Title: Moscow. Moskvy. Published under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Drawn by W.B. Clarke, archt. Engraved by B.R. Davies, 16 George Str., London University. Published by Baldwin & Cradock, 47 Paternoster Row, June 1836. (London: Chapman & Hall, 1844) (Raster Image)
- Raster data
- 2015
- Not owned by MIT (Owned by Stanford)
- Rumsey, David, 1944-
- Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain)
- Clarke, W. B.
- Davies, B. R.
Dates
- Issued: 2015
- Coverage: 1836
Publishers
- Cartography Associates
Summary
This layer is a georeferenced image of a map of Moscow created in 1836. The map includes 2 hand colored insets: View from the Sparrow Hill the Novo-Devitichei Monastery in the foreground -- Church of the Assumption in the Kremlin. The historic map layers in the Google Earth Rumsey Map Collection have been selected by David Rumsey from his large collection of historical maps, as well as some from other collections with which he collaborates. All the maps contain rich information about the past and represent a sampling of time periods, scales, and cartographic art, resulting in visual history stories that only old maps can tell. Each map has been georeferenced by Rumsey, thus creating unique digital map images that allow the old maps to appear in their correct places on the modern globe. Some of the maps fit perfectly in their modern spaces, while othersgenerally earlier period mapsreveal interesting geographical misconceptions of their time. Cultural features on the maps can be compared to the modern satellite views using the slider bars to adjust transparency. The result is an exploration of time as well as space, a marriage of historic cartographic masterpieces with innovative contemporary software tools.
Subjects
- Moscow (Russia)
- Historical geography
- Atlas map
- Imagery and Base Maps
- Datasets
Geospatial coordinates
- Bounding Box: BBOX (37.5143863, 37.7324263, 55.8056733, 55.6909833)
- Geometry: BBOX (37.5143863, 37.7324263, 55.8056733, 55.6909833)
Provider
Stanford
Rights
- Access rights: Public
Citation
Rumsey, David, 1944-, Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), Clarke, W. B., Davies, B. R. Moscow. Moskvy. Published under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Drawn by W.B. Clarke, archt. Engraved by B.R. Davies, 16 George Str., London University. Published by Baldwin & Cradock, 47 Paternoster Row, June 1836. (London: Chapman & Hall, 1844) (Raster Image). Cartography Associates. Raster data. http://purl.stanford.edu/pm260yw8870
Format
GeoTIFF
Languages
- English