Africa, 1795 (Raster Image)

Title:

Africa, 1795 (Raster Image)

Date:

201202

Description:

This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Karte von Afrika, Nach Vaugondy neu verzeichnet herausgegeben von Franz Joh. Jos. Von Reilly ; gestochen von Hier. Benedicti. It was published by Reilly'sches Landkarten und Kunstwerke Verschleiss Komptoir in 1795. Scale [ca. 1:17,500,000]. Covers Africa. Map in German.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Africa Sinusoidal projected coordinate system. 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 drainage, cities and other human settlements, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown pictorially. Includes also notes. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from the Harvard Map Collection. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features. The selection represents a range of originators, ground condition dates, scales, and map purposes.Historic paper maps can provide an excellent view of the changes that have occurred in the cultural and physical landscape. The wide range of information provided on these maps make them useful in the study of historic geography, and urban and rural land use change. As this map has been georeferenced, it can be used in a GIS as a source or background layer in conjunction with other GIS data.None planned

Type:

map

Type (Narrower):

Maps

Type (Broader):

Image

Coverage:

1795

Geographic region:

Africa
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54.662494
-51.894121
-106.473090

Provenance:

Harvard College LibraryHarvard Geospatial LibraryHarvard Map Collection, Harvard College LibraryReilly, Franz J. J. von.Benedicti, Hieronymus, ca. 1756-1809.ESRI ArcGIS 9.3.1

Publisher:

Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library
Harvard University Information Technology
Harvard Geospatial Library

Rights:

For educational, non-commercial use only.

Identifier:

G8200_1795_R4_COPYA

Source:

JP2 Map Image
Georeferenced Raster Data
Paper Map
JP2 Map Image
Reilly, Franz J. J. von.
Benedicti, Hieronymus, ca. 1756-1809.
Reilly'sches Landkarten und Kunstwerke Verschleiss Komptoir
Karte von Afrika

Format:

JPEG2000
Raster
Pixel

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