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Title: Coast, North Africa, Tunisia and Algeria, 1829 (Image 2 of 2) (Raster Image)

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Dates

  • Issued: 2013-03
  • Coverage: 1829

Publishers

  • Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library

Summary

This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Carte comparee des regences d'Alger et de Tunis, dressee par le Chev. Lapie, Geographe du Roi ; les noms anciens ont ete revus par ... Hase ; les noms arabes par ... Taubert ; grave par Flahaut ; ecrit par Lallemand. It was published by Chez Ch. Picquet, Quai Conti, no. 17 in 1829. Scale [ca. 1:1,632,653], 16 km=9.8 cm. This layer is image 2 of 2 total images of the two sheet source map, representing the eastern portion of the map. Covers the coast of North Africa including Tunisia, Algeria and portions of Morocco and Libya. Map in French. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Europe Lambert Conformal Conic 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, roads, cities and other human settlements, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown by hachures.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
  • Algeria
  • Tunisia
  • Libya
  • Morocco
  • Italy
  • Spain
  • Africa, North
  • Maps
  • Human settlements
  • Cities and towns
  • Villages
  • Landforms
  • Bodies of water
  • imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
  • Datasets

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (2.569394, 15.104965, 41.563678, 29.188111)
  • Geometry: BBOX (2.569394, 15.104965, 41.563678, 29.188111)

Provider

Harvard

Rights

  • Access rights: Public

Citation

Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library, Lapie, M. (Pierre), 1779-1850., Picquet, Charles., Flahaut. Coast, North Africa, Tunisia and Algeria, 1829 (Image 2 of 2) (Raster Image). Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library. Raster data. https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-g8220-1829-l3-sh2

Format

GeoTIFF