Title: France, 1723 (Raster Image)
- Raster data
- 2013
- Not owned by MIT (Owned by Harvard)
- Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library
- Fer, Nicolas de, 1646-1720, cartographer.
- Danet, Guillaume, approximately 1670-1732, publisher.
Dates
- Issued: 2013-11
- Coverage: 1723
Publishers
- Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library
Summary
This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: La France divisée par generalitez, par N. de Fer, Geographe de sa Majesté Catholique. It was published by Chez le Sr. Danet, Gendre de lAuteur sur le Pont N. Dame a la Sphere Royale avec Privil. du Roy in 1723. Scale approximately 1:2,200,000. Map in French. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Europe Lambert Conformal Conic 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 and administrative boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown pictorially. Includes also a table of the longitude and latitude of principal cities as determined by the latest observations of the Royal Academy of Sciences. and a detailied list of the generalities of France and of all their subdivisions.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
- Boundaries
- France
- Maps
- Human settlements
- Cities and towns
- Villages
- Landforms
- Bodies of water
- Administrative and political divisions
- imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
- Datasets
Geospatial coordinates
- Bounding Box: BBOX (-11.675745, 12.448517, 53.462196, 39.413456)
- Geometry: BBOX (-11.675745, 12.448517, 53.462196, 39.413456)
Provider
Harvard
Rights
- Access rights: Public
Citation
Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library, Fer, Nicolas de, 1646-1720, cartographer., Danet, Guillaume, approximately 1670-1732, publisher. France, 1723 (Raster Image). Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library. Raster data. https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-g5831-f7-1723-f4-copya
Format
GeoTIFF