Japan, 1876 (Raster Image)

This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: 府懸改正大日本全圖 : 全 [Fuken kaisei Dai Nihon zenzu : zen], Sekiguchi Bisho shu. It was published by Kobayashi Shinbē, Nakamura Nakamura Kumajirō in Meiji 9 [1876]. Scale: 1:100,000. Map in Japanese.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Asia North 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, administrative boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Includes 3 island insets: Hokkaidō, Ryūkyū shotō, and Ogasawara guntō; and 6 additional insets: Owari Nagoya, Rikuzen Sendai, Aki Hiroshima, and Higo Kumamoto.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.