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Maps Old and New

Maps Old and New. Maps e.g. illustrating the geography of Spain Portolan – RGS Collection Historic – RGS collection See: http://images.rgs.org/index.aspx then put ‘maps’ in search Satellite See: http://www.gesource.ac.uk/worldguide/html/ Official ( CIA)

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Maps Old and New

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  1. Maps Old and New • Maps e.g. illustrating the geography of Spain • Portolan – RGS Collection • Historic – RGS collection See: http://images.rgs.org/index.aspx then put ‘maps’ in search • Satellite See: http://www.gesource.ac.uk/worldguide/html/ • Official ( CIA) See: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/

  2. A 15th Century map A 15th Century map c.1434 drawn using the observations of sailors for the coast detail and information from various travel guides for the inland detail (Portolan). The information for the mountains and rivers came from Ptolemy’s map Source RGS Map collection

  3. Source: S0014572 Regnorum Hispaniae Nova Delcriptiohttp://images.rgs.org/index.aspx then put ‘maps’ in search

  4. Satellite view of SpainThe white patches are cloud ;the green areas are vegetationThe blue areas are water Source: http://www.gesource.ac.uk/worldguide/html/image_1270.html

  5. Source :http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/cia06/spain_sm_2006.gif

  6. Activity:Finding Out • Can you find the towns which are marked on the 15th century map? • Can you find the towns in the football league? See appended list • Can you find the holiday towns? • Can you name the towns marked in red on the satellite map?

  7. First Division Spain Barcelona Real Madrid Villarreal Betis Espanyol Sevilla Valencia Deportivo Athletic Bilbao Málaga Atlético Madrid Zaragoza Real Sociedad Getafe Osasuna Racing Santander Mallorca Levante Numancia Albacete

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