----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Jim Coombs Map Librarian SW Missouri State Univ. As I'm sure you (and Russell Guy of OMNI Resources) will agree, it is ususally best to seek a map of a certain country from that country's own survey/mapping authority. If only to better ensure that administrative information, toponyms, and legends are correct. Unless your professor insists on an equally balanced political/physical map might I suggest, in place of a German (but entirely in English language?) product, that a map from our (British) Ordnance Survey should be sought? There is, for example, 'United Kingdom: administrative [map]', [Ed.]A, 1:1 000 000, Southampton; OS, 1996, 99 x 90cm, which "[...] shows the administrative areas corrected to April 1997 but [...] does not include the District boundaries", and includes on the sheet 'How they looked in the past: the counties of Great Britain [as of 1879]'. Lacking admin. data there is the 'Relief map of Great Britain'. [ca 1:1 750 000], OS, 1993, 77 x 49cm, which was "Produced from OS 1:50 000 scale Digital Elevation Models". Looking to (more obviously) commercial map-makers, I would suggest Bartholomew products for HarperCollins, or Philip; this is certainly where OMNI (and other IMTA members) should help selection - on the assumption that their data sources (e.g. producers' catalogs) are sufficiently informative! These days, of course, firms like Philip, Harper-Collins, and the OS can produce the map you wish on demand - if you're prepared to pay... Lamination/rollers, is usually (as I'm sure you know) an 'extra'. Sincerely Francis Herbert (Curator of Maps, RGS, London) [log in to unmask]