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Maps of Europe

Legg inn av Tito » 04 des 2005 13:09:28

See online physical and historical maps of Europe:

http://www.euratlas.com

Best to all

Kåre

Re: Maps of Europe

Legg inn av Kåre » 12 mar 2006 20:15:33

On Sun, 04 Dec 2005 13:09:28 +0100, Tito <zola@hispeed.ch> wrote:

See online physical and historical maps of Europe:

http://www.euratlas.com

Best to all

Interesting. So North Africa is considered a part of Europe. But
Finland, most of Norway and Sweden and Northern Russia are not
considered parts of Europe.

Central-European-Chauvinism?

Yours,
--
Kåre A. Lie
http://www.lienet.no/

Nathaniel Taylor

Re: Maps of Europe

Legg inn av Nathaniel Taylor » 12 mar 2006 20:49:30

In article <4ks812peci8noqr5sktj9re2eidfp2i70r@4ax.com>,
Kåre <adressen.finnes@paa.hjemmesiden> wrote:

On Sun, 04 Dec 2005 13:09:28 +0100, Tito <zola@hispeed.ch> wrote:

See online physical and historical maps of Europe:

http://www.euratlas.com

Interesting. So North Africa is considered a part of Europe. But
Finland, most of Norway and Sweden and Northern Russia are not
considered parts of Europe.

Central-European-Chauvinism?

Perhaps! I find this particular group of maps (made in Switzerland) to
be excellent, though of course with limitations. I have used them as
teaching tools for some years now, especially in the context of surveys
of ancient and medieval European history focusing on the Mediterranean
basin and the relationship of Christian and Islamic states (e.g., the
Crusades). It looks like this atlas began with a classical (Roman
Empire) focus--did you see the map of the city of Rome AD 100?--and
therefore the geographic scope of the main area is pretty logical. Yes,
everything above Lat. 60 N is omitted, and states are
overly-optimistically shown as unified entities (e.g., Holy Roman
Empire, France prior to Capetian internal conquest, etc.). And I have
had to sharpen the color contrasts on most of the maps to make them
clearer for large-scale projection in a not-fully-darkened room. But
they are useful & very handy.

Nat Taylor

a genealogist's sketchbook:
http://home.earthlink.net/~nathanieltaylor/leaves/

Kåre

Re: Maps of Europe

Legg inn av Kåre » 12 mar 2006 21:07:46

On Sun, 12 Mar 2006 19:49:30 GMT, Nathaniel Taylor
<nathanieltaylor@earthlink.net> wrote:

In article <4ks812peci8noqr5sktj9re2eidfp2i70r@4ax.com>,
Kåre <adressen.finnes@paa.hjemmesiden> wrote:

On Sun, 04 Dec 2005 13:09:28 +0100, Tito <zola@hispeed.ch> wrote:

See online physical and historical maps of Europe:

http://www.euratlas.com

Interesting. So North Africa is considered a part of Europe. But
Finland, most of Norway and Sweden and Northern Russia are not
considered parts of Europe.

Central-European-Chauvinism?

Perhaps! I find this particular group of maps (made in Switzerland) to
be excellent, though of course with limitations. I have used them as
teaching tools for some years now, especially in the context of surveys
of ancient and medieval European history focusing on the Mediterranean
basin and the relationship of Christian and Islamic states (e.g., the
Crusades). It looks like this atlas began with a classical (Roman
Empire) focus--did you see the map of the city of Rome AD 100?--and
therefore the geographic scope of the main area is pretty logical. Yes,
everything above Lat. 60 N is omitted, and states are
overly-optimistically shown as unified entities (e.g., Holy Roman
Empire, France prior to Capetian internal conquest, etc.). And I have
had to sharpen the color contrasts on most of the maps to make them
clearer for large-scale projection in a not-fully-darkened room. But
they are useful & very handy.

Nat Taylor

a genealogist's sketchbook:
http://home.earthlink.net/~nathanieltaylor/leaves/

Yes, they are interesting, and seem to be good - which makes it even
more disappointing to see that the map-makers have such a peculiar
concept of which areas constitute 'Europe'.

Best regards,
--
Kåre A. Lie
http://www.lienet.no/

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