Title: Europe, 1649 (Raster Image)
- Raster data
- 2013
- Not owned by MIT (Owned by Harvard)
- Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library
- Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598.
- Jansson, Jan, 1588-1664.
- Symons, Evert van Hamersveldt.
Dates
- Issued: 2013-11
- Coverage: 1649
Publishers
- Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library
Summary
This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Europam, sive Celticam veterem, sic describere conabar Abrahamus Ortelius ; Evert Sijmons z. Hamers veldt sculpsit. It was published by Apud Ioannem Ianssonium in 1649. Scale [ca. 1:15,000,000]. 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 drainage, cities and other human settlements, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief and woodland shown pictorially. Includes also title in decorative cartouche, illustrations of ships and marine animals. 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
- Boundaries
- Transportation
- Europe
- Maps
- Human settlements
- Cities and towns
- Villages
- Landforms
- Bodies of water
- Land use
- Infrastructure (Economics)
- imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
- Datasets
Geospatial coordinates
- Bounding Box: BBOX (-75.726001, 103.066386, 81.989974, 9.433063000000001)
- Geometry: BBOX (-75.726001, 103.066386, 81.989974, 9.433063000000001)
Provider
Harvard
Rights
- Access rights: Public
Citation
Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library, Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598., Jansson, Jan, 1588-1664., Symons, Evert van Hamersveldt. Europe, 1649 (Raster Image). Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library. Raster data. https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-g5700-1649-o7
Format
GeoTIFF