Title: Eastern Virginia, ca. 1862 (Raster Image)
- Raster data
- 2013
- Not owned by MIT (Owned by Harvard)
- Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library
- Paine, W. H. (William H.)
- United States. Army of the Potomac. Office of Surveys and Maps.
- Macomb, J. N. (John N.), 1810 or 1811-1889.
- United States. Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers.
Dates
- Issued: 2013-10
- Coverage: 1862
Publishers
- Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library
Summary
This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Map of a part of Eastern Virginia : including portions of Spotsylvania Co. and adjoining counties, compiled under the direction of Col. J.N. Macomb, A.D.C. Maj. Top'l. Engr. ; by Capt. W.H. Paine, A.D.C. It was published by Coast Survey Office ca. 1862. Scale [ca. 1:63,360]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Virginia North State Plane NAD 1983 (Fipszone 4501) 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, roads, railroads, selected buildings with names of landowners, 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
- Virginia
- Maps
- Human settlements
- Cities and towns
- Villages
- Landforms
- Bodies of water
- Land use
- Infrastructure (Economics)
- American Civil War (1861-1865)
- imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
- intelligenceMilitary
- Datasets
Geospatial coordinates
- Bounding Box: BBOX (-77.855434, -77.179471, 38.481327, 37.870442)
- Geometry: BBOX (-77.855434, -77.179471, 38.481327, 37.870442)
Provider
Harvard
Rights
- Access rights: Public
Citation
Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library, Paine, W. H. (William H.), United States. Army of the Potomac. Office of Surveys and Maps., Macomb, J. N. (John N.), 1810 or 1811-1889., United States. Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers. Eastern Virginia, ca. 1862 (Raster Image). Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library. Raster data. https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-g3881-s5-1862-p3
Format
GeoTIFF