Title: Anglo Indian Army Movement Map, Afghanistan, 1842 (Raster Image)
- Raster data
- 2013
- Not owned by MIT (Owned by Harvard)
Dates
- Issued: 2013-11
- Coverage: 1842
Publishers
- Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library
Summary
This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Map to follow the movements of the Anglo Indian Army in Afghaunistan [sic.] : shewing the routes, passes and military positions / by James Wyld, geographer to the Queen and H.R.H. Prince Albert. It was published by Jas. Wyld ..., Charing Cross, East London in 1842, Augt. 1st. Scale ca. 1:1,900,800. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Asia North 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 roads, military routes and positions, drainage, cities and other human settlements, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown by hachures. Includes also Map extension from Kandahar in the west to the rivers Indus and Chenāb in the east, and from Shikārpur in the south to Kundūz in the north. 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
- Afghanistan
- Pakistan
- Maps
- Military topography
- Human settlements
- Cities and towns
- Villages
- Landforms
- Altitudes
- Bodies of water
- Land use
- Infrastructure (Economics)
- imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
- intelligenceMilitary
- Datasets
Geospatial coordinates
- Bounding Box: BBOX (59.243656, 76.618629, 40.336655, 24.030793)
- Geometry: BBOX (59.243656, 76.618629, 40.336655, 24.030793)
Provider
Harvard
Rights
- Access rights: Public
Citation
Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library, Wyld, James, 1812-1887. Anglo Indian Army Movement Map, Afghanistan, 1842 (Raster Image). Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library. Raster data. https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-g7630-1842-w9
Format
GeoTIFF