South America North Travel Map

Map of South America North

Northern South America at 1:3,850,000 in a series of three double-sided, indexed maps from ITMB, dividing the continent north/south and providing separate coverage of the Andes. Altitude colouring shows the topography and national parks or protected areas are highlighted.

The maps present an overview of the continent’s road and rail networks and indicate local domestic airports. Various places of interest are highlighted, some accompanied by brief notes. Altitude tints, varying in colouring between the three maps, show the continents topography and numerous tributaries of the Amazon are named.

*In this title:* double-sided map, with a separate index of localities for each side. The map shows the road and rail networks, and indicates local landing strips in the more remote parts of the interior. The course of the Transamazonica highway is annotated with notes about sections which are not maintained and difficult to pass.

Swamp areas are indicated and numerous tributaries of the Amazon and the Parana are named. National parks and other protected areas are prominently highlighted, with symbols marking various places of interest. The map also shows internal administrative boundaries with names of the provinces. Latitude and longitude lines are drawn at intervals of 3º.