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Maps

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Atlases

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recommended atlases


  • Black, Jeremy. 2001, DK Atlas of World History Dorling Kindersley, New York ISBN 0-7894-4609-X
  • Haywood, John 2001, Cassell's Atlas of World History Andromeda Oxford Ltd, Oxfordshire ISBN 0-304-35757-X
  • Overy, Richard, 2006, The Times Complete history of the world Times Books ISBN 0-00-774629-6
  • Overy, Richard, 2003, The Times. Mapping History. History of the 20th century. ISBN 0-0071-6637-0
  • The Times History of Europe 3,000 years of History in Maps, 2003 Times Books ISBN 0-0071-3161-5
  • Kinder, Hermann and Hilgemann, Werner, 2003, Penguin Atlas of World History, Penguin Group, London ISBN 0-141-01263-3
  • McEvedy, Colin. 1982, Penguin Atlas of Ancient, Medieval, Modern and Recent History, Penguin Books, Middlesex, England ISBN 0-14-0708-34-0
  • Swift, Michael 2006, Mapping the World, Chartwell Books Inc. ISBN 0-7858-2074-4
  • Philip's Atlas of World History, 1992, Philip's ISBN 0-540-05677-4
  • Yenne, Bill 2005 Atlas of North American Railroads, MBI Publishing Company, St. Paul, Minnesota, ISBN 0-7603-2299-6



map colours

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I try to use the standard WikiProject Maps colours where possible:


Color Hex RGB Sample Used for
Black #000000 0, 0, 0   Primary label color
Brown #A08070 160, 128, 112   Political borders. Country, state, and province borders should be brown.
Light brown #D0C0A0 208, 192, 160   Secondary political borders.
Light yellow #FFFFD0 255, 255, 208   Primary territory of interest, or one of four choices for four-color maps.
Pink #FFD0D0 255, 208, 208   Another color to be used for four-color maps.
Orange #F8A20C 248, 162, 12   A third color to be used for four-color maps.
Green #3CE67B 60, 230, 123   A fourth color to be used for four-color maps.
Light blue #CEFEF2 206, 254, 242   An alternate color to be used for four-color maps.
Orange #F7D3AA 247, 211, 170   Alternative color for the above Tan (surrounding territories).
Medium blue #9EC7F3 158, 199, 243   Bodies of water. Oceans or lakes.
Blue #1821DE 24, 33, 222   Water borders, if necessary. For lake or ocean borders that need a color contrasting with surrounding land, or for rivers.
Red #B00000 176, 0, 0   Points of interest. Cities, especially.
Red-orange #F07568 240, 117, 104   Alternative color for the above Red (points of interest).
Medium red #E0584E 224, 88, 78   Border color for areas highlighted in Red-orange
Green #A0F090 160, 240, 144   Parks or natural preservation areas

Names

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  • Chinese (simplified) - 地图
  • Dutch - kaart
  • French - carte
  • German - Diagramm
  • Italian - carta
  • Japanese - 地図
  • Korean - 지도
  • Polish - mapa
  • Portuguese - mapa
  • Russian - карта
  • Spanish - mapa
  • Swedish - karta