Title: Portobelo Bay, Panama, 1740 (Raster Image)
- Raster data
- 2013
- Not owned by MIT (Owned by Harvard)
Dates
- Issued: 2013-11
- Coverage: 1740
Publishers
- Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library
Summary
This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Portus pulchri, in Isthmo Panamensi siti accurata ichnographia ex prototypo Londinensi desumta. Scenographia Portus pulchri ex prototypo Londinensi recusa per Heredes Homannianos, von Phil. Durell entworfen. It was published in 1740. Not drawn to scale. Map titles in Latin, notes in German. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the North American Datum 1983, Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) Zone 17N 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, cities and other human settlements, territorial boundaries, woodlands, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown pictorially. Depth shown by soundings. Illustrated with ships, naval battles, and urban layouts. 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
- Central America
- Panama
- Maps
- Military topography
- Human settlements
- Cities and towns
- Villages
- Landforms
- Bodies of water
- Land use
- Buildings
- Infrastructure (Economics)
- imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
- intelligenceMilitary
- Datasets
Geospatial coordinates
- Bounding Box: BBOX (-79.741316, -79.61634, 9.632304, 9.507847999999999)
- Geometry: BBOX (-79.741316, -79.61634, 9.632304, 9.507847999999999)
Provider
Harvard
Rights
- Access rights: Public
Citation
Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library, Durell, Philip, -1766., Homann Erben (Firm). Portobelo Bay, Panama, 1740 (Raster Image). Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library. Raster data. https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-g4872-p6-1740-d7
Format
GeoTIFF