Title: North Coast, Brazil, 1810 (Raster Image)
- Raster data
- 2013
- Not owned by MIT (Owned by Harvard)
Dates
- Issued: 2013-11
- Coverage: 1810
Publishers
- Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library
Summary
This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: A new chart of the north coast of Brazil : shewing the entrances and courses of the rivers Para and Amazon / by Wm. Heather. It was published by William Heather, at the Navigation Warehouse, No. 157, Leadenhall Street on Novr. 7th, 1810. Scale [ca. 1:1,350,000]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the SAD 69 / Brazil Polyconic 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, soundings, cities and other human settlements, fortifications, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, navigational and geographic notes, and more. Includes also insets: A chart of the entrances to the river Para with the adjacent shoals, from the Portuguese surveys &c. / by John Pedler, Master in the Royal Navy; The channel of Para on an enlarged scale. 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
- Brazil
- Maps
- Human settlements
- Cities and towns
- Villages
- Landforms
- Bodies of water
- Land use
- Infrastructure (Economics)
- Hydrography
- imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
- Datasets
Geospatial coordinates
- Bounding Box: BBOX (-53.391589, -44.542947, 2.110421, -5.088526)
- Geometry: BBOX (-53.391589, -44.542947, 2.110421, -5.088526)
Provider
Harvard
Rights
- Access rights: Public
Citation
Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library, Heather, William, 1764-1812., Pedler, John. North Coast, Brazil, 1810 (Raster Image). Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library. Raster data. https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-g5202-a4-1810-h4
Format
GeoTIFF