Description: A geo–political map of Italy showing country and region borders current to 1904, major cities, railroad lines, and navigable rivers. Physical features include mountain ranges with elevation measured in feet, major rivers and watersheds, and the 100–fathom line in the offshore waters. Generalized elevations shown as land below 1,000 feet colored light green, and land above 1,000 feet in elevation colored brown. Malarial districts are shown along the Tyrrhenian coast, Gulf of Taranto, and Gulf of Venice. Inset maps show the environs of Venice and Naples (including ruin sites of Herculaneum and Pompeii).
Place Names: Italy, Bologna, Florence, Genoa, Messina, Milan, Naples, Pisa, Rome, Venice, Verona, Turin, Adriaic Sea, Tyrrhenian Sea, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, Bay of Naples,
ISO Topic Categories: boundaries,
elevation,
inlandWaters,
oceans,
transportation
Keywords: Italy, physical, political, transportation, Conic Projection, physical features,
topographical, country borders,
major political subdivisions, railroads,
water routes, boundaries,
elevation,
inlandWaters,
oceans,
transportation, Other, 1904
Source: Geo. G. Chisholm and C.H. Leete, eds., Longmans' New School Atlas (New York, NY: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1904) 30
Map Credit: Courtesy the private collection of Roy Winkelman |
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