Maps Old and New Maps e g illustrating

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/

A 15 th 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

Source: S 0014572 Regnorum Hispaniae Nova Delcriptio http: //images. rgs. org/index. aspx then put ‘maps’ in search

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

Source : http: //www. lib. utexas. edu/maps/cia 06/spain_sm_2006. gif

Activity: Finding Out • Can you find the towns which are marked on the 15 th 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?

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