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Title: Nile River and Birkat Q?r?n Regions, Egypt, 1854 (Raster Image)

• Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library
• Linant de Bellefonds, L.-M.-A. (Louis Maurice Adolphe), 1799-1883.
• Schwaerzle, J.
• Erhard (Firm)
• Depot de la guerre (France)

Dates

• Issued: 2012-01
• Coverage: 1854

Publishers

• Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library

Summary

This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Carte hydrographique de la Moyenne Egypte, ou sont indiques les travaux executes ou a executer, d'apres les ordres de Son Altesse Mehemet-Ali, Vice-Roi d'Egypte. Avec le projet de communication directe des deux mers au travers de l'Isthme, par M. Linant de Bellefonds ; gravee par Schwaerzle et Erhard. It was published by Depot de la Guerre in 1854. Scale 1:250,000. Covers a portion of the Nile River region near Birkat Q?r?n, Ban? Suwayf, Al Fayy?m, and Al Miny?. Map in French.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Egypt Red Belt 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, canals, roads, cities and other human settlements, administrative boundaries, ruins and historical sites, and more. Relief shown by hachures. Includes also text and notes.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
• Egypt
• Nile River
• Birkat Q?r?n
• Ban? Suwayf
• Al Fayy?m
• Al Miny?
• Maps
• Human settlements
• Cities and towns
• Villages
• Landforms
• Bodies of water
• Land use
• Infrastructure (Economics)
• imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
• inlandWaters
• Datasets

Geospatial coordinates

• Bounding Box: BBOX (30.21432, 31.82769, 30.098566, 27.521687)
• Geometry: BBOX (30.21432, 31.82769, 30.098566, 27.521687)

Provider

Harvard

Rights

• Access rights: Public

Citation

Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library, Linant de Bellefonds, L.-M.-A. (Louis Maurice Adolphe), 1799-1883., Schwaerzle, J., Erhard (Firm), Depot de la guerre (France). Nile River and Birkat Q?r?n Regions, Egypt, 1854 (Raster Image). Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library. Raster data. https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-g8301-c3-1854-l5

Format

GeoTIFF