Title: Chile and Argentina, 1779 (Raster Image)
- Raster data
- 2009
- Not owned by MIT (Owned by Harvard)
- Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library
- Harvard University. Library. Open Collections Program
- Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d', 1697-1782.
- Santini, P.
- Remondini, Giuseppe Antonio, 1747-1811.
Dates
- Issued: 2009-05
- Coverage: 1779
Publishers
- Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library
Summary
This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Carte du Chili meridional, du Rio de la Plata des Patagons, et du Detroit de Magellan : ce qui fait l'extremite australe de l'Amerique Meridle., par le sr. d'Anville. It was published by P. Santini in 1779. Scale [ca. 1:6,500,000]. Covers southern South America including portions of Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, and the Falkland Islands. Map in French. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to a non-standard 'World Sinusoidal' projection with the central meridian at 58.000000 degrees west. 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 is shown pictorially. Includes note. 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
- South America
- Chile
- Argentina
- Brazil
- Falkland Islands
- Uruguay
- Maps
- Human settlements
- Cities and towns
- Landforms
- Bodies of water
- imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
- Datasets
Geospatial coordinates
- Bounding Box: BBOX (-124.580004, -6.234878, -27.447714, -61.913489)
- Geometry: BBOX (-124.580004, -6.234878, -27.447714, -61.913489)
Provider
Harvard
Rights
- Access rights: Public
Citation
Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library, Harvard University. Library. Open Collections Program, Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d', 1697-1782., Santini, P., Remondini, Giuseppe Antonio, 1747-1811. Chile and Argentina, 1779 (Raster Image). Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library. Raster data. https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-g5331-s12-1779-a5
Format
GeoTIFF