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Title: Map of the lands included in the Central Park, 1856 (Raster Image)

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Dates

  • Issued: 2019-06
  • Coverage: 1856

Publishers

  • Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library

Summary

This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Map of the lands included in the Central Park : from a topographical survey, June 17th 1856. It was published by: s.n in 1856. Scale [ca. 1:3,500]. Map in English. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the WGS 1984 UTM Zone 18N (EPSG: 32618) coordinate system. All map features and collar and inset information are shown 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 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 geographies, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and map purposes.

Subjects

  • Central Park (New York, N.Y.)
  • Maps
  • Rivers
  • Parks
  • Buildings
  • Trails
  • Gardens
  • Streets
  • Reservoirs
  • imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
  • Datasets

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (-74.003385, -73.946776, 40.808534, 40.760878)
  • Geometry: BBOX (-74.003385, -73.946776, 40.808534, 40.760878)

Provider

Harvard

Rights

  • Access rights: Public

Citation

Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library, Viele, Egbert L., 1825-1902, Mayer, Ferdinand, Ferd. Mayer & Co. (New York, N.Y.). Map of the lands included in the Central Park, 1856 (Raster Image). Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library. Raster data. https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-g3804-n4-2c4g52-1856-v52

Format

GeoTIFF