitalcollections.library.h…
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1905 zoning #map of #Cologne "Uebersichtsplan zur Banordnung für den Stadtkreis #Cöln" #HarvardLibrary high-res: digitalcollections.library.h…
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detail of the 2007 @USGS #Map of Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park and Wilderness high-res: digitalcollections.library.h…
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Matthaeus Seutter's 1735 #map of #Brussels #HarvardLibrary high-res: digitalcollections.library.h… image description: richly hand-colored map of Brussels above a bird's eye view of the city with major landmarks labeled.
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1867 #map of the "Exposition universelle" in #Paris including a plan of the palace, park, and garden. #HarvardLibrary high-res: digitalcollections.library.h…
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Homann's 1718ish #map of St. Petersburg #SaintPetersburg #map #HarvardLibrary high-res: digitalcollections.library.h…
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Frederik de Wit's late 17C "Accuratissima totius regni Hispaniae Portugallieq. tabula et typus novissimus" #Spain #Portugal #HarvardLibrary high-res: digitalcollections.library.h…
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The Union News Company's indexed #map of the Worlds Columbian exposition at #Chicago, 1893. #HarvardLibrary High-res: digitalcollections.library.h…
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American Geographical Society Library Research Fellowships at @uwmlibraries due 30 Nov. For info: uwm.edu/libraries/agsl/fello…

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Oh, rats #HarvardLibrary 🐀🐀🐀
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The #NileRiverDelta, a detail from a large (182 x 110 cm.) multi-sheet 1743 #map by Richard Pococke of #Egypt, which was "Recently Subjected to His Faithful Eyes, Illustrated by His Travels: Adapted to the Norm of Ancient as well as Modern Choreography." #HarvardLibrary
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A chart by John Seller from his Atlas Maritimus (circa 1675) depicting all the "narrow seas" that surround the British Isles, along with a sea monster riding merman (Neptune?) hoisting the King's Colours on his bident. #maps #HarvardLibrary
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The JCB Library's short (remote or residential) and long-term (residential) research fellowships are key to the intellectual community we want to support. Let us know if we can help support your work! Applications due Jan 9 and available here: jcblibrary.org/fellowships/o…
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Erwin Raisz's "United States and Canada - Physiography" with 6 colors showing different kinds of rock and his signature pictorial method for illustrating landforms #HarvardLibrary #maps
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"Spatial Pattern of Political Behavior; #Berlin, #Germany" in the municipal elections of 20 Oct 1946 from a 1947 report on German Elections by the Military Governor of the US Zone #HarvardLibrary
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