Director-General of the British Ordnance Survey
Newly added photos and descriptions of key destinations and travel routes
🗺️ Elegantly unresolved — A newly depicted western inland lake in North America preserves the era’s best hypotheses on the eve of Lewis & Clark
Wayfinding detail pairs with concise notes to reveal landscapes shaped by saints and scholars
✔ Collector’s Provenance: A classic 1922 National Geographic production
5752 Alcoota 1:100k Topographic Map Finish:Waterproof Director-General of the British OrdnanceAt a scale of 1: 100,000, 1cm on the map represents 1km on the ground. Each map covers a minimum area of 0. 5 degrees longitude by 0. 5 degrees latitude or about 54 kilometres by 54 kilometres. The contour interval is 20 metres. Many maps are supplemented by hill shading. Topographic maps show contours, spot elevations, streams, roads, buildings, place names, vegetation and administrative boundaries. They are used by emergency services, environmental