FAU Government Information Maps

Front: 1:1,057,000 scale physical map of the Alps, focusing on northern Italy, southern France, Austria, Switzerland, Germany and the former Yugoslavia, and showing major highways on the continent, a few large cities, and physiographic features. Back: Several travel maps detailing the features of the Alps including: Pennine Alps-Mont Blanc region, site of the Matterhorn; the Maritime Alps, the Inn Valley-Bavarian Alps; the Rhaetian Alps; the Dolomites; the Salzkammergut-Hohe Tauern region, and the Julian Alps, with each map shows locations of ski resorts, major highways, and airports; Map of the region showing auto tours. (1985). 

Front: 1:3,737,000 scale map of the Caribbean (Oblique Mercator Projection) showing the island nations that make up the West Indies, the large cities of the region, volcanoes, water depth, descriptive text for areas of interest; Inset street maps for the cities of Havana, San Juan, Nassau, George Town, and Charlotte Amalie. Back: Map of the Caribbean showing locations for recreational activities such as diving, golf, sailing, beaches, cruise ports, and protected areas; Inset maps for the islands of: the Bahamas, U.S. Virgin Island, British Virgin Islands, St. Martin (St. Maarten), Antigua and Barbuda, St. Barthelemy, Guadeloupe, Martinque, Barbados, St. Lucia, Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago, Puerto Rico, Curacao, Aruba, the Cayman Islands and Jamaica. (2003). 

Front: 1:1,609,000 scale map of the lands in Latin America previously inhabited by the Maya (Lambert Projection) showing existing biological and historical areas, national parks, ruins, ruins with tourist interest, museums, and locations of cultures within the Mayan language group; descriptive text for areas of interest. Back: 1:2,205,000 scale map of the region formerly inhabited by the Maya, with trade routes over land and sea, known archaeological sites, the Mayan causeway, routes of famous Spanish explorers, ad descriptive texts; timeline with images of famous artifacts detailing the history of the region. (1989). 

Front: 1:5,040,000 scale map of North and South America (Bipolar Oblique Projection) showing the routes of several Spanish explorers and conquistadors over land and sea, the extent of the Viceroyalties of New Spain and Peru and images with portraits and descriptive texts of famous explorers and conquistadors. Back: 1:50,550,000 scale world map showing the routes and products that were a part of the Columbian exchange (triangular slave trade) with images and descriptive texts. (1992). 

Front: 1: 6,747,000 scale map of the continental United States (Albers Equal Area Projection) showing the locations of Indian reservations across the United States, tribal centers or museums, archaeological and historical sites, and museums with Native American exhibits; Inset maps showing the extents of different native peoples within different regions of the U.S., including: The tribes of the Great Basin and Southwest within the deserts of the southwestern U.S.; the tribes of the Northwest Coast and California in the far west; tribes of the Plateau and High Plains within the great plains; the tribes of the Eastern Woodlands. Back: Map of Alaska showing the location of tribal centers or museums, museums with native exhibits, and archaeological sites; Map index of all the locations mentioned from the front of the map and the Alaskan map. (1991). 

Front: 1:22,000,000 scale political map (Bipolar Oblique Projection) of the Western Hemisphere, showing all of the different countries within North and South America, large cities, major roads, glacier and some physiographic features; Inset physical map of the Americas. Back: 1:22,000,000 scale map of the Western Hemisphere, showing proposed routes people took to reach North and South America, sites of human and animal remains or artifacts on the continent, vegetation and land cover of the continent, and the extent of the Laurentide and Cordilleran Ice Sheets. (2000). 

Front: 1:8,721,000 scale map of the Arctic Ocean (Azimuthal Projection) showing the extent of sea ice, glaciers, oceanographic features, routes of explorers through the arctic circle, ocean currents, the countries that surround the Arctic, the extent of the treeline, and descriptive texts for areas of interest. Back: 1:9,000,000 scale map of the Arctic, showing the ranges of arctic peoples painting and and language boundaries as of 1825; Descriptive texts for each of the groups of native living in the northernmost-territories across the globe. (1983).

Front: Map of the South American continent showing current boundaries for countries, distinct cultural regions and the various cultural groups that live within those regions; Descriptive texts, lithographs, and photographs of the native cultures. Back: Physical map of western South America, showing the terrain of the region and the various native cultures that occupy (or used to occupy) the region; Locator map; Map showing growth of the Inca Empire after their first emperor's reign; Map of Cuzco, pointing out the puma shaped city; Timeline showing the growth of South American civilization, divided between the different Andean cultural areas. (1982). 

1:2,851,200 scale political map of Eastern Canada (Albers Equal Area Projection) showing the Provinces of Quebec, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, and New Brunswick, large cities, major roads, bathymetry; Inset maps of Cape Breton Island, the border between Ontario and New York, the cities of Quebec City and Montreal, the cities of Halifax, St. John and St. John's. (1972). 

Front: 1:2,914,000 scale political map of the Canadian Province of British Columbia (Lambert Projection) showing large cities, major roads, physiographic features like the Coast and Rocky Mountains, Queen Charlotte Island and Vancouver Island, Indian reservations, National and Provincial Parks, and descriptive texts for areas of interest; Inset map of Vancouver Island and the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Back: Several maps of British Columbia, highlighting the history and land features of the province including: Map of the Lithographic families on the west coast; Map of the extensive maritime trade in British Columbia between different countries and private companies; Map of the land cover and land use in the region and native land claims; Map of recreational areas and population densities; Map of Vancouver; Map of gold rush territory in British Columbia. (1992).