
Produced by the French IGN (the equivalent of the British Ordnance Survey) this is a superb map. The scale of about eight miles to one inch makes the map easy to read & allows masses of information to be shown. Roads (of different grades) are shown, as are all towns & cities. An impression of relief is provided by hill shading & some spot heights. Different types of vegetation eg. forest, mangrove are marked together with places of interest to tourists. The map is fully indexed &
Includes:: street plans for Cayenne & Kourou. There is also another inset showing the internal administrative map of the country. Latitude & longitude lines are at 30' intervals. Indexed for physical geographic features eg. rivers & mountains, as well as settlements. Map legend is in French only.