| In comparison to earlier maps of Europe, this map is the first to show the network of superhighways criss-crossing the continent as European transportation surged.  Published in June 1969, it accompanied an article entitled "Europe, A Restless Continent Remapped."The 1969 Europe map features: • Historical notes about relevant political changes in Europe and the Middle East
 •  Thousands of place names including capitals, cities, and towns
 •  Superhighways and railroads (both existing and under construction), roads, the Berlin corridor, tracks, principal airports, and canals
 •  Mountains, rivers, lakes, intermittent lakes, dry lakes, swamps, glaciers, deserts, water holes, and areas below sea level
 •  Ocean bathymetry
 •  Oil fields and oil pipelines
 •  Geographical equivalents and abbreviations
 
 Coverage Area:  Europe, western USSR, western Turkey, Israel, Lebanon
 
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