Adelaide Botanic Gardens, Australia, 1876 (Raster Image)

Description:

This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan of the Botanic Garden and Park as designed by Dr. Schomburgk, compiled and drawn in the office of the Surveyor General by E.P. Laurie from a survey made by Mr. Surveyor J.W. Jones 1874. It was published by Surveyor-General's Office in 1876. Scale [ca. 1:1,584].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, roads, paths, fountains, buildings, gardens, lawns, 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.

Creator:

Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library, Laurie, E. P., Schomburgk, Richard, 1811-1891., Jones, J. W., Crawford, Frazer S. (Frazer Smith), d. 1890., and South Australia. Office of the Surveyor General.

Publisher:

Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library

Provider:

Harvard

Resource Class:

Datasets

Resource Type:

Raster data

Subject:

Maps, Botanical Gardens, Garden Paths, Garden Structures, Landforms, Bodies of water, Land use, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, and farming

Temporal Coverage:

1876

Date Issued:

2014-10

Spatial Coverage:

Australia, Adelaide, and Adelaide Botanic Gardens

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

GeoTIFF