Abstract
No more convincing indication could be found of the improvement which has taken place in recent years in the methods of geographical instruction in schools than the enterprise shown by publishers in the production of good orographical maps, both in atlases and on a large scale for class-teaching purposes. The present wall-maps are good examples of the excellent aids which are available to assist teachers in demonstrating the fundamental importance of the distribution of the highlands and lowlands of the areas being studied. In the map of the British Isles six shades of brown are employed to show graphically the course of important contours on the land, and two shades of blue indicate the 20- and 5O-fathom lines in the surrounding seas. In the case of South America the varying heights of the land above sea level are depicted by five shades of brown and two of green, while the 100-, 1000-, and 2000-fathom lines are shown on the oceans. Care has been taken to avoid crowding, and the maps are models of clearness.
Bathy-orographical Map of the British Isles.
Natural Scale 1: 875,300, or 14 miles to an inch. Bathyorographical Map of South America. Natural Scale 1: 6,150,000, or 97 miles to an inch. Constructed and engraved by W. Johnston and A. K. Johnston., Ltd. Prices not stated.
Handbook to accompany the Map of the British Isles.
Pp. 32. Price 6d. net.
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Bathy-orographical Map of the British Isles Handbook to accompany the Map of the British Isles . Nature 79, 486 (1909). https://doi.org/10.1038/079486a0
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