Historical GIS for geographic regions in Morse's The American Gazetteer (1797) (hdl:10622/DRXWLN)

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Document Description

Citation

Title:

Historical GIS for geographic regions in Morse's The American Gazetteer (1797)

Identification Number:

hdl:10622/DRXWLN

Distributor:

IISH Data Collection

Date of Distribution:

2020-01-31

Version:

3

Bibliographic Citation:

Stapel, Rombert, 2020, "Historical GIS for geographic regions in Morse's The American Gazetteer (1797)", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/DRXWLN, IISH Data Collection, V3

Study Description

Citation

Title:

Historical GIS for geographic regions in Morse's The American Gazetteer (1797)

Identification Number:

hdl:10622/DRXWLN

Authoring Entity:

Stapel, Rombert (International Institute of Social History)

Distributor:

IISH Data Collection

Access Authority:

Stapel, Rombert

Depositor:

Stapel, Rombert

Date of Deposit:

2020-01-31

Study Scope

Keywords:

Arts and Humanities, Historical GIS, North America, South America, Latin America, West Indies

Abstract:

Historical GIS polygons (convex hulls) for the areas and administrative units mentioned in <em>The American Gazetteer</em> by Jedidiah Morse (Boston 1797). The dataset was specifically created for use with the text, but draws on resources of the <a href="https://nhgis.org" target="_blank">NHGIS</a> and <a href="https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataverse/hgis-indias" target="_blank">HGIS de las Indias</a>.

Geographic Bounding Box:

  • West Bounding Longitude: -135
  • East Bounding Longitude: 20
  • South Bounding Latitude: -90
  • North Bounding Latitude: 90

Methodology and Processing

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Data Access

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CC0 Waiver

Other Study Description Materials

Other Study-Related Materials

Label:

OpenGazAm Historical counties (convex hulls).geojson

Notes:

application/octet-stream

Other Study-Related Materials

Label:

OpenGazAm Historical districts (convex hulls).geojson

Notes:

application/octet-stream

Other Study-Related Materials

Label:

OpenGazAm Historical regions (convex hulls).geojson

Notes:

application/octet-stream