
USA West, the Rockies & the western states, at 1:2, 000, 000 from Marco Polo Travel Publishing, with prominent highlighting of interesting locations, plus a 71-page index booklet with 5 more detailed enlargements for national parks, street plans, brief descriptions of 15 selected top sights, etc. Cartography is from the renowned German publisher Mair Dumont. Topography is presented by relief shading with plenty of names of mountain ranges, etc; heights of peaks & passes are given in metres. The map shows the country’s network of main & secondary roads, with distances given in miles within US & in kilometres in the neighbouring parts of Canada & Mexico. Scenic routes are highlighted. Main railway lines are included & the map also shows state & time zone boundaries, national parks, Indian reservations & restricted military areas. Places of particular interest, both towns or cultural/historical sights & natural features are prominently highlighted. The map has latitude & longitude grid at intervals of 1°. Extensive index in the booklet attached to the map cover
Includes:: names of geographical features such as mountains, rivers, lakes, etc, plus separate lists of national parks, UNESCO World Heritage sights & principal airports. The booklet also
Includes:: enlargements of five National Parks (Death Valley, Glacier, Grand Canyon, Yellowstone & Yosemite), plus street plans of central Denver, Los Angeles (separately for downtown, Hollywood, & Beverly Hills), Las Vegas, San Francisco & Seattle. Multilingual map legend & the descriptions include English. A fold-out flap in the cover shows for route planning an overview of the whole area covered by the map plus the adjacent regions, prominently highlighting main places of interest, with the grid reference system in the margins making it easier to find locations on the main map. Also included are a distance/driving times table & basic driving regulations.