WAAF plotters in the Operations Room of No. 10 Group, RAF Fighter Command, Wiltshire, England, 1943





David Campion




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MAP EXERCISE


This assignment is intended to provide a sense of the geographical contours over which the history of Modern Britain has unfolded. It will give an appreciation of the topography, distances, cities, regions, and political boundaries of England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and the various smaller islands that comprise Modern Britain. Students are encouraged to use John Cannon (ed), Oxford Companion to British History; S.J. Connolly (ed), Oxford Companion to Irish History; Norman Davies, The Isles: A History as well as other atlases and reference works.

You are not obligated to complete this assignment on your own. You may collaborate with each other in preparing your maps (but beware of shared errors). All items must be clearly labeled in block letters on the maps (not number-keyed to a list in the margin) so that future reference is easy for you and grading is easy for the instructor. Grades will be based primarily on accuracy and neatness, but artistic flourish and creativity will also be considered.

The blank maps supplied are the ones that must be used. Do not submit computer-generated designs. Please staple the two maps together and be sure to put your name on both pages.

Maps are due at the beginning of class on Wednesday, 16 September.



MAP I

In black ink draw borders for the following regions:
England
Wales
Scotland
Irish Republic/Éire
Northern Ireland


Cities:
Aberdeen
Brighton
Canterbury
Derry/Londonderry
Dunkirk (in France)
Hull
Liverpool
Newcastle upon Tyne
Salisbury
York
Belfast
Bristol
Cardiff
Dieppe (in France)
Edinburgh
Inverness
London
Oxford
Sheffield

Birmingham
Calais (in France)
Cork
Dover
Exeter
Leeds
Manchester
Portsmouth
Southampton

Blackpool
Cambridge
Coventry
Dublin
Glasgow
Leicester
Norwich
Reading
Swansea



MAP II

Counties and Provinces:
Cornwall
Durham
Kent
Norfolk
Sussex

Cumbria
Essex
Lincolnshire
Somerset
Yorkshire

Devon
Hampshire
Northumberland
Suffolk
East Anglia

Connaught/Connacht
Lancashire
Scottish Highlands
West Midlands
Ulster

Rivers:
Boyne
Clyde
Humber

Liffey
Mersey
Severn

Shannon
Thames
Tyne

Geographic Features:
Atlantic Ocean
Guernsey
Isle of Wight
North Sea
Firth of Forth
English Channel
Hebrides
Jersey
Orkney Islands

Isle of Man
Irish Sea
Loch Ness
Scapa Flow

Normandy (in France)
Shetland Islands
Greenwich Meridian (0° Longitude)
Skye


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