The Mystery of Maps

Maps. Whether a road map printed off the internet to insure your safe arrival at a new destination, or an ancient parchment recalling past history, maps are both part of our everyday and keepers of our past. Battles past, won and lost, the expansion of the freedom, the history of my native and adopted states, the chronicle of the rise and fall of cultures -- all this history can be concisely presented in a map. The present can also be presented in a map of something as tame as a road map. But the excitement of the future is also represented in a map when I see the places dream traveling and the people I'd love meeting there.

Past, present and future can all be portrayed. Such is the mystery of maps.

On a less fanciful and more practical note, back in high school Mom gave me school credit for completing this geography book. The unique idea of coloring the outline of a country helps one remember the shape of the country and also it's relation to other countries. The coloring book also contained the physical geography of the continent as well as a few historical maps of ancient empires. Perfect for either a supplemental or a course in and of itself, I rate it *****Five stars!

Elizabeth Drue.