Caribbean Marco Polo Map

Product Description

Caribbean at 1: 2, 500, 000 on a large overview map from Marco Polo Travel Publishing. An extensive index lists countries

Includes:: geographical features such as seas, bays, islands, peninsulas, mountains, etc., plus provides a country by country list of national parks & other protected areas.A fold-out extension of the map cover gives at-a-glance overview of the whole area covered by the map with the adjoining regions, highlighting main places of interest & making it much easier to find various localities on the main map and/or plan a route. A set of seven peel-on/peel-off stickers, removable without damaging the map, is provided to make routes or locations more prominent when navigating. Cartography is from the renowned German publishers Mair Dumont. Both geographical names of various island groups (Leeward, Windward, etc.), & political names & boundaries of the countries & dependencies are shown, with, where appropriate, associations to UK, France, etc. Bathymetric tints with depths values provide information on the surrounding seas, again with names of geographical features such as ridges, basins, straights & passages, etc. Main coral reefs are also marked. Bermuda is included as an inset. At this scale many islands are too tiny to provide much information beyond the most essential place names. On the larger islands & the surrounding mainland more information is given, with relief shading to show the topography, road & rail networks, etc. Time zone boundaries are indicated across the whole region. Latitude & longitude lines are drawn at 1° intervals, & the multilingual legend

Includes:: English.