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Title: Madagascar and Region, 1801 (Raster Image)

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Dates

  • Issued: 2012-02
  • Coverage: 1801

Publishers

  • Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library

Summary

This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Charte von Zanguebar der Kafferkuste und der Insel Madagascar : nach den neuesten und besten Hulfsmitteln, gezeichnet von I.C.M. Reinecke. It was published by Im Verlag des Industrie Comptoirs in 1801. Scale [ca. 1:6,800,000]. Covers Madagascar, and portions of Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Zambia, Tanzania, Kenya, Comoros, Mayotte, Glorioso Islands, Seychelles, Juan de Nova Island, Reunion, and Mauritius. Map in German.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Africa Lambert Conformal Conic 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, roads, cities and other human settlements, territorial and administrative boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown by hachures.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
  • Madagascar
  • Comoros
  • Glorioso Islands
  • Juan de Nova Island
  • Kenya
  • Malawi
  • Mauritius
  • Mayotte
  • Mozambique
  • Reunion
  • Seychelles
  • Tanzania
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe
  • Maps
  • Human settlements
  • Cities and towns
  • Villages
  • Landforms
  • Bodies of water
  • imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
  • Datasets

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (18.997244, 75.562821, 7.156966, -33.920883)
  • Geometry: BBOX (18.997244, 75.562821, 7.156966, -33.920883)

Provider

Harvard

Rights

  • Access rights: Public

Citation

Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library, Reinecke, J. C. M. (Johann Christoph Matthias), 1770-1818. Madagascar and Region, 1801 (Raster Image). Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library. Raster data. https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-g8400-1801-r4

Format

GeoTIFF