Digital Maps and Geospatial Data | Princeton University
Indian Ocean Region, ca. 1690 (Raster Image)
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- Author(s):
- Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library and Allard, Carel, 1648-ca. 1709.
- Publisher:
- Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library
- Access:
- Public
- Description:
- This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Nova tabula Indiae Orientalis. It was published by Carolus Allard excudit, between 1690 and 1710. Scale [ca. 1:5,500,000]. Covers the Indian Ocean Region. Map in Latin. 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, cities and other human settlements, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown pictorially.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.
- Place(s):
- Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Botswana, British Indian Ocean Territory, Brunei, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central Africian Republic, Chad, China, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Comoros, Congo, Democratic Republic of the, Congo, Republic of the, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Glorioso Islands, Guam, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Juan de Nova Island, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lesotho, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, North Korea, Northern Mariana Islands, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Qatar, Reunion, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Singapore, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Indian Ocean, Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Africa, East
- Subject(s):
- Maps, Human settlements, Cities and towns, Villages, Landforms, Bodies of water, Infrastructure (Economics), Transportation, and imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
- Year:
- 1690-1710
- Held by:
- Harvard
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