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Title: Corfu, Greece, 1735 (Raster Image)

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Dates

  • Issued: 2015
  • Coverage: 1735

Publishers

  • Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library

Summary

This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan de Corfu, grave par les Heritiers de Feu Monsieur le Docteur Hommann, Geographe. It was published by Heritiers de Feu Monsieur Homann in 1735. Scale [ca 1:5,000]. Map in French.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Europe 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 roads, drainage, built-up areas and selected buildings, fortifications, ground cover, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown by shading and hachures. Includes also inset view of the fortifications of Kerkyra.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
  • Greece
  • Corfu
  • Maps
  • Human settlements
  • Cities and towns
  • Villages
  • Landforms
  • Bodies of water
  • Land use
  • Infrastructure (Economics)
  • imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
  • Datasets

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (19.875712, 19.975764, 39.663867, 39.586928)
  • Geometry: BBOX (19.875712, 19.975764, 39.663867, 39.586928)

Provider

Harvard

Rights

  • Access rights: Public

Citation

Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library, Homann, Johann Baptist, 1663-1724., Homann Erben (Firm). Corfu, Greece, 1735 (Raster Image). Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library. Raster data. https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-g6814-k4-1735-h6

Format

GeoTIFF