Central America & Caribbean Region, 1803 (Image 2 of 4) (Raster Image)

Description:

This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Chart of the West Indies and Spanish Dominions in North America, by A. Arrowsmith ; Jones, Smith & Co., sc. Beaufort Buildgs., Strand. It was published June 1st, 1803, by A. Arrowsmith, No. 24 Rathbone Place in 1803. Scale [ca. 1:2,775,525]. This layer is image 2 of 4 total images of the four sheet source map, representing the southeast portion fo the map. Covers primarily Central America and the Caribbean region.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the World Miller Cylindrical projected 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, cities and other human settlements, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, roads, mines, and more. Relief shown by hachures, depths shown by soundings. Includes notes.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.

Creator:

Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library, Arrowsmith, Aaron, 1750-1823., and Jones & Smith.

Publisher:

Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library

Provider:

Harvard

Resource Class:

Datasets

Resource Type:

Raster data

Subject:

Maps, Human settlements, Cities and towns, Villages, Landforms, Bodies of water, Infrastructure (Economics), Transportation, and imageryBaseMapsEarthCover

Temporal Coverage:

1803

Date Issued:

2012-02

Spatial Coverage:

Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, The, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sint Maarten, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands, Central America, and Caribbean Area

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

GeoTIFF