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Title: Central Europe Region, ca. 1816 (Raster Image)

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Dates

  • Issued: 2011-09
  • Coverage: 1816

Publishers

  • Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library

Summary

This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Deutschland und der groste Theil der umliegenden Staaten : oder Mittel-Europa in 35 Blattern : nach astronomischen Ortsbestimmungen und den besten Special-Karten, mit Rucksicht auf die neuesten Grenz-Bestimmungen entworfen, zufolge der Wiener Congress-Akte, des Pariser Friedens vom 21ten Nov. 1815, und der neuesten Austauschungen 1816, von H.H. Gotthold ; geschrieben und gestochen von H. Kliewer ; samtliche Geburge im Atlas sind gezeichnet und gestochen von Paulus Schmidt, so wie auch die Sectionen 3,11,16,18,19,21,25,26,31 von demselben gestochen worden. It was published by Simon Schropp & Co., ca. 1816. Scale [ca. 1:1,100,000]. Covers the Central Europe region. Map in German. 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, roads, ground cover, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by shading. Includes also inset index map.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
  • Austria
  • Belarus
  • Belgium
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Croatia
  • Czech Republic
  • Denmark
  • France
  • Germany
  • Hungary
  • Italy
  • Latvia
  • Liechtenstein
  • Lithuania
  • Luxembourg
  • Netherlands
  • Poland
  • Romania
  • Russia
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • Ukraine
  • United Kingdom
  • Europe, Central
  • Europe, Western
  • Maps
  • Human settlements
  • Cities and towns
  • Villages
  • Landforms
  • Bodies of water
  • Land use
  • Infrastructure (Economics)
  • imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
  • Datasets

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (-2.656353, 26.789843, 57.648954, 43.637099)
  • Geometry: BBOX (-2.656353, 26.789843, 57.648954, 43.637099)

Provider

Harvard

Rights

  • Access rights: Public

Citation

Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library, Gotthold, H. H., Kliewer d. A., Heinrich, 1793-1840., Schmidt, Paulus., Simon Schropp'sche Hof-Landkartenhandlung. Central Europe Region, ca. 1816 (Raster Image). Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library. Raster data. https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-g6030-1816-g6

Format

GeoTIFF