World Map Showing Routes of Exploration and Discovery, 1850 (Raster Image)

This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: The world, on Mercator's projection, by David H. Burr. It was published by J. Haven, 86 State St. in 1850. Scale [ca. 1:74,000,000]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and...

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Main Author: Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library
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Published: Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library 2009
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Online Access:http://vc.lib.harvard.edu/vc/deliver/~maps/G3201_S12_1850_B8
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Southern Hemisphere
Eastern Hemisphere
Western Hemisphere
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World maps
Human settlements
Cities and towns
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Bodies of water
Transportation
Discovery and exploration
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Earth
Northern Hemisphere
Southern Hemisphere
Eastern Hemisphere
Western Hemisphere
Africa
Asia
Australia
Europe
North America
South America
Arctic regions
Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library
World Map Showing Routes of Exploration and Discovery, 1850 (Raster Image)
topic_facet Maps
World maps
Human settlements
Cities and towns
Landforms
Bodies of water
Transportation
Discovery and exploration
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Southern Hemisphere
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Australia
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South America
Arctic regions
description This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: The world, on Mercator's projection, by David H. Burr. It was published by J. Haven, 86 State St. in 1850. Scale [ca. 1:74,000,000]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to a non-standard 'Mercator' projection with the central meridian at 90 degrees west. 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. "Showing the different routes to California, and distance by each, routes of different navigators, route of the contemplated Pacific R. Road, distances to China, Europe, & c." This map shows features such as drainage, cities and other human settlements, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown by abbreviated form lines. Includes historical notes, ship ill., tables of distances, "Nicaragua route" distances, and text on "Pacific Railroad." Insets: Map of the Nicaragua route -- Map of the proposed rail road from St. Louis to the bay of St. Francisco. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from the Harvard Map Collection and the Harvard University Library as part of the Open Collections Program at Harvard University project: Organizing Our World: Sponsored Exploration and Scientific Discovery in the Modern Age. Maps selected for the project correspond to various expeditions and represent a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and purposes. Historic paper maps can provide an excellent view of the changes that have occurred in the cultural and physical landscape. The wide range of information provided on these maps make them useful in the study of historic geography, and urban and rural land use change. As this map has been georeferenced, it can be used in a GIS as a source or background layer in conjunction with other GIS data. source map publication date. map. None. The georeferenced raster is a faithfully reproduced digital image of the original source map. Some differences may be detected between the source graphic used and the raster image due to the RGB values assigned that particular color. The intent is to recreate those colors as near as possible. Data completeness for raster digital image files reflect content of the source graphic. Features may have been eliminated or generalized on the source graphic due to scale and legibility constraints The horizontal positional accuracy of a raster image is approximately the same as the accuracy of the published source map. The lack of a greater accuracy is largely the result of the inaccuracies with the original measurements and possible distortions in the original paper map document. There may also be errors introduced during the digitizing and georeferencing process. In most cases, however, errors in the raster image are small compared with sources of error in the original map graphic. The RMS error for this map is 71964.49935 meters. This value describes how consistent the transformation is between the different control points (links). The RMS error is only an assessment of the accuracy of the transformation. ESRI ArcGIS 9.3. Not applicable.
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title World Map Showing Routes of Exploration and Discovery, 1850 (Raster Image)
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spelling ftharvarduvc:oai:vc.harvard.edu:maps.G3201_S12_1850_B8 2023-05-15T15:19:59+02:00 World Map Showing Routes of Exploration and Discovery, 1850 (Raster Image) Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library 2009 http://vc.lib.harvard.edu/vc/deliver/~maps/G3201_S12_1850_B8 und unknown Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library stock number: http://vc.lib.harvard.edu/vc/deliver/~maps/G3201_S12_1850_B8 None. Maps World maps Human settlements Cities and towns Landforms Bodies of water Transportation Discovery and exploration imageryBaseMapsEarthCover Earth Northern Hemisphere Southern Hemisphere Eastern Hemisphere Western Hemisphere Africa Asia Australia Europe North America South America Arctic regions 2009 ftharvarduvc 2017-10-31T15:19:23Z This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: The world, on Mercator's projection, by David H. Burr. It was published by J. Haven, 86 State St. in 1850. Scale [ca. 1:74,000,000]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to a non-standard 'Mercator' projection with the central meridian at 90 degrees west. 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. "Showing the different routes to California, and distance by each, routes of different navigators, route of the contemplated Pacific R. Road, distances to China, Europe, & c." This map shows features such as drainage, cities and other human settlements, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown by abbreviated form lines. Includes historical notes, ship ill., tables of distances, "Nicaragua route" distances, and text on "Pacific Railroad." Insets: Map of the Nicaragua route -- Map of the proposed rail road from St. Louis to the bay of St. Francisco. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from the Harvard Map Collection and the Harvard University Library as part of the Open Collections Program at Harvard University project: Organizing Our World: Sponsored Exploration and Scientific Discovery in the Modern Age. Maps selected for the project correspond to various expeditions and represent a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and purposes. Historic paper maps can provide an excellent view of the changes that have occurred in the cultural and physical landscape. The wide range of information provided on these maps make them useful in the study of historic geography, and urban and rural land use change. As this map has been georeferenced, it can be used in a GIS as a source or background layer in conjunction with other GIS data. source map publication date. map. None. The georeferenced raster is a faithfully reproduced digital image of the original source map. Some differences may be detected between the source graphic used and the raster image due to the RGB values assigned that particular color. The intent is to recreate those colors as near as possible. Data completeness for raster digital image files reflect content of the source graphic. Features may have been eliminated or generalized on the source graphic due to scale and legibility constraints The horizontal positional accuracy of a raster image is approximately the same as the accuracy of the published source map. The lack of a greater accuracy is largely the result of the inaccuracies with the original measurements and possible distortions in the original paper map document. There may also be errors introduced during the digitizing and georeferencing process. In most cases, however, errors in the raster image are small compared with sources of error in the original map graphic. The RMS error for this map is 71964.49935 meters. This value describes how consistent the transformation is between the different control points (links). The RMS error is only an assessment of the accuracy of the transformation. ESRI ArcGIS 9.3. Not applicable. Other/Unknown Material Arctic Harvard University: Harvard Collections Arctic Pacific St. Louis ENVELOPE(-67.496,-67.496,-67.132,-67.132)