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Title: South India, 1800 (Raster Image)

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Dates

  • Issued: 2011-12
  • Coverage: 1800

Publishers

  • Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library

Summary

This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: The peninsula of India : from the Kistnah River to Cape Comorin : exhibiting the partition of the territories of the late Tippoo Sultaun, according to the treaty of 1792, made by the Marquis Cornwallis, and that of 1799, made by the Marquis Wellesley by J. Rennell ; writing b W. Harrison. It was published by J. Rennell : sold by G. Nicol in 1800. Scale [ca. 1:2,300,000]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Kalianpur 1975 India Zone III 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, administrative and colonial boundaries, shoreline features, 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
  • India
  • Maps
  • Human settlements
  • Cities and towns
  • Villages
  • Landforms
  • Bodies of water
  • imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
  • Datasets

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (71.187672, 82.385258, 19.949959, 5.227927)
  • Geometry: BBOX (71.187672, 82.385258, 19.949959, 5.227927)

Provider

Harvard

Rights

  • Access rights: Public

Citation

Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library, Rennell, James, 1742-1830., Nicol, G. (George), Harrison, William. South India, 1800 (Raster Image). Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library. Raster data. https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-g7652-i6-1800-r4

Format

GeoTIFF