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Bodleian Library – Map Section BODLEIAN LIBRARY – MAP SECTION SELECTED MAP AND BOOK ACCESSIONS No. 682 MAY 2011 Now accessible at: http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/guides/maps/infofrme.htm WORLD Atlas maior of 1665 / Joan Blaeu ; introduction and texts by = Einführung und Texte von = introduction et textes de Peter van der Krogt ; directed and produced by Benedikt Taschen. Köln ; Los Angeles : Taschen, 2010. ISBN 9783836524117. Children’s World atlas. New ed. London : Dorling Kindersley, 2011. ISBN 9781405363914 (hbk). Collins World atlas. London : HarperCollins, 2011. ISBN 9780007419753. Admiralty charts. Scales differ. Taunton : Hydrographic Office, 2011. 135 sheets. The Hereford World Map. London : Folio Society ; [Hereford] : Hereford Mappa Mundi Trust, 2010. En route low altitude. 1:1,000,000, etc. Ruislip : No.1 AIDU RAF, 2011. 2 sheets. En route high altitude. 1:2,000,000, etc. Ruislip : No.1 AIDU RAF, 2011. 3 sheets. En route high/low altitude. 1:2,000,000, etc. Ruislip : No.1 AIDU RAF, 2011. 5 sheets. The World. 1:28,500,000. Ed.8. Clermont-Ferrand : Michelin, 2011. [Ancient World Mapping Center maps]. Scales differ. Chapel Hill, NC : University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Ancient World Mapping Center ; Abingdon, Oxfordshire : Routledge, 2011. Sheets: 6 The World of the New Testament – 1:750,000; 7 The Roman Empire around 200 C.E. – 1:3,000,000. EUROPE Michelin Europe. 1:4,400,000. Ed.8. Clermont-Ferrand : Michelin, 2010. Laminated ed. 1 Michelin National Spain & Portugal. 1:1,000,000. Ed.9. Watford : Michelin, 2011. ISBN 9782067126098. AUSTRIA Topographische Karte mit Strassenaufdruck und Wegmarkierungen. 1:50,000. Wien : BEV, 2009-11. Sheets: 3204, 3208, 3330, 4108, 4304, 4305, 4324, 5320. GREECE Mediterranean Leisure Folio. Scales differ. Taunton : Hydrographic Office, 2006. Vol.: SC 5775 West Aegean Sea – 1st ed. CROATIA Michelin National Croatia. 1:750,000. Ed.8. Watford : Michelin, 2010. ISBN 9782067126930. BRITISH ISLES Leisure Chart Folio. Scales differ. Taunton : Hydrographic Office, 2008-10. Vols: SC 5601 East Devon and Dorset Coast – 9th ed.; SC 5602 The West Country – 9th ed.; SC 5603 Falmouth to Hartland Point – 6th ed., 7th ed.; SC 5604 The Channel Islands – 6th ed.; SC 5605 Chichester to Ramsgate – 8th ed., 9th ed.; SC 5606 Thames Estuary – Ramsgate to Tower Bridge – 8th ed., 9th ed.; SC 5611 West Coast of Scotland – 3rd ed.; SC 5613 Irish Sea – Eastern Part – 2nd ed.; SC 5614 East Coast – Orford Ness to Whitby – 3rd ed.; SC 5620 South West Wales – 2nd ed.; SC 5621 Ireland – East Coast – 2nd ed. GREAT BRITAIN Admiralty Leisure Tough Charts. Scales differ. 2nd ed. Taunton : Hydrographic Office, 2008-10. Vols: Area 3: SC 5903 – Plymouth to Bill of Portland; Area 7: SC 5907 – Thames Estuary. 2 Old Ordnance Survey maps. The Godfrey Edition. 1:4,340. Consett : Alan Godfrey Maps, 2011. Sheets: Staffordshire 11-4, 12-1; Yorkshire 217-6, 218-1, 246-5. Ordnance Survey Explorer. 1:25,000. Southampton : Ordnance Survey, 2011. Sheets: 137, 156, 159, 231, 307. Ordnance Survey OL Explorer. 1:25,000. Southampton : Ordnance Survey, 2011. Sheet: OL21 South Pennines – A3 ed. Ordnance Survey Landranger. 1:50,000. Southampton : Ordnance Survey, 2010-11. Sheets: 58, 94, 135, 137, 138, 182. Ordnance Survey Travel Map. 1:100,000. Southampton : Ordnance Survey, 2011. Sheet: The Cotswolds & Gloucestershire – E ed. Roman Britain. Historical map. 1:625,000. 6th ed. Southampton : Ordnance Survey, 2011. ISBN 9780319290378. ENGLAND AND WALES Imray 2000 Series charts. Scales differ. St Ives, Cambridgeshire : Imray Laurie Norie & Wilson Ltd, 2009. Vols: 2600 The Bristol Channel; 2700 North and West Wales. The Essential Maps of Windsor Great Park and Central Windsor & Eton. 1:15,500 / 1:5,250. [Bracknell] : Anderson Geographics, [2010]. ISBN 9780954842826. Greater London Bus Map. [c1:90,000]. [Wickford, Essex] : Mike Harris, 2009-11. Sheets: 31 – 28th November 2009; 32 – 19th March 2011. A-Z Isle of Wight Visitors’ Map. 1:42,240. Ed.32. Sevenoaks : Geographers’ A-Z Map Co. Ltd, 2011. ISBN 9781843487739. 3 A-Z Surrey, East & West Sussex Visitors’ Map. 1:158,400. Ed.25. Sevenoaks : Geographers’ A-Z Map Co. Ltd, 2011. ISBN 9781843487746. Old Ordnance Survey maps. The Godfrey Edition. 1:1,760. Consett : Alan Godfrey Maps, 2011. Sheet: Manchester 30. A-Z Street Atlas Bracknell, Wokingham. 1:15,840. Ed.6. Sevenoaks : Geographers’ A-Z Map Co. Ltd, 2011. ISBN 9781843487562. A-Z Street Atlas Cannock, Lichfield, Rugeley, Tamworth. 1:15,840. Ed.4. Sevenoaks : Geographers’ A-Z Map Co. Ltd, 2011. ISBN 9781843487845. A-Z Street Atlas Wirral, ... 1:15,840. Ed.5. Sevenoaks : Geographers’ A-Z Map Co. Ltd, 2011. ISBN 9781843487838. IRELAND Old Ordnance Survey maps. The Godfrey Edition. 1:63,360. Consett : Alan Godfrey Maps, 2011. Sheet: 21 Larne & Islandmagee – 1900. FRANCE Michelin Regional France. 1:200,000. Ed.7. Paris : Michelin, 2011. Sheet: 518 Centre / Central France. HUNGARY Michelin National Hungary. 1:400,000. Ed.8. Watford : Michelin, 2011. ISBN 9782067125957. ITALY Imray-Tetra Charts for Italy. Scales differ. St Ives, Cambridgeshire : Imray Laurie Norie & Wilson Ltd, 2010. Sheets: M16 Ligurian Sea – 1:325,000; M17 North Tuscan Islands to Rome – 1:325,000; M18 Capo d’Anzio to Capo Palinuro – 1:325,000; M40 Ligurian and Tyrrhenian Seas – 1:950,000; M45 Tuscan Archipelago – 1:180,000; M46 Isole Pontine to the Bay of Naples – 1:180,000. Michelin Regional Italie. 1:400,000. Ed.9. Watford : Michelin, 2011. Sheet: 564 Italia Sud. 4 Roma. Pianta e Indice. 1:10,500. Ed.5. Pero (Milano) : Michelin, 2011. ISBN 9782067117105. PORTUGAL Michelin National Portugal & Madeira. 1:400,000. Ed.8. Watford : Michelin, 2010. ISBN 9782067126015. SPAIN Michelin Regional España. 1:400,000. Ed.9. Paris ; Tres Cantos (Madrid) : Michelin, 2011. Sheets: 575 Castilla y León, Madrid; 576 Extremadura, Castilla-La Mancha, Madrid. AFRICA BOTSWANA Botswana. Globetrotter Travel Map. 1:1,750,000. 6th ed. London : New Holland, 2010. ISBN 9781847738462. NAMIBIA Atlas of Namibia : a portrait of the land and its people / John Mendelsohn ... [et al.]. 3rd ed. Cape Town : Sunbird Publishers, 2009. ISBN 9781920289164 (hbk). NORTH AMERICA UNITED STATES Michelin Regional USA. 1:2,400,000. Ed.6. Watford : Michelin, 2010. Sheet: 584 Southeastern USA. ARCTIC REGIONS SPITZBERGEN Svalbard. 1:250,000. Tromsø : Norsk Polarinstitutt, 2010. 5 sheets. * * * * * * * * 5 SELECTED BOOKS ADDED TO THE AUTOMATED OXFORD LIBRARY SYSTEM, OLIS Wood (Denis) et al.: Rethinking the power of maps. New York ; London : Guilford Press, 2010. ISBN 9781606237076 (hbk). Now accessible at: http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/guides/maps/infofrme.htm 6 .
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