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Title: Fortifications Map, London, England, 1760 (Raster Image)

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Dates

  • Issued: 2013-10
  • Coverage: 1760

Publishers

  • Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library

Summary

This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: A plan of the city and suburbs of London as fortified by order of Parliament in the years 1642 & 1643. It was published in 1760. Scale [ca. 1:29,000]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the 'British National Grid' 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. Includes also an explanation of the several forts on the line of communication ; indexed for forts. 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
  • Structure
  • United Kingdom
  • London
  • Tower Hamlets
  • Islington
  • Camden
  • Westminster
  • Southwark
  • Lambeth
  • Maps
  • Human settlements
  • Fortification
  • Cities and towns
  • Villages
  • Landforms
  • Bodies of water
  • Land use
  • Infrastructure (Economics)
  • imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
  • Datasets

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (-0.223747, 0.024758, 51.553282, 51.451581)
  • Geometry: BBOX (-0.223747, 0.024758, 51.553282, 51.451581)

Provider

Harvard

Rights

  • Access rights: Public

Citation

Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library, Vertue, George, 1684-1756. Fortifications Map, London, England, 1760 (Raster Image). Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library. Raster data. https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-g5754-l7r4-1760-v4

Format

GeoTIFF