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Hi!
I have to teach a short course of lectures on the physical / environmental
geography of Europe, and am looking for some decent maps to illustrate my
talks with. But there seems to be a remarkable dearth of good, not-too-fussy
thematic maps of Europe available, and I would therefore appreciate any
leads or suggestions. I would be interested in virtually any format - folio
sheets, wall maps, electronic images (TIFF, PCX, etc), atlas plates, maps
in text books.... as long as they were suitable for presentation to
NON-SCIENTISTS and non-specialists. Ideally, I can get 35mm slides and/or
OHP slides made of them, or else get copies for display on our walls.
 
The audience will be First Year European Studies students from a general
Arts/humanities background.
 
The themes that I am interested in include:
 
        Soils
        Solid and drift geology
        Climate zones
                temperature
                rainfall
                insolation
                prevailing winds
                etc...
        Vegetation distribution
        Biogeographic realms
        Water quality
 
If anyone has suggestions they will be very greatly appreciated.
 
Many thanks
Darius Bartlett