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Title: Southern South America, Chile/Paraguay, ca. 1747 (Raster Image)

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Dates

  • Issued: 2013-11
  • Coverage: 1747

Publishers

  • Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library

Summary

This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Typus geographicus : Chili a Paraguay, freti Magellanici &c. / ex PPbg. Alfonso d'Ovalle & Nicol. Techo nec non de Brouwer, Narbouroug, de Beauchesne &c., a Guiliel de l'Islio descriptae, insuperque secundum recentiores du Frezier relationes rectificato cui accedit Ichnographia Urb. cap. S. Iago. It was published by Editoribus Homannianis Heredibus, Norib ca. A. MDCCXXXIII 1733, i.e. 1747. Scale ca. 1:9,500,000. Map in Latin. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the South America Lambert Conformal Conic 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 boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown pictorially. Includes also geographic notes, prime meridian: Ferro, and inset: Plan de la ville de Santiago. 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

  • Boundaries
  • Transportation
  • South America
  • Paraguay
  • Chile
  • Argentina
  • Maps
  • Discoveries in geography
  • Human settlements
  • Cities and towns
  • Villages
  • Landforms
  • Bodies of water
  • Land use
  • Infrastructure (Economics)
  • imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
  • Datasets

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (-101.985743, -26.382591, -13.737792, -59.195992)
  • Geometry: BBOX (-101.985743, -26.382591, -13.737792, -59.195992)

Provider

Harvard

Rights

  • Access rights: Public

Citation

Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library, Ovalle, Alonso de, 1601-1651., Techo, Nicolás del, 1611-1685., Frézier, Amédée François, 1682-1773., Homann Erben (Firm). Southern South America, Chile/Paraguay, ca. 1747 (Raster Image). Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library. Raster data. https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-g5200-1747-o9

Format

GeoTIFF