Carte de la Grece, ca. 1716 (Raster Image)

Description:

This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Carte de la Grece : dressée sur un grand nombre de memoires anciens et nouveaux, sur ceux de Mrs. Wheler et Tournefort, sur les observations astronomiques de Mr. Vernon, du P. Feuillée Minime & c. It was published by: Chez l'Auteur sur le Quai de l'Horloge ca. 1716. Scale approximately 1:2,500,000. Map in French. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the WGS 1984 World Mercator (EPSG: 3395) coordinate system. All map features and collar and inset information are shown 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 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 geographies, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and map purposes.

Creator:

Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library, L'Isle, Guillaume de, 1675-1726, Wheler, George, 1650-1723, Tournefort, Joseph Pitton de, 1656-1708, Vernon, Francis, 1637?-1677, and Feuillée, Louis, 1660-1732

Publisher:

Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library

Provider:

Harvard

Resource Class:

Datasets

Resource Type:

Raster data

Subject:

Maps, Early maps, Administrative and political divisions, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, and boundaries

Temporal Coverage:

1716

Date Issued:

2019-06

Spatial Coverage:

Greece, Turkey, and Balkan Peninsula

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

GeoTIFF