Title: Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, 1780 (Raster Image)
- Raster data
- 2006
- Not owned by MIT (Owned by Harvard)
- Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library
- Chabert, Joseph Bernard, marquis de, 1724-1805.
- Des Barres, Joseph F. W. (Joseph Frederick Wallet), 1722-1824.
- Sartine, Antoine de, comte d'Alby, 1729-1801.
Dates
- Issued: 2006-05
- Coverage: 1780
Publishers
- Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library
Summary
This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Carte particuliere du havre de Boston, reduite de la carte anglaise de J.E.S. Des Barres, ecuyer ; la declinaison de l'aiguille aimantee a ete observee de 6d. 4'. N.O. en 8bre. 1778, par M. le marquis de Chabert qui a sussi determine a terre la latitude de divers points auxquels cette carte a ete assujetie. It was published by Depot des cartes et plans de la marine, 1780. Scale [ca. 1:33,000]. Covers Boston Harbor and adjacent lands. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Massachusetts State Plane Coordinate System, Mainland Zone (in Feet) (Fipszone 2001). 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, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows coastal features such as rocks, flats, channels, points, coves, islands, and more. Depths are shown by soundings and shading. It also shows land features such as roads, settlements, drainage, and more. Relief is shown by hachures. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps of Massachusetts from the Harvard Map Collection. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features. The selection represents a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates (1755-1922), scales, and purposes. The digitized selection includes maps of: the state, Massachusetts counties, town surveys, coastal features, real property, parks, cemeteries, railroads, roads, public works projects, etc.
Subjects
- Oceans
- Transportation
- Massachusetts
- Boston Harbor
- Boston Bay
- Boston
- Nahant
- Revere
- Winthrop
- Chelsea
- Everett
- Medford
- Cambridge
- Somerville
- Brookline
- Milton
- Quincy
- Hingham
- Hull
- Maps
- Bodies of water
- Nautical charts
- Harbors
- Coasts
- imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
- Datasets
Geospatial coordinates
- Bounding Box: BBOX (-71.149934, -70.805148, 42.421253, 42.242264)
- Geometry: BBOX (-71.149934, -70.805148, 42.421253, 42.242264)
Provider
Harvard
Rights
- Access rights: Public
Citation
Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library, Chabert, Joseph Bernard, marquis de, 1724-1805., Des Barres, Joseph F. W. (Joseph Frederick Wallet), 1722-1824., Sartine, Antoine de, comte d'Alby, 1729-1801. Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, 1780 (Raster Image). Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library. Raster data. https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-maprt-3762-b65-1780-c5-c2
Format
GeoTIFF