Draw a simple map

It's all shown here: https://www.students.ncl.ac.uk/keith.newman/r/maps-in-r

library(maps) # Provides functions that let us plot the maps library(mapdata) # Contains the hi-resolution points that mark out the countries.

# draw a world map
map('worldHires')


# nice map of Great Britian and Northern Ireland
map('worldHires', c('UK', 'Ireland', 'Isle of Man','Isle of Wight'), xlim=c(-11,3), ylim=c(49,60.9))