Syria and Lebanon, 1764 (Raster Image)

Description:

This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Carte particuliere de la Syrie : comprise entre les villes d'Antioche et Alep, Seyde ou Sidon et Damas. It was published by: Chez Lattré in 1764. Scale [ca. 1:640,000]. Map in French. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the WGS 1984 UTM Zone 37N (EPSG: 32637) 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, L'Isle, Joseph Nicolas de, 1688-1768, and Lattré, Jean

Publisher:

Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library

Provider:

Harvard

Resource Class:

Datasets

Resource Type:

Raster data

Subject:

Maps, Boundaries, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, and boundaries

Temporal Coverage:

1764

Date Issued:

2019-06

Spatial Coverage:

Syria and Lebanon

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

GeoTIFF