Title: Great Britain, ca. 1706 (Raster Image)
- Raster data
- 2013
- Not owned by MIT (Owned by Harvard)
Dates
- Issued: 2013-11
- Coverage: 1706
Publishers
- Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library
Summary
This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Regnorum Magnae Britanniae, sive Angliae, Scotiae[que] nec non Hiberniae nuperrima delineatio, geographica constructa et in lucem edita a Carolo Allard, Amstelo Batavo. It was published by Carolus Allard, op den Dam ca. 1706. Scale [ca. 1:2,100,000]. Map in Latin. 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. Relief shown pictorially. Includes also inset: Insulae Orcades = Orkney Isles. Decorative cartouche with coat of arms of Great Britain and putti. 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
- Boundaries
- Transportation
- United Kingdom
- Ireland
- Maps
- Human settlements
- Cities and towns
- Villages
- Landforms
- Bodies of water
- Land use
- Infrastructure (Economics)
- imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
- Datasets
Geospatial coordinates
- Bounding Box: BBOX (-14.52869, 8.851134999999999, 59.959445, 48.643859)
- Geometry: BBOX (-14.52869, 8.851134999999999, 59.959445, 48.643859)
Provider
Harvard
Rights
- Access rights: Public
Citation
Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library, Allard, Carel, 1648-approximately 1709. Great Britain, ca. 1706 (Raster Image). Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library. Raster data. https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-g5740-1706-a5
Format
GeoTIFF