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North Carolina Maps: A Guide for Description and Digitization

"North Carolina From the Latest Surveys, by Samuel Lewis," 1814. State Archives call number MC.150.1814le.

This guide is presented as a resource for librarians, archivists, museum professionals, students, and scholars who are involved in describing, digitizing, publishing, and studying historic maps of North Carolina. The guide is a product of the behind-the-scenes work that went into the North Carolina Maps digital project produced by the UNC-Chapel Hill University Library, the North Carolina State Archives, and the Outer Banks History Center.

Describing North Carolina Maps

North Carolina Maps Metadata Schema

Finding Coordinates

North Carolina Counties: Bounding Coordinates

North Carolina Regions

Relief

Subject: Layer

Studying North Carolina Maps

Glossary

Bibliography

North Carolina Counties: Date Founded

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