[Courtesy of the University of Victoria](http://contentdm.library.uvic.ca:8000/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/veh&CISOPTR=1575) This fantastic “Pocket Road Map of Victoria and Surroundings Compiled for the use of Bicyclists”was recently acquired by the University of Victoria [and digitized so we can all have a good look.](http://contentdm.library.uvic.ca:8000/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/veh&CISOPTR=1575) Notice how the map’s designer toyed slightly with convention, rotating everything eastward to create a stronger, more efficient composition. Among the cyclist friendly features are clearly marked hotels and concentric circles radiating at one mile intervals from downtown (“the new Post Office”), for estimating distances at a glance. Best of all, arrows indicate which directions are downhill.