Algeria, 1840 (Raster Image)

This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Nouvelle carte physique et politique de l'Algérie, De Lahoese, grav. It was published by Etablissement géographique de Bruxelles in 1840. Scale [ca. 1:1,639,344]. Covers northern part of Algeria and a portion of Tunisia. Map in French.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Europe Lambert Conformal Conic 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, cities and other human settlements, roads and routes, administrative and territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown by hachures. Includes also insets: Partie occidentale de la Mediterranée, Territoire de l'Alger, Camp rétranché de Sidi Feruch, Environs de Constantine, Etablissement militaire de la Tana, etc.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.