Title: France, 1763 (Raster Image)
- Raster data
- 2013
- Not owned by MIT (Owned by Harvard)
- Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library
- Rizzi-Zannoni, Giovanni Antonio, 1736-1814, cartographer.
- Desnos, Louis-Charles, 1725-1805, publisher.
Dates
- Issued: 2013-10
- Coverage: 1763
Publishers
- Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library
Summary
This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Projection geo-spherique ou Plan trigonographique de la France : contenant tous les lieux devenus celebres dans l'Astronomie par le grand nombre d'observations celestes qu'y ont ete faites depuis l'etablissement de l'Academie R. des Sciences et tous ceux dont la longitude et la latitude se concluent des operations geometriques, entreprises des le commencement de ce Siecle par ordre de Sa Majeste pour determiner la figure de la Terre, dressee pour l'utilite des geographes et des navigateurs par Mr. Rizzi Zannoni de l'Acad? Roy? de Sc? et Belles Lettres de Gottingue. It was published by Donnee au public et dirigee par Desnos, Rue S. Jacques, au Globe in 1763. Scale approximately 1:3,100,000. 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. Includes also ornamental cartouche decorated with coat of arms of France and surveying tools; Remarques; bar scales.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
- France
- Maps
- Human settlements
- Cities and towns
- Villages
- Bodies of water
- imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
- Datasets
Geospatial coordinates
- Bounding Box: BBOX (-13.574276, 16.151537, 54.954005, 36.619538)
- Geometry: BBOX (-13.574276, 16.151537, 54.954005, 36.619538)
Provider
Harvard
Rights
- Access rights: Public
Citation
Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library, Rizzi-Zannoni, Giovanni Antonio, 1736-1814, cartographer., Desnos, Louis-Charles, 1725-1805, publisher. France, 1763 (Raster Image). Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library. Raster data. https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-g5830-1763-r5
Format
GeoTIFF