Title: Great Britain, 1715 (Image 1 of 2) (Raster Image)
- Raster data
- 2013
- Not owned by MIT (Owned by Harvard)
Dates
- Issued: 2013-11
- Coverage: 1715
Publishers
- Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library
Summary
This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Carte des Royaumes d'Angleterre, d'Ecosse et d'Irlande : avec les costes maritimes de France, Païs-Bas, d'Allemagne, Danemarck et Norvège, qui environnent la Mer du Nord, ou sont marquez les Bancs et les Sondes &c. : dressée sur plusieurs cartes particulières, mémoires et autres, faites sur les lieux par opérations géométriques / gravée et dédiée au Roy d'Angleterre d'Ecosse et d'Irlande par son très humble et très obéissant serviteur C. Inselin, Géographe. It was published by chez Sr. Jaillot, Géographe, joignant les Grands Augustins aux deux Globes in 1715. Scale [ca. 1:1,500,000] This layer is image 1 of 2 total images of the 2 sheet source map, representing the western portion of the map. 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 boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown pictorially, depths by soundings. Includes also decorative title cartouche showing the coat of arms of great Britain with mythological figures. Includes compass rose. 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
- Boundaries
- Transportation
- United Kingdom
- Great Britain
- Maps
- Human settlements
- Cities and towns
- Villages
- Landforms
- Bodies of water
- Land use
- Infrastructure (Economics)
- imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
- Datasets
Geospatial coordinates
- Bounding Box: BBOX (-21.997398, 3.104182, 62.481343, 45.115221)
- Geometry: BBOX (-21.997398, 3.104182, 62.481343, 45.115221)
Provider
Harvard
Rights
- Access rights: Public
Citation
Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library, Inselin, C., Jaillot, Alexis Hubert, 1632?-1712. Great Britain, 1715 (Image 1 of 2) (Raster Image). Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library. Raster data. https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-g5740-1715-i5-sh1
Format
GeoTIFF