Italy / National Geographic Society.

Publisher
National Geographic Society (U.S.). Cartographic Division [Browse]
Format
Map
Language
English
Εdition
Revised and reprinted June 2010.
Published/​Created
  • Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society. Cartographic Division, 2010.
  • ©2010 ©1995
Description
  • Scale 1:1,765,000 ; 1 inch = 28 miles Alber's conic equal-area projection. Standard parallel 37°30ʹ and 46° (E 6°33ʹ12ʺ--E 18°56ʹ06ʺ/N 48°01ʹ06ʺ--N 35°19ʹ31ʺ).
  • map : color ; 87 cm x 59 cm

Details

Subject(s)
Notes
  • Relief shown by shading and spot heights. Depths shown by soundings in fathoms.
  • Shows roads, canals, aqueducts, oil pipelines, glaciers, and national parks.
  • Lower left margin: "02297"
  • Produced by the Cartographic Division.
  • "Information contributed by Touring Club Italiano."
With
With (on verso): Historical Italy /produce by the Cartographic Division ; William L. Allen, editor, John F. Shupe, chief cartographer.
Contents
  • On verso: Italia [facsimile of map from Nicolaus Germanus's atlas "Geographia," Ulm, Germany, 1486]
  • 1. Etruscan civilization, 700-200 B.C.
  • 2. Rome & the empire,509 B.C.-A.D.476
  • 3. Barbarian Invasions & Byzantine Empire, A.D. 200-600
  • 4. Papal States, 756-1870
  • 5. The plague, 1347-1743
  • 6. The Renaissance,1400-1527
  • 7. The Counter-Reformation, 1527-1700
  • 8. The Enlightenment, 1700-1800
  • 9. Napoleon in Italy, 1796-1815
  • 10. Unification,1815-1929. Text copyright 1995.
OCLC
1340430842
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