Title: Annapolis Royal Region, Nova Scotia, Canada, 1744 (Raster Image)
- Raster data
- 2009
- Not owned by MIT (Owned by Harvard)
- Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library
- Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1703-1772.
- Heulland, Guillaume d', d. ca. 1770.
- Charlevoix, Pierre-Francois-Xavier de, 1682-1761. Histoire et description generale de la nouvelle France. 1744.
Dates
- Issued: 2009-02
- Coverage: 1744
Publishers
- Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library
Summary
This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan du Port Royal dans l'Accadie : appelle aujourd par les Anglois Annapolis Royal, par N.B. Ing. de la M. ; Dheulland sculp. It was published chez Rolin in 1744. Scale [ca. 1:70,000]. Map in French. Covers Annapolis Basin, Bay of Fundy and Annapolis Royal Region, Nova Scotia, Canada. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the UTM Zone 20N NAD83 (meters) 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 drainage, ground cover, fortifications, and more. Relief is shown by 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 as part of the Imaging the Urban Environment project. Maps selected for this project represent major urban areas and cities of the world, at various time periods. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features at a large scale. The selection represents a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and purposes.
Subjects
- Transportation
- Canada
- Nova Scotia
- Port Royal
- Digby
- Annapolis Basin
- Fundy, Bay of
- Maps
- Bodies of water
- Coasts
- Harbors
- Hydrography
- Landforms
- Fortification
- imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
- Datasets
Geospatial coordinates
- Bounding Box: BBOX (-65.83041, -65.410031, 44.823912, 44.530549)
- Geometry: BBOX (-65.83041, -65.410031, 44.823912, 44.530549)
Provider
Harvard
Rights
- Access rights: Public
Citation
Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library, Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1703-1772., Heulland, Guillaume d', d. ca. 1770., Charlevoix, Pierre-Francois-Xavier de, 1682-1761. Histoire et description generale de la nouvelle France. 1744. Annapolis Royal Region, Nova Scotia, Canada, 1744 (Raster Image). Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library. Raster data. https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-g3424-a45-1744-b4
Format
GeoTIFF