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Title: Middle Atlantic States, 1749 (Raster Image)

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Dates

  • Issued: 2012-11
  • Coverage: 1749

Publishers

  • Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library

Summary

This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: A map of Pensilvania, New-Jersey, New-York, and the three Delaware counties; L. Hebert, sculpt. It was published March 25, 1749. Scale [ca. 1:960,000]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the North American 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, portages, selected roads, and more. Relief shown pictorially ; soundings shown in fathoms. Includes also descriptive notes, distance chart, and explanation of symbols.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
  • New York
  • New Jersey
  • Delaware
  • Pennsylvania
  • Maryland
  • District of Columbia
  • Virginia
  • Vermont
  • Massachusetts
  • Connecticut
  • Middle Atlantic States
  • Maps
  • Human settlements
  • Cities and towns
  • Villages
  • Landforms
  • Bodies of water
  • imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
  • Datasets

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (-80.477904, -70.362882, 44.849969, 37.274322)
  • Geometry: BBOX (-80.477904, -70.362882, 44.849969, 37.274322)

Provider

Harvard

Rights

  • Access rights: Public

Citation

Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library, Evans, Lewis, 1700?-1756., Hebert, L. Middle Atlantic States, 1749 (Raster Image). Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library. Raster data. https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-g3790-1749-e8

Format

GeoTIFF