Description: A map from 1911 of North America, Central America, Greenland, and the Caribbean to Puerto Rico showing the areas of primary vegetation types for the region. The map is color–coded to show areas of forests, areas of woodland, grass, and cultivation, areas of steppes and prairies, the deserts, and areas of tundra and mountain flora. A chart at the bottom of the map shows a cross– section of vertical profile from San Francisco to Cape Cod.
Place Names: A Complete Map of North America, Bahamas, Canada, Cuba, Mexico, United State
ISO Topic Categories: biota
Keywords: North America, Vegetation, physical, Vegetation, kBiodiversity, physical features, biota, Unknown, 1911
Source: Ernest Rhys, Ed., A Literary and Historical Atlas of North & South America (New York, NY: E.P. Dutton & CO., 1911) 37
Map Credit: Courtesy the private collection of Roy Winkelman |
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