Title: Nile River & Red Sea Region, 1828 (Raster Image)
- Raster data
- 2012
- Not owned by MIT (Owned by Harvard)
- Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library
- Lapie, M. (Pierre), 1779-1850.
- Flahaut.
- Hacq, J. M.
- Picquet, Charles, 1771-1827.
Dates
- Issued: 2012-01
- Coverage: 1828
Publishers
- Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library
Summary
This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Carte historique, physique & politique de l'Egypte, dressee par le Ch.er Lapie, 1er Geographe du Roi, Officier superieur au Corps Royal des Ingenieurs Geographes, d'apres les itineraires & les reconnaissances recueillis par MM. les Generaux Comtes Guilleminot, Tromelin & Fernig, ainsi que d'apres ceux de MM. Pacho, Caillaud, Coste, Burckhardt, Irwin &c. et les travaux de la Commission d'Egypte, le tout appuye sur les Observations Astronomiques de MM. Gauttier, Smith, Ruppel & Nouet ; grave par Flahaut, Rue de l'Est, N?1 ; ecrit par Hacq, Graveur du Depot de la Guerre. It was published by Chez Ch. Picquet in 1828. Scale [ca 1:120,000]. Covers the Nile River and Red Sea regions. Map in French. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Egypt Red Belt 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 drainage, cities and other human settlements, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, roads, historic sites and ruins, and more. Relief shown by hachures. Includes insets: 'Plan d'Alexandrie' (1:50,000) and 'Plan du Caire' (1:50,000).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
- Nile River
- Red Sea
- Egypt
- Gaza Strip
- Israel
- Jordan
- Saudi Arabia
- Syria
- West Bank
- Maps
- Human settlements
- Cities and towns
- Villages
- Landforms
- Bodies of water
- Infrastructure (Economics)
- imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
- Datasets
Geospatial coordinates
- Bounding Box: BBOX (26.315709, 37.388583, 33.939769, 21.962755)
- Geometry: BBOX (26.315709, 37.388583, 33.939769, 21.962755)
Provider
Harvard
Rights
- Access rights: Public
Citation
Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library, Lapie, M. (Pierre), 1779-1850., Flahaut., Hacq, J. M., Picquet, Charles, 1771-1827. Nile River & Red Sea Region, 1828 (Raster Image). Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library. Raster data. https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-g8300-1828-l3
Format
GeoTIFF