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Title: South America, 1807 (Image 1 of 7) (Raster Image)

• Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library
• Delarochette, L. (Louis), 1731-1802.
• Faden, William, 1749-1836.

Dates

• Issued: 2012-04
• Coverage: 1807

Publishers

• Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library

Summary

This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Colombia Prima or South America : in which it has been attempted to delineate the extent of our knowledge of that continent, extracted chiefly from the original manuscript maps of ... Pinto, likewise fom those of Jo?o Joaquin da Rocha, Jo?o da Costa Ferreira ... Francisco Manuel Sobreviela &c. and from the most authentic edited accounts of those countries, digested & constructed by ... Louis Stanislas D'Arcy Delarochette. It was published by William Faden geographer to His Majesty and to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales in June 4th, 1807. Scale [ca. 1:3,000,000]. This layer is image 1 of 7 total images of the eight sheet map, representing the southeast portion of the map.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the South America Lambert Conformal Conic 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, cities and other human settlements, roads, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, mines, tribes, and more. Relief shown by hachures. Includes 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
• Argentina
• Brazil
• Paraguay
• Uruguay
• South America
• Maps
• Human settlements
• Cities and towns
• Villages
• Landforms
• Bodies of water
• imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
• Datasets

Geospatial coordinates

• Bounding Box: BBOX (-58.810104, -25.073471, -17.811034, -41.98906)
• Geometry: BBOX (-58.810104, -25.073471, -17.811034, -41.98906)

Provider

Harvard

Rights

• Access rights: Public

Citation

Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library, Delarochette, L. (Louis), 1731-1802., Faden, William, 1749-1836. South America, 1807 (Image 1 of 7) (Raster Image). Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library. Raster data. https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-g5200-1807-d4-sh2

Format

GeoTIFF