Title: Pacific Coast of Mexico, Central America, and the Region Around the Galapagos Islands Showing Route of the Steamer Albatross, 1891 (Raster Image)
- Raster data
- 2009
- Not owned by MIT (Owned by Harvard)
- Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library
- Harvard University. Library. Open Collections Program
- United States Fish Commission.
- Agassiz, Alexander, 1835-1910.
- Harvard University. Museum of Comparative Zoology.
- Tanner, Z. L. (Zera Luther), 1835-1906.
- Meisel, Berthold.
Dates
- Issued: 2009-11
- Coverage: 1891
Publishers
- Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library
Summary
This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Explorations of the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross : Lieut. Comdr. Z. L. Tanner U.S.N. Comdg. : Februrary to April 1891. It was printed for the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University in 1892. Scale [ca. 1:7,500,000]. Covers the Pacific Coast of Mexico, Central America, and the region around the Galapagos Islands. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the 'Mercator' 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, human settlements, shoreline features, bays, harbors, islands, and more. Relief shown by soundings and bathymetric isolines and tints. Shows the route of the Agassiz-Albatross Cruise 1891. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from the Harvard Map Collection and the Harvard University Library as part of the Open Collections Program at Harvard University project: Organizing Our World: Sponsored Exploration and Scientific Discovery in the Modern Age. Maps selected for the project correspond to various expeditions and represent a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and purposes.
Subjects
- Oceans
- Pacific Ocean
- Central America
- Ecuador
- Galapagos Islands
- Mexico
- Maps
- Nautical charts
- Scientific expeditions
- Islands
- Landforms
- Coasts
- Human settlements
- Cities and towns
- Bodies of water
- imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
- Datasets
Geospatial coordinates
- Bounding Box: BBOX (-123.232581, -69.716914, 36.660589, -10.983881)
- Geometry: BBOX (-123.232581, -69.716914, 36.660589, -10.983881)
Provider
Harvard
Rights
- Access rights: Public
Citation
Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library, Harvard University. Library. Open Collections Program, United States Fish Commission., Agassiz, Alexander, 1835-1910., Harvard University. Museum of Comparative Zoology., Tanner, Z. L. (Zera Luther), 1835-1906., Meisel, Berthold. Pacific Coast of Mexico, Central America, and the Region Around the Galapagos Islands Showing Route of the Steamer Albatross, 1891 (Raster Image). Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library. Raster data. https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-g5231-s12-1891-u5
Format
GeoTIFF