HarvardMapCollection

We've partnered with the @ImperiiaProject to pilot how @HarvardLibrary can curate well-contextualized geospatial datasets for long-term discovery and access. Read about the project here! daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu/insights/undoi…

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

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/HMCMapLibraria…

Nicolas de Fer's late 17C "Plan de Tolose divisé en huict capitoulats" #Toulouse #HarvardLibrary high-res: digitalcollections.library.harvard.edu/catalog/990122…

Henry Francis Walling's #Map of #Piscataquis County #Maine from 1858 high-res: digitalcollections.library.harvard.edu/catalog/990113…

1905 zoning #map of #Cologne "Uebersichtsplan zur Banordnung für den Stadtkreis #Cöln" #HarvardLibrary high-res: digitalcollections.library.harvard.edu/catalog/990114…

detail of the 2007 @USGS #Map of Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park and Wilderness high-res: digitalcollections.library.harvard.edu/catalog/990113…

Matthaeus Seutter's 1735 #map of #Brussels #HarvardLibrary high-res: digitalcollections.library.harvard.edu/catalog/990113… image description: richly hand-colored map of Brussels above a bird's eye view of the city with major landmarks labeled.

1867 #map of the "Exposition universelle" in #Paris including a plan of the palace, park, and garden. #HarvardLibrary high-res: digitalcollections.library.harvard.edu/catalog/990109…

Homann's 1752 #map of #Venice #HarvardLibrary #Venetia #Italia high-res: digitalcollections.library.harvard.edu/catalog/990107…

Homann's 1718ish #map of St. Petersburg #SaintPetersburg #map #HarvardLibrary high-res: digitalcollections.library.harvard.edu/catalog/990105…

Frederik de Wit's late 17C "Accuratissima totius regni Hispaniae Portugallieq. tabula et typus novissimus" #Spain #Portugal #HarvardLibrary high-res: digitalcollections.library.harvard.edu/catalog/990146…

The Union News Company's indexed #map of the Worlds Columbian exposition at #Chicago, 1893. #HarvardLibrary High-res: digitalcollections.library.harvard.edu/catalog/990102…

American Geographical Society Library Research Fellowships at @uwmlibraries due 30 Nov. For info: uwm.edu/libraries/agsl…

Oh, rats #HarvardLibrary 🐀🐀🐀

@bibliomolly The best place to go is the Academic Technology Group. They have a couple printers and are good with them.

@BLprintheritage @DrKarrSchmidt

New acquisition alert: a super rare and early lift-the-flap book from 1771! #RareBooks #ChildrensBooks Read more here: blogs.bl.uk/untoldlives/20…

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

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

@NV5Geospatial I'm not sure. It's copyright Rand McNally so it's probably in one of their atlases. This is a loose sheet in a folder of unprocessed Raisz material

@HarvardMapColl What is the date on this one?

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