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Title: Rome, Italy, 1748 (Raster Image)

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Dates

  • Issued: 2014
  • Coverage: 1748

Publishers

  • Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library

Summary

This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: All'Emo., e Rmo. Sigr. Pne. Colmo., Il Sig.r Cardinale Alessandro Albani Emo., e Rmo. principe ardisco d'offerire all'Emza. Vra. ristretta in questa picciola Pianta la nuova Topografia di Roma : con sicurezza, che ella sara per benignamente accoglierla, non come opra mia, ma come cosa, che dalla medesima ha'avuto il principe e'l compimento, animato da V.E. m'accinsi all'Impresa e assistito dalla Sua valida Protezione l'ho a fine ridotta-- by Gio. Battista Nolli ; Piranesi e Nolli incisero. It was published by Gio. Battista Nolli in 1748. Scale [ca. 1:10,000]. Map in Italian.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 33N 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 roads, drainage, built-up areas and selected buildings, churches, plazas, fortifications, ground cover, and more. Relief shown by hachures. Includes also added title: Topografia Di Roma Di Gio. Battista Nolli dalla maggiore in questa minor tavola dal medesimo ridotta. 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
  • Italy
  • Rome
  • Vatican City
  • Maps
  • Human settlements
  • Cities and towns
  • Villages
  • Landforms
  • Bodies of water
  • Land use
  • Infrastructure (Economics)
  • imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
  • Datasets

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (12.430057, 12.538602, 41.924532, 41.857197)
  • Geometry: BBOX (12.430057, 12.538602, 41.924532, 41.857197)

Provider

Harvard

Rights

  • Access rights: Public

Citation

Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library, Nolli, Giambattista, approximately 1692-1756., Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778., Nolli, Carlo, -approximately 1770. Rome, Italy, 1748 (Raster Image). Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library. Raster data. https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-g6714-r7-1748-n55

Format

GeoTIFF