Title: India, 1768 (Image 1 of 4) (Raster Image)
- Raster data
- 2013
- Not owned by MIT (Owned by Harvard)
- Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library
- Jefferys, Thomas, -1771.
- Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794.
- Kitchin, Thomas, -1784.
Dates
- Issued: 2013-11
- Coverage: 1768
Publishers
- Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library
Summary
This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: The East Indies, with the roads, by Thomas Jefferys, geographer to the King. It was published by Robt. Sayer, No. 53 in Fleet Street & Thos. Jefferys, at Charing Cross in 1768. Scale [ca. 1:2,600,000]. This layer is image 1 of 4 total images of the 4 sheet source map, representing the north-western portion of the map. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Asia North Lambert Conformal Conic 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 boundaries, rivers, roads and settlements; includes descriptive 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.
Subjects
- Transportation
- India
- Maps
- Human settlements
- Cities and towns
- Villages
- Landforms
- Bodies of water
- Land use
- Infrastructure (Economics)
- imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
- Datasets
Geospatial coordinates
- Bounding Box: BBOX (51.690506, 81.575438, 37.783873, 11.388737)
- Geometry: BBOX (51.690506, 81.575438, 37.783873, 11.388737)
Provider
Harvard
Rights
- Access rights: Public
Citation
Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library, Jefferys, Thomas, -1771., Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794., Kitchin, Thomas, -1784. India, 1768 (Image 1 of 4) (Raster Image). Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library. Raster data. https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-g7650-1768-j4-sh1
Format
GeoTIFF