Daily Mail Political World Map

Product Description

Single-sided, folded World Political Map at 1:35, 000, 000 from Insight in conjunction with the Daily Mail. Atlantic-centred, with flags, country information, shipping lanes & some physical information. The cartography shows countries using subtle colours, clear & unobtrusive names & national borders. Internal administrative divisions & the names of these units are shown for some larger countries, such as Brazil, Australia, India, China & the United States. Overseas territories appear with names of sovereign states in brackets. Capitals & major towns & cities are shown with an indication of population size. Important airports & harbours are marked & international shipping lanes are indicated with distances. Faint dotted lines highlight main railway lines. Some physical features are shown, such as light relief shading & names for major mountain ranges, spot heights & names of major peaks, & the courses of major rivers. Surrounding the map itself is a list of country profiles organised by continent, which acts an index to the location of the countries on the map. Each country profile

Includes:: a national flag, the local name (in Roman script), the English name, the country's surface area, capital, government system, administrative divisions, population, main languages & religions, GDP per capita & currency. There are additional lists of world records such as the largest countries & cities, the tallest buildings & the wealthiest nations. The map uses a Mercator projection at a scale of 1:35, 000, 000 at the Equator, with latitude & longitude lines drawn at intervals of 15