Message-ID: <2.2.16.19960930141951.26f76d08@magmacom.com> Date: Mon, 30 Sep 1996 14:16:56 -0400 From: "Brad R. Green by way of Eric Snyder <mailto:egs%TCM.com@WUVMD.Wustl.Edu>" Subject: Map Review To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L <mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU>
Brad Green - owner/operator of World of Maps - frequently posts reviews of new maps as they become available.Here is a review of a map which might be of interest to subscribers of this listserv.
Eritrea ÿÿ - ISBN 0921463731 - Scale 1:900,000 ( note the error on front cover described below) - Date: September, 1996 but printed date on the map is 1997 - Size: 27 x 39 inch or 68 x 90cm - Printed in full colour on one side - Price: $ 9.95 Canadian dollars - Published by ITMB -Cartography by Sojourn - Projection: Lambert Conformal Conic Projection
This map of Eritera pulls together a number of elements including many historical text anecdotes with respect to the history, geography and economy.
In the style that other maps of Africa by Sojourn have made familiar this map has a clear, attractive appearance. The front cover of the map indicates scale " RF 1:9,000,000 while the map inside indicates the scale at 1:900,000 which is in fact the correct scale. One questions how carefully the map has been proofed if such an error as the scale indicated on the cover of the map can occur. Nevertheless the map is a valuable addition to any collection that includes this area of North East Africa.
The map uses hypsometric tints to indicate elevations and there is an inset map of Asmara as well an inset map showing the aridity of the country. The map is not indexed but does use many symbols to indicate features like national parks, sand dunes, road types, salt beds, airports, gas stations, embassies, mosques and other useful pieces of geographical information.
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