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Map of Polk County Wisconsin

Date: 1871
Description: Map created between 1871 and 1880. Shows townships, post offices, a possible railroad to Penoka Iron Range, and the North Wisconsin Railroad.
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City of Waukesha Wisconsin

Date: 1954
Description: This map of Waukesha shows numbered ward boundaries, roads, and some buildings. The bottom of the map includes a street index.
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Beloit College Campus

Date: 1949
Description: This map of the Beloit College Campus is a pictorial depiction of the layout of campus including buildings and students depicted as Shmoos (popular cartoon...
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Business Section, City of Racine

Date: 1950
Description: This map of Racine's business section is oriented with the north to the right and shows businesses and lot owners. Businesses, streets, and the Root River ...
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La Crosse Tourist Guide, in the Heart of the Famous Coulee Region

Date: 1950
Description: This map is intended for tourists visiting La Crosse. The front of the map provides extensive text on attractions and activities in La Crosse while the bac...
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Primrose Plat Map

Date: 1861
Description: The township of Primrose, which is a detail from the plat map of Dane County.
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Montrose Plat Map

Date: 1861
Description: The township of Montrose, which is a detail from a Dane County plat map.
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Mappe-Monde Suivant les Nouvelles Observations de Messrs. del’Academie Royale des Sciences, etc. Augmentees de Nouveau

Date: 1720
Description: Double hemispherical world map showing routes of Tasman, Magellan, Mendana, etc. Relief shown pictorially. Title in oak wreath cartouche. Map between four ...
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Europae recens Designatio

Date: 1740
Description: From Weigel's Atlas portatilis, oder, Compendieuse Vorstellung der gantzen Welt. Map of Europe.
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A New and Correct Map of the World, Laid Down According to the Newest Discoveries, and from the Most Exact Observations

Date: 1712
Description: Engraved double-hemispherical world map by Moll, included in his atlas The world described, or, A new and correct sett of maps: shewing the kingdoms and st...
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Aethiopia Superior vel Interior; vulgo Abissinorum five Presbiteriioannis Imperium

Date: 1696
Description: Engraved and hand-colored map of Ethiopia, from Blaeu's General Atlas. Map title is framed by a man and a woman, both wearing head turbans, who are standin...
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Carte de l’Egypte Ancienne et Moderne, in Atlas Universel

Date: 1798
Description: Engraved and hand-colored map of Egypt. Map title appears on bottom left as a carving in stone next ...
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Theatre de la Guerre en Espagne et en Portugal

Date: 1740
Description: Engraved and hand-colored map of the Iberian peninsula as a theater of war during the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714). The map is dedicated to Ki...
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The United States of North America: with the British and Spanish Territories, According to the Treaty, of 1784

Date: 1785
Description: Map of part of North America engraved and hand-colored (the light brown design is a superposition of the map and cartouche derived from the oxidation of th...
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Map of the Western Part of the Territories

Date: 02 01 1793
Description: Text in the upper right corner reads, "A Map of The Western Part of the Territories belonging to the United States of America. Drawn from the best authorit...
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Point Bluff, Adams County Wisconsin

Date: 01 01 1856
Description: This map is mounted on cloth and shows lots, as well as location of the public square and college. Streets are labeled as is the Wisconsin River.
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Landscape Plan for Floyd Place and Catlin Place, Lake Forest, Madison, Wis.

Date: 1918
Description: This is a collection of two maps. One map is blue line print that includes illustrations and shows the location of buildings, gardens, plant life, and spri...
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Madison, Wisconsin

Date: 1945
Description: This maps shows roads, railroads, parks, recreational areas, Lake Wingra, Lake Monona, and part of Lake Mendota. The map includes pictorial images that dep...
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Wards & Precincts

Date: 1959
Description: This map shows wards and precincts by number, local streets, roads, parks, Shorewood Hills, Maple Bluff, Middleton, Verona, McFarland, Monona, Truax Field,...
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Map of St. Marys River Showing Present Channel and Proposed Improvements

Date: 1925
Description: This map shows lakes, islands and bays. The Upper Peninsula of Michigan and Ontario are labeled. Three inset maps include the Upper end of St. Marys River ...

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