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Title: Florence, Italy, 1818 (Raster Image)

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Dates

  • Issued: 2015-02
  • Coverage: 1818

Publishers

  • Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library

Summary

This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Pianta della citta di Firenze, designata da Cesare Merlini ; incisa da Ant. Verico ; scritto nello Studio Giarre. It was published by stamperia del Giglio in 1818. Scale [1:6,200]. Map in Italian. Covers a portion of Florence, Italy.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the European Datum 1950, Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) Zone 32N projected 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 roads, bridges, drainage, built-up areas and selected buildings, fortifications, ground cover, and more. Relief is shown by hachures. Includes illustration and index.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
  • Italy
  • Florence
  • Maps
  • Human settlements
  • Cities and towns
  • Land use
  • Landforms
  • Infrastructure (Economics)
  • Bodies of water
  • imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
  • Datasets

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (11.220015, 11.284534, 43.792044, 43.754404)
  • Geometry: BBOX (11.220015, 11.284534, 43.792044, 43.754404)

Provider

Harvard

Rights

  • Access rights: Public

Citation

Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library, Merlini, Cesare., Studio Giarre., Verico, Ant. (Antonio), b. 1775. Florence, Italy, 1818 (Raster Image). Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library. Raster data. https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-g6714-f5-1818-m4

Format

GeoTIFF