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Title: Paris, France, 1771 (Image 1 of 4) (Raster Image)

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Dates

  • Issued: 2015-02
  • Coverage: 1771

Publishers

  • Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library

Summary

This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Nouveau plan de Paris et ses nouvelles limites : comme aussi les vues des maisons roiales chateaux et autres edifices tant dedans la ville qu 'ax environs avec ses differens accroissements dans plusieurs siecles demontre par les plans qui sont grandeur et sa disposition sous differents regne de nos rois, dresse sur les memoires les plus nouveaux par Crepy. It was published by chez les freres Crepy in 1771. Scale [ca. 1:1,918]. This layer is image 1 of 4 total images of the four sheet source map, representing the northeast portion of the map. Map in French.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the European Datum 1950, Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) Zone 31N 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 roads, drainage, built-up areas and selected buildings, ground cover, and more. Relief is shown by hachures and pictorially. Includes indexes, illustrations, text, and inset views and plans.This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from The Harvard Map Collection as part of the Imaging the Urban Environment project. Maps selected for this project represent major urban areas and cities of the world, at various time periods. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features at a large scale. The selection represents a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and purposes.

Subjects

  • Transportation
  • France
  • Paris
  • Maps
  • Human settlements
  • Cities and towns
  • Land use
  • Landforms
  • Infrastructure (Economics)
  • Bodies of water
  • imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
  • Datasets

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (2.345922, 2.434285, 48.89448, 48.852753)
  • Geometry: BBOX (2.345922, 2.434285, 48.89448, 48.852753)

Provider

Harvard

Rights

  • Access rights: Public

Citation

Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library, Crepy (Firm). Paris, France, 1771 (Image 1 of 4) (Raster Image). Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library. Raster data. https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-g5834-p3-1771-c7-sh1

Format

GeoTIFF