
Colourful 91x 59cm wallmap of the West Indies, with
- on the reverse
- individual maps at enlarged scales of some of the smaller islands. The main map coverage extends from southern Florida, Cuba & the Bahamas to Trinidad, the Lesser Antilles & the north Venezuelan coast. The familiar NGS cartography is here: different colours highlighting political boundaries & unobtrusive hill-shading showing the general relief. Major roads & rivers are marked & symbols depict airports, capital cities, regional capitals & volcanoes. Bathymetric tinting is applied to the sea areas, with some depths marked. latitude & longitude lines are drawn at 3 degree intervals. The map is annotated with geographical facts & there are inset simple street plans of Nassau, San Juan, Charlotte Amalie, Havana & George Town. On the reverse is a view of the region from a north-facing elevated perspective. Here physical relief is the predominant characteristic, with bolder hill-shading on the islands & continental shelves also shown. Ferries & major roads are marked & symbols indicate airports, protected areas, historic sites, cruise ports, golf courses, casinos & beach resorts. The map is annotated with information on selected islands, & arranged around this map are more detailed, hill-shaded maps of 17 islands at various larger scales showing more of the same features listed above. latitude & longitude lines are marked & each map is also accompanied by brief text & facts on the location.