Title: United States, ca. 1881 (Raster Image)
- Raster data
- 2013
- Not owned by MIT (Owned by Harvard)
Dates
- Issued: 2013-11
- Coverage: 1881
Publishers
- Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library
Summary
This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Rambles through our country : an instructive geographical game for the young. It was published by American Publishing Co. ca. 1881. Not drawn to scale. 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 population stereotypes, flora and fauna, drainage, cities and other human settlements, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Pictorial map to be used as a game board. 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
- Society
- United States
- Maps
- History
- Stereotypes (Social psychology)
- Human settlements
- Cities and towns
- Villages
- Landforms
- Bodies of water
- Land use
- Infrastructure (Economics)
- imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
- Datasets
Geospatial coordinates
- Bounding Box: BBOX (-133.508749, -59.340379, 56.182785, 19.134316)
- Geometry: BBOX (-133.508749, -59.340379, 56.182785, 19.134316)
Provider
Harvard
Rights
- Access rights: Public
Citation
Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library, American Publishing Company (Hartford, Conn.). United States, ca. 1881 (Raster Image). Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library. Raster data. https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-g3701-a9-1881-r3-vf
Format
GeoTIFF