Title: South Asia and Southeast Asia, 1654 (Raster Image)
- Raster data
- 2014
- Not owned by MIT (Owned by Harvard)
Dates
- Issued: 2014-04
- Coverage: 1654
Publishers
- Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library
Summary
This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: India quae Orientalis dicitur et insulae adiacentes, from the Frederik de Wit's untitled Dutch Sea Atlas. It was published by Frederick de Widt, inde Calverstraat by den Dam, inde 3 Crabben in 1654. Scale [ca. 1:17,700,000]. Covers South Asia and Southeast Asia. Map in Dutch.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS 84) 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 coastal features such as harbors, inlets, rocks, channels, points, coves, shoals, islands, and more. Includes also selected land features such as cities and towns, and other points of interest. Relief shown pictorially. 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
- Oceans
- South Asia
- Southeast Asia
- Afghanistan
- Atlantic Ocean
- Australia
- Bangladesh
- Bhutan
- British Indian Ocean Territory
- Brunei
- Burma
- Cambodia
- China
- Christmas Island
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands
- India
- Indian Ocean
- Indonesia
- Japan
- Laos
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Micronesia, Federated States of
- Nepal
- North Korea
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Papua New Guinea
- Philippines
- Singapore
- Solomon Islands
- South Korea
- Sri Lanka
- Tajikistan
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Turkmenistan
- Uzbekistan
- Vietnam
- Mariana Islands
- Maps
- Nautical charts
- Coasts
- Bodies of water
- Harbors
- Hydrography
- Human settlements
- Cities and towns
- Landforms
- imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
- Datasets
Geospatial coordinates
- Bounding Box: BBOX (55.081684, 168.256229, 45.680382, -31.473298)
- Geometry: BBOX (55.081684, 168.256229, 45.680382, -31.473298)
Provider
Harvard
Rights
- Access rights: Public
Citation
Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library, Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571-1638. South Asia and Southeast Asia, 1654 (Raster Image). Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library. Raster data. https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-g1059-w57-1654-pf-sh11
Format
GeoTIFF