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Title: Northeast Algeria, 1844 (Raster Image)

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Dates

  • Issued: 2012-02
  • Coverage: 1844

Publishers

  • Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library

Summary

This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Carte de la province de Constantine, dressee au Depot general de la guerre ; grave par J. Schwaerzle. It was published by Imp. de Kaeppelin et Cie. in 1844. Scale 1:400,000. Covers northeast Algeria and a portion of Tunisia. 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, roads, camps, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights.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
  • Algeria
  • Maps
  • Human settlements
  • Cities and towns
  • Villages
  • Landforms
  • Bodies of water
  • imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
  • Datasets

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (4.525285, 9.235329999999999, 37.763556, 34.996228)
  • Geometry: BBOX (4.525285, 9.235329999999999, 37.763556, 34.996228)

Provider

Harvard

Rights

  • Access rights: Public

Citation

Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library, Depot de la guerre (France), Lith. Kaeppelin. Northeast Algeria, 1844 (Raster Image). Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library. Raster data. https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-g8243-c6-1844-d4

Format

GeoTIFF