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Title: Exposition universelle d'Anvers, Antwerp, Belgium, 1885 (Raster Image)

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Dates

  • Issued: 2014-10
  • Coverage: 1885

Publishers

  • Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library

Summary

This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan instantane de la ville d'Anvers : indiquant l'Exposition Universelle et tous les principaux monuments en relief, le trace des tramways, les nouveaux quais hangars, etc., etc., dresse par E.V.D.H. It was published by Richd. Huybrechts & Cie in 1885. Scale [ca. 1:11,000]. Covers Antwerp, Belgium. Map in French. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Belgian Lambert 1972 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 roads, railroads, drainage, built-up areas and selected buildings, ground cover, fortifications, canals, docks, and more. Relief shown pictorially. Shows buildings and points of interest related to the Exposition universelle d'Anvers.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
  • Belgium
  • Antwerp
  • Maps
  • Human settlements
  • Cities and towns
  • Landforms
  • Bodies of water
  • Land use
  • Infrastructure (Economics)
  • Exhibition buildings
  • imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
  • Datasets

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (4.360752, 4.467246, 51.254671, 51.174323)
  • Geometry: BBOX (4.360752, 4.467246, 51.254671, 51.174323)

Provider

Harvard

Rights

  • Access rights: Public

Citation

Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library, Richard Huybrechts & Cie. Exposition universelle d'Anvers, Antwerp, Belgium, 1885 (Raster Image). Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library. Raster data. https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-g6014-a5-2e9-1885-r5

Format

GeoTIFF