The Times Map Of The World

This folded "Times Map of the World "contains politically colored mapping which shows individual countries and their capital city, major roads, railways and cities and towns clearly. Local name forms are used for all towns and cities with the English or historical alternative shown in brackets i.e. Mumbai (Bombay), Sankt Peterburg (Leningrad) where space permits. This makes the map readily accessible to the general reader who needs an up-to-date map to follow reports of world events in newspapers, on radio and television. It is perfect for the home and office. It covers all of the world, centered on the Greenwich Meridian, and including maps of the North and South Pole regions. Its scale is 1:25,000,000; 1 cm to 250 km; 1 inch to 395 miles."