FAU Government Information Maps

Front: 1:10,140,000 scale political map of Russia and the newly independent nations of the former Soviet Union (Transverse Polyconic Projection), showing the political administrative units within the various countries, large cities, major roads, the extent of the tree line in Siberia. Back: Map of the Russian Federation and the former Soviet Republics, showing predominant land use types, major industries and mineral resources, transportation networks, and administrative and political boundaries; Maps showing economic development in the Soviet Union throughout the 20th century; timeline showing history through major events in Soviet development. (1993).

Front: 1:10,140,000 scale political map of the former Soviet Union and the constituent countries that comprised it (Transverse Polyconic Projection), showing the administrative units of the former U.S.S.R., large cities, major roads; Inset map of population density in the U.S.S.R. Back: Series of maps showing important details about the make-up and history of the country, including: a map showing the ethnic and language groups that comprise the populations of the various countries; a map of Slavic expansion in the 7th century A.D.; Extent of the authority of the Kievan princes in the 11th century; map of the empires ruling the region in the 14th century; original extent of the Russian Tsar state; Expansion of the Russian Empire in the 19th century; the rapid eastward expansion of the Russian Empire in the 19th century; a map of the Pale of Settlement; Map of Soviet Influence in Eastern Europe in the Cold War. (1990).

Front: 1:1,850,000 scale map of the Iberian Peninsula (Albers Equal Area Projection) showing the political boundaries between Spain and Portugal, the provinces within each country, the topography, large cities, major highways, descriptive texts for areas of interest, and locations of mansions, battles, castles, religious buildings; Inset maps including: street maps of Madrid, Barcelona, Lisbon, and the Alhambra; Map of the peninsula drawn up by the Greek geographer Strabo. Back: Several maps for tourist destinations and activities across the peninsula, including: A map of tours through the two countries, areas of interest in Andalusia, wine producing regions in Spain and Portugal, points of interest in Madrid, the Azores, Canary, and Madeiras islands. (1984). 

1:2,154,240 scale political map of Italy, showing major highways, large cities, glaciers, oil fields and pipelines, and bathymetry; locator map; Inset maps for the city of Rome, the western coast of the country along the Tyrrhenian Sea, and the Gulf of Napoli. (1961).   

Front: 3-Dimensional map series showing the changes in political structure in Europe between the end of World War I and 2005, showing the different Imperial powers that were in place during World War I, a map of the different allied nations during the height of the Cold War, and the type of governments in those alliances, a map of the current political landscape in Europe, with EU countries (as of 2005) shown. Back: 1:9,377,000 scale political map of Europe (Azimuthal Projection) showing the boundaries for each country, large cities, and major highways; Inset maps of the continent showing population density, language families, buying power, and religious affiliations. (2005). 

Front: 1:2,850,000 scale political map of the Balkans region of Eastern Europe (Conical Projection) showing the boundaries between countries, the predominant ethnic group within each country, large city, major roads, sites of air and ground conflict within the 1990's, descriptive texts for different cultural groups, and charts showing different ethnic breakdown within each country; Inset maps showing the different political affiliations and territorial control of the Balkans throughout the past 800 years. Back: World map showing the countries where refugees are (were) fleeing from, and areas of deadly conflict, with charts and descriptive text breaking down the individual conflicts. (1999). 

1:1,647,360 scale political map of Greece and the other countries in the Aegean Sea (Conic Projection), showing some bathymetry; major roads, large cities; Inset maps of Istanbul, Athens, and the Dardanelles (1958). 

Front: 1:4,371,000 scale map of the Mediterranean Sea (Mercator Projection) showing the topography of the seafloor, including terrestrial topography. Back: 1:4,730,000 scale map of the Mediterranean Sea, showing trade routes taken by Islamic, Byzantine, Roman, Greek, and Phoenician traders; historical sites, modern city locations, and descriptive texts for areas of interest; Inset maps showing the extent of Greek, Phoenician, Roman, Byzantine, and Islamic empires across the Mediterranean; Inset maps showing the growing sophistication of cartography across several millennia. (1982). 

Front: 1:8,400,000 scale political map of Europe (Azimuthal Projection) that shows the newly formed political boundaries of the continent after the fall of the Soviet Union, with large cities, major highways, some physiographic features and land cover. Back: Several map scenes of Europe, showing: A satellite image mosaic from 530 miles above the planet; Population density; Linguistic groups; Resources and industry; and land use; Map of the European Economic Area. (1992). 

Front: 1:1,765,000 scale physical map of Italy (Albers Equal Area Projection), showing physographic features like mountains and glaciers, as well as large cities, major roads, and National Parks; Inset street maps of Rome, Venice, Vatican City, Palermo, Milan, and Florence; physical map of San Marino; Inset locator map. Back: Several maps showing the history and political instability of Italy including: The size of the kingdom of Etruscan peoples; the largest known extent of the Roman Empire; the routes taken by Barbarian hordes invading the Roman Empire and the Byzantine Empire; The Papal States that controlled the Italian Peninsula for nearly a thousand years; The routes of ships carrying the plague into Italy; The various states in power during the Renaissance; political changes during the counter reformation; Enlightenment Italy; and the unified Italian State. (1995).