The Automobilist Abroad

Belgium is well covered by the excellent "Carte de Belgique" of the Automobile Club de Belgique, Italy by the maps of the Italian Touring Club, and Germany by the ingenious profile map known as "Strassenprofilkarten," rather difficult to read by the uninitiated.

One of the great works of the omnific Touring Club de France is the preparation of what might be called pictorial inventories of the historical monuments and natural curiosities of France made on the large-scale maps of the Etat Major. Primarily these are intended to be filed away in their wonderful "Bibliothèque," that all and sundry who come may read, but it is also further planned that they shall be displayed locally in hotels, automobile clubs, and the like. The mode of procedure is astonishingly simple. These detailed maps of the War Department are simply cut into strips and mounted consecutively, and the "sights" marked on the margin (with appropriate notes) after the manner of the example here given.

There seems no reason why one could not make up his own maps beforehand in a similar fashion, of any particular region or itinerary that he proposed to "do" thoroughly. One misses a great deal en route that is not marked clearly on the map before his eyes.

Appendix XIII

A List Of European Map And Road Books

Great Britain and Ireland

The Contour Road Books

Vol. I. North England, including part of Wales.

Vol. II. West England

Vol. III. Southeastern England.

Very useful books, including about five hundred maps and plans, showing gradients and road profiles.

Bartholemew's Revised Map of England and Wales. – Complete in 87 sheets, 2 miles to the inch.

Half Inch Map of England, Wales, and Scotland. – Published by Gall and Inglis (Edinburgh). Complete in 47 sheets (England and Wales).

"Strip" Maps. – Published by Gall and Inglis (Edinburgh); 2 miles to the inch.

1. Edinburgh to Inverness.

2. Inverness to John O'Groat's.

3. "Brighton Road," London to Brighton; "Portsmouth Road," London to Portsmouth.

4. "Southampton Road," London to Bournemouth.

5. "Exeter Road," London to Exeter.

6. "Bath Road," London to Bristol.

10. "Great North Road," in two parts: London to York, Leeds, or Harrogate; York to Edinburgh.

15. "Land's End Road," Bristol to Land's End.

16. "Worcester Road," Bristol to Birmingham, Worcester to Lancashire.

18. The North Wales Road: Liverpool, Manchester, and Birmingham to Holyhead.

19. London to Birmingham, Manchester, and Liverpool.

20. "Great North Road," Edinburgh to York.

21. "Carlisle Road," Edinburgh to Lancashire.

28. "Highland Road," Edinburgh to Inverness.

28. "John O'Groat's Road," Inverness to Caithness. Excellent for tours over a straightaway itinerary.

The Cyclist's Touring Club Road Books

Vol. I. deals with the Southern and Southwestern Counties south of the main road from London to Bath and Bristol.

Vol. II. embraces the Eastern and Midland Counties, including the whole of Wales.

Vol. III. covers the remainder of England to the Scottish Border.

Vol. IV. includes the whole of Scotland.

Vol. V. Southern Ireland, deals with the country south of the main road from Dublin to Galway.

Vol. VI., Northern Ireland, deals with the country north of the main road froth Dublin to Galway.

Ordnance Survey Map of England and Wales. – New series, complete in 354 sheets, 21 x 16 inches. One mile to the inch.

Bartholemew's Map of Scotland. – Complete in 29 sheets, 2 miles to the inch.

IRELAND

Mecredy's Road Maps

1. Dublin and Wicklow.

2. Kerry.

3. Donegal.

4. Connemara.

5. Down.

6. East Central Ireland.

Mecredy's Road Book

2 Volumes

Vol. I. South of Dublin and Galway.

Vol. II. North of Dublin and Galway.