Title: Coasts, Mediterranean Sea Region, 1763 (Raster Image)
- Raster data
- 2011
- Not owned by MIT (Owned by Harvard)
Dates
- Issued: 2011-06
- Coverage: 1763
Publishers
- Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library
Summary
This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Carte de la mer Mediterranee : appuyee sur les observations astronomiques, combinees avec les itineraires anciens et modernes, par M. Bonne, Mtre. de Mathemat., Membre de la Societe literaire militaire, Ingenieur-Geographe. It was published by Chez Lattre in 1763. Scale [ca. 1:6,000,000]. Covers Mediterranean Sea region, part of the Black Sea, and coasts of Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East. Map in French.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the World Miller Cylindrical 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, shoreline features, and more.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
- Oceans
- Mediterranean Sea
- Black Sea
- Atlantic Ocean
- Europe
- Africa, North
- Middle East
- Maps
- Nautical charts
- Coasts
- Human settlements
- Cities and towns
- Villages
- Landforms
- Bodies of water
- imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
- inlandWaters
- Datasets
Geospatial coordinates
- Bounding Box: BBOX (-12.100263, 41.903766, 52.325522, 21.057494)
- Geometry: BBOX (-12.100263, 41.903766, 52.325522, 21.057494)
Provider
Harvard
Rights
- Access rights: Public
Citation
Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library, Bonne, Rigobert, 1727-1794. Coasts, Mediterranean Sea Region, 1763 (Raster Image). Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library. Raster data. https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-g5672-m4-1763-b6
Format
GeoTIFF