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Title: Sweden and Norway, 1803 (Raster Image)

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Dates

  • Issued: 2019-06
  • Coverage: 1803

Publishers

  • Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library

Summary

This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: General Karte von Schweden und Norwegen : nach den schwedischen Karten des Freyherrn von Hermelin und den dänischen des Conferenzraths Erichsen und Pontoppidan über Norwegen, neu entworfen, und nach den besten astronomischen Ortsbestimmungen berichtiget. It was published by: im Verlag der K.K. Priv. Schneider und Weigelschen Kunst- und Buchhandlung in 1803. Scale ca. 1:3,400,000. 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 (EPSG: 102014) coordinate system. All map features and collar and inset information are shown 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 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 geographies, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and map purposes.

Subjects

  • Boundaries
  • Scandinavia
  • Sweden
  • Norway
  • Finland
  • Denmark
  • Maps
  • imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
  • Datasets

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (-24.385641, 59.661241, 73.964718, 48.343325)
  • Geometry: BBOX (-24.385641, 59.661241, 73.964718, 48.343325)

Provider

Harvard

Rights

  • Access rights: Public

Citation

Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library, Sotzmann, D. F. Sweden and Norway, 1803 (Raster Image). Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library. Raster data. https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-g6910-1803-s6

Format

GeoTIFF