Title: Caucasus, 1802 (Raster Image)
- Raster data
- 2010
- Not owned by MIT (Owned by Harvard)
- Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library
- Harvard University. Library. Open Collections Program
- Reinecke, Johann Matthias Christoph, 1770-1818.
- Industrie-Comptoir (Weimar, Thuringia, Germany)
Dates
- Issued: 2010-01
- Coverage: 1802
Publishers
- Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library
Summary
This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Charte der Laender am Caucasus nach den besten vorhandenen, Charten, Reisen und astronomischen Orstbestimugen gezeichnet von I. C. M. Reinecke. It was published by Im Verlage des Industrie Comptoirs in 1802. Scale [ca. 1:2,100,000]. Covers the Caucasus. Map in German. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to a modified 'Europe Lambert Conformal Conic' projection with a central meridian of 44 degrees East projection. 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 and provincial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown by hachures. Includes note. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from the Harvard Map Collection as part of the Open Collections Program at Harvard University project: Islamic Heritage Project. Maps selected for the project represent a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and purposes. The Islamic Heritage Project consists of over 100,000 digitized pages from Harvard's collections of Islamic manuscripts and published materials. Supported by Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal and developed in association with the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program at Harvard University.
Subjects
- Caucasus
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Georgia
- Iran
- Russia
- Turkey
- Ukraine
- Maps
- Human settlements
- Cities and towns
- Landforms
- Bodies of water
- imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
- Datasets
Geospatial coordinates
- Bounding Box: BBOX (32.893553, 53.835728, 48.885105, 36.998535)
- Geometry: BBOX (32.893553, 53.835728, 48.885105, 36.998535)
Provider
Harvard
Rights
- Access rights: Public
Citation
Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library, Harvard University. Library. Open Collections Program, Reinecke, Johann Matthias Christoph, 1770-1818., Industrie-Comptoir (Weimar, Thuringia, Germany). Caucasus, 1802 (Raster Image). Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library. Raster data. https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-g7120-1802-r4
Format
GeoTIFF