Title: Transvaal & Orange Free State Regions, South Africa, ca. 1899 (Raster Image)
- Raster data
- 2012
- Not owned by MIT (Owned by Harvard)
Dates
- Issued: 2012-04
- Coverage: 1899
Publishers
- Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library
Summary
This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Bacon's large-print map of the Transvaal and Orange Free State. It was published by G.W. Bacon & Co. ca. 1899. Scale [ca. 1:1,900,000]. Covers also Swaziland, Lesotho, and portions of Botswana, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique.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 and administrative boundaries, roads, railroads, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown by shading and spot heights. Includes also insets: 'Map showing the routes from England and India to South Africa', 'Environs of Cape Town', 'Lorenco Marquez [and vicinity]', 'South Africa' and 'Durban and Port Natal'.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
- South Africa
- Eastern Cape
- Free State
- Gauteng
- KwaZulu-Natal
- Limpopo Province
- Mpumalanga
- North-West
- Botswana
- Lesotho
- Mozambique
- Swaziland
- Zimbabwe
- Maps
- Human settlements
- Cities and towns
- Villages
- Landforms
- Bodies of water
- imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
- Datasets
Geospatial coordinates
- Bounding Box: BBOX (22.914207, 39.714258, -20.558213, -31.818011)
- Geometry: BBOX (22.914207, 39.714258, -20.558213, -31.818011)
Provider
Harvard
Rights
- Access rights: Public
Citation
Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library, G.W. Bacon & Co. Transvaal & Orange Free State Regions, South Africa, ca. 1899 (Raster Image). Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library. Raster data. https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-g8503-t7-1899-g2
Format
GeoTIFF