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Title: Paris, France, 5th-10th Century (Time Series Map 2 of 8) (Raster Image)

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Dates

  • Issued: 2014-10

Publishers

  • Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library

Summary

This layer is a georeferenced raster image from the historic paper map series entitled: Lutece ... plan de la ville de Paris ..., par M.L.C.D.L.M. ; A. Coquart, delineavit et sculp. It was published by Jean & Pierre Cot in 1705. Scale [ca. 1:10,000]. This image is of map 2 entitled: Lutece conquise par les Francois sur les Romains, ou, second plan de la ville de Paris: tire du misopogone de l'empereur Iulien, d'Amian Marcellin, de Gregoire de Tours, de Boece, de l'abbe Suger, des ancients titres, du tresor des chartres, des archives de St. Germain, de St. Magloire, de St. Eloy, du temple et des vestiges de cette ancienne enceinte qui subsiste encore au jourd'huy ou l'on a vu de nos jours. The map represents Paris, 5th to 10th Centuries. Map in French.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 31N 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, towns and villages, roads, built-up areas and selected buildings, fortification, ground cover, and more. Relief shown by hachures.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
  • France
  • Paris
  • Maps
  • Human settlements
  • Cities and towns
  • Villages
  • Landforms
  • Bodies of water
  • Land use
  • Infrastructure (Economics)
  • imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
  • Datasets

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (2.267726, 2.426663, 48.904065, 48.808363)
  • Geometry: BBOX (2.267726, 2.426663, 48.904065, 48.808363)

Provider

Harvard

Rights

  • Access rights: Public

Citation

Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library, La Mare, Nicolas de, 1639-1723., Bacon, Edmund N., donor., Fer, Nicolas de, 1646-1720., Coquart, A., Jean & Pierre Cot. Paris, France, 5th-10th Century (Time Series Map 2 of 8) (Raster Image). Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library. Raster data. https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-g5834-p3-1705-l3-sh2

Format

GeoTIFF