World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, 1893 (Raster Image)

This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: The Union News Company's indexed map of the World's Columbian exposition at Chicago, 1893. It was published in 1893. Scale [1:7,000]. Covers the Exposition grounds, now Jackson Park and Midway Plaisance. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Illinois East State Plane Coordinate System NAD83 (in Feet) (Fipszone 1201). 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, cable and electric car lines, drainage, lagoons and ponds, buildings, paths, and more. 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.

Agréments+ de la campagne, ou Remarques particulieres sur la construction des maisons de campagne plus ou moins magnifiques; des jardins de plaisance & des plantages...

Titre original : # Byzondere # + Bijzondere + # aenmerkingen over het aenleggen van pragtige en gemeene landhuizen # + aanmerkingen over het aanleggen van prachtige en gemeene landhuisen + , lusthoven, plantagien

Couplets à l'occasion de la construction des Bâtimens et jardins de Bagatelle, ordonnés par Monseigneur le Comte d'Artois et exécutés par Belanger son premier architecte en 64 jours. Ce qui fit donner le nom de Bagatelle à ce lieu de plaisance (manuscrit autographe)

Pièce en vers. - Par M. D. d. L. T.

Dits des philosophes, de GUILLAUME DE TIGNONVILLE, et Mortifiement de vaine plaisance, par le roi RENE D'ANJOU.

Contient : I (fol. 1-199). « Cy commencent les croniques de plusieurs saiges philosophes, lesquelx enseignent plusieurs belles et notables doctrines, lesquelles s'ensuivent. Sedechias fu philosophe le premier... » « ... dont on a aultreffois esté deçeu. Cy fine le livre des saiges philosophes, avecques pluseurs enseignemens qu'ilz mettent et enseignent. » — C'est l'ouvrage de GUILLAUME DE TIGNONVILLE, intitulé le plus souvent : Dits des philosophes ; II (fol. 201-285). « S'ensuit ung petit traictié d'entre l'âme dévote et le cueur, lequel s'appelle le Mortiffiement de vaine plaisance, faict et composé par REGNE, roy de Cecille, duc D'ANJOU... » Imprimé par Quatrebarbes, OEuvres complètes du roi René, t. IV, pp. 1-61

Os marcos da paisagem da cidade no contexto da trama urbana de Natal/RN: um estudo a partir do Morro do Careca, o Midway Mall, o Pórtico dos Reis Magos e a Ponte Newton Navarro

The present work is a study on the functions performed by landmarks landscape Natal / RN in the urban fabric, in the case of Midway Mall, the Portico dos Reis Magos, the Morro do Careca and Newton Navarro Bridge. For such goals established itself as analyze the functionality of the milestones presented here in the urban fabric; discuss the importance of these landmarks of the city landscape in the process of urbanization of Natal, and identify and spatialize actions related to the use of territories where are located landmarks, discussing their reflections. To achieve these goals we chose to use as a literature search procedures, the problematic concept, working with oral sources, and reading speechless. To support this research the main concepts were worked landscape, city, landmark, public space, circuits, among others. After going over the theory, consistent with the empirical data, it appears that the landmarks studied here have different functions and features, but all carry different forms of fascination for the public and visitors to the city, and every man your way, influence the public space, land speculation and feature importance in the process of urbanization of Natal

Memoire sur la colonie de Quebec, Plaisance, Gaspé et Capbreton : manuscript, 1663

Concerns conditions in New France and the need for French troops.

Vuës des palais et maisons de plaisance de Sa Majeste le roy de Prusse /

Engraved title-pages and 47 double-leaf engraved plates.

Aerology and naval warfare, the Battle of Midway.

"This is one of a series of pamphlets dealing with the weather aspects of Naval and Amphibious Warfare."