Title: Baltic Sea Region, Denmark and Germany, 1625 (Raster Image)
- Raster data
- 2014
- Not owned by MIT (Owned by Harvard)
Dates
- Issued: 2014-04
- Coverage: 1625
Publishers
- Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library
Summary
This layer is a georeferenced raster image of a map plate entitled: Beschrijvinghe vant Zuijder deel vande Belt, en hoemen de Custen van Mekeleborch Pomeren, met de Landen daer tegen over tusschen Femeren en Bornholm geleghe beseijlen, en alle Reve en Sanden daer ontrent schouwen sal, from the Willem Blaeu atlas entitled: Het licht der see-vaert : daerinne claerlijck beschreven ende afghebeeldet werde, alle de custen ende havenen vande Westersche, Noordsche, Oostersche ende Middelandsche zeen. It was published by Jan Janszoon, 1623-1625. This image covers the Baltic Sea region, Denmark and Germany. Scale ca. 1:750,000. Map in Dutch and French. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS 84) 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 coastal features such as harbors, inlets, rocks, channels, points, coves, shoals, islands, and more. Includes also selected land features such as roads, cities and towns, and other points of interest. Shows relief with hachures. Depths shown by shading and soundings.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
- Oceans
- Denmark
- Syddanmark
- Sj?lland
- Hovedstaden
- Germany
- Schleswig-Holstein
- Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
- Sweden
- Sk?ne
- Baltic Sea
- Maps
- Nautical charts
- Coasts
- Bodies of water
- Harbors
- Hydrography
- Human settlements
- Cities and towns
- Landforms
- imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
- Datasets
Geospatial coordinates
- Bounding Box: BBOX (8.400304, 16.081513, 55.705906, 53.610949)
- Geometry: BBOX (8.400304, 16.081513, 55.705906, 53.610949)
Provider
Harvard
Rights
- Access rights: Public
Citation
Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library, Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571-1638. Baltic Sea Region, Denmark and Germany, 1625 (Raster Image). Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library. Raster data. https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-h001644159-0233
Format
GeoTIFF