The new edition of Cameroon features every aspect of travel in the little-known west African country. Cameroon offers 'pygmy' hunting camps deep in the rainforest, Arabic-speaking trading towns, ancient tribal kingdoms, mountain scenery, & fabulous beaches. Its varied population bears Muslim, Christian, British & French influences & although officially bilingual, around 160 different African dialects are spoken. Wildlife watching is a prime reason for visiting this corner of West Africa: this book incorporates a useful field guide to the main species of animals in Cameroon, recommendations on birding from experts & the best habitats to be found in the reserves, national parks & conservation areas. ...

The very stuff of travel writing. Trekking through the bush on a horse called Egbert, eating repulsive local delicacies, getting lost, falling ill, heat, storms & unplanned detours. Murphy & her teenage daughter`s journey is written up with sympathy, wit & perception. ...

The Bear Trail, Camí de l`Óssa, a circular hiking route in Andorra on a contoured & GPS compatible map at 1:15, 000 from Editorial Piolet, with eight additional recommended walks from Encamp. The map has contours at 10m intervals enhanced by bold relief shading. The overprint also indicates other waymarked paths, hotels, campsites, mountain refuges, various places of interest, locations for various recreational activities (ski, horse riding, climbing, canyoning), etc. Hiking maps in the Editorial Piolet series, unless indicated to the contrary in the individual description, have contours at 10m intervals, enhanced by relief shading and/or altitude colouring, & provide very detailed presentation of the terrain & local road network. An overprint highlights hiking routes, distinguishing between short local routes, longer PR paths & long-distance GR routes. Symbols mark campsites & mountain huts or refuges, various places of interest, climbing or other recreational areas, etc. Each title has a UTM grid. Map legend

Includes:: English. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link.

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A complete set of maps & town plans in English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch & Polish make up this indispensible guidebook for spiritual seekers & travelers wishing to walk the way of Saint James. Covering the sacred route from St. Jean Pied de Port to Santiago, this portable book of maps makes the perfect companion for adventurers attempting to heed the spiritual calling. Revised & updated to offer the most recent information, this exploration is light enough to carry while walking long distances each day. The maps show the location of all pilgrim hostels en route, the distances between villages, & points of interest, as well as counter guides, alternative routes, & accommodations. ...

A detailed, colour survey map from the Portuguese Military Survey's M782 series. Each map in this series has contours at 20m intervals with supplementary contours at 10m intervals. One major advantage the military mapping has over the civilian equivalent is that the legend is in English as well as Portuguese. This legend

Includes:: roads, railways, buildings, spot heights, vegetation type, fluvial information, scree, dunes, churches, ruins, etc. Latitude & longitude ticks are show at 10' intervals. Recently revised sheets also have a UTM grid at 100m intervals. Vertical Datum: Mean Sea Level at Cascais Harbour Projection: Transverse Mercator

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Topographic survey of Portugal at 1:50, 000 from the Instituto Geográfico Português, the country’s civilian survey organisation. The maps have contours at 25m intervals & in addition to the standard features shown on topographic mapping at this scale also indicate various types of vegetation (vineyards, olive groves, etc). Each sheet covers an area of 32 x 20km (20 x 12.5miles approx). The maps have latitude & longitude margin ticks at 1’ intervals & UTM coordinates for the map corners – each sheet also shows conversion details from BBLx (Bessel-Bonnie system, Datum Lisbon) to UTM. Map legend is in Portuguese only.EDITION DATES: most titles in this series have now been updated in the 1990s or later. To see all the titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

The Camino de Santiago has experienced a striking revival. Cutting across Spain from the Pyrenees in the east, to Santiago de Compostela in the west, it leads you through the varied & beautiful ancient kingdoms of northern Spain. This Footprint Handbook provides invaluable information on transport, accommodation, eating & entertainment to ensure that your trip

Includes:: the best of this medieval pilgrim route. * Essentials section with useful advice on getting to & along the Camino de Santiago. * Comprehensive, up-to-date listings of where to eat, sleep & play. *

Includes:: information on tour operators & activities, from sampling red wine in La Rioja to the magnificent cathedral at Santiago. * Detailed maps for the Camino de Santiago. * Slim enough to fit in your pocket. With detailed information on all the main sights, plus many lesser-known places of interest, Footprint Handbook Camino de Santiago provides concise & comprehensive coverage of Spain`s most famous historical route.



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The Rother walking guide to the Spanish Camino de Santiago has been so popular in such a short space of time that this new second edition has been prepared after only one year. In a total of 41 stages the whole of the Camino francés is described from Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port via Roncesvalles, as well as the Aragon route from the Somport pass via Jaca to Santiago de Compostela, including possible secondary routes & the extension to Finisterre or Muxía. The guide

Includes:: 47 maps at 1:100, 000 scale, 6 town plans & 2 overview maps for planning. There are precise descriptions of the individual stages including easy-to-read height profiles, as well as comprehensive details of the infrastructure along the way such as medical services, shopping opportunities or banks, make your planning of the walk easier, especially for deviations from the stages described in this guide. Detailed information is also given about the location & standard of accommodation in the pilgrim hostels along the way, graded accordingly with one to three pilgrim shells. General tips on planning the route & equipment at the start of the book make this walking guide into a compact & practical guide. A special mention is also made from historical & scenic delights, as well as regional peculiarities, local fiestas & culinary specialties; over 60 photos provide insights into the diversity of landscape & cultural experienced along the Way of Saint James. About this series: Rother Walking Guides were first published in 1920- since then Bergverlag Rother have continued to produce these comprehensive guides to “the finest valley & mountain walks”. Each book has a detailed description of walks, small walking maps & many tips on combining the walks, places of interest, accommodation & public transport; the guides are all in full colour with varying scales & types of cartography
- the walks themselves vary from day-long hikes to mountain & valley walks, with varying levels of ease & difficulty indicated. Small enough to fit in your pocket, comprehensive enough to take you everywhere; the books are printed in paperback but with a polytex-laminated cover, making them extremely durable too.


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Camino de Santiago, the main route of the Way of St. James across northern Spain in a pocket atlas using Michelin’s road mapping at 1:150, 000 with additional route profiles, town plans, accommodation details, etc. Starting in St-Jean-Pied-de Port on the French side of the Pyrenees, the atlas covers the main route to Santiago de Compostela through Pamplona, Burgos & León. Each page presents one 20-30 km stage of the route, highlighted on an extract from the Michelin’s road mapping at 1:150, 000 & accompanied by a page with a route profile annotated with details of accommodation & other services. For each pilgrims’ hostel the guide gives opening times, number of beds & contact details. The maps clearly indicate which part of the route is on local roads, country tracks or footpaths. Given the scale of 1:150, 000 & only relief shading as a background, the maps are not, of course, as informative as more detailed topographic mapping. The atlas also

Includes:: street plans of central Burgos, León & Santiago de Compostela, highlighting tourist information offices, churches & other places of interest. The atlas is indexed & has a multilingual map legend which

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The whole of Way of St James to Santiago de Compostela in a set of 11 maps: 10 double-sided topographic maps at 1:50, 000 plus an overview map of northern Spain, published by the Spanish civilian survey organization. Each 1:50, 000 map is double-sided & has four 57 x 35cm panels with full topographic mapping of the area through which the route passes. Contours are at 50m intervals, with additional shading & colouring/graphics to show several different types of land cover (forests, meadows, olive groves, vineyards, etc.) An overprint highlights the route & its variants. Although the maps, given their scale, are primarily designed for walkers, where appropriate alternatives for cyclists are also marked. Icons indicate various related historical monuments. The maps have a 1km UTM grid, plus margin ticks for latitude & longitude. Each title also has route profiles for the sections covered by it, plus panels presenting the route annotated with various facilities available in local towns & villages: accommodation, restaurants, food shops, access to trains or busses, bicycle repair shops, etc. The last map (No. 31/31) has just two panels with 1:50, 000 maps but provides on the reverse an aerial view of Santiago de Compostela showing the route from the city’s outskirts to the centre, plus a detailed street plan of the centre at 1:3, 500 approx. highlighting its famous buildings & recommending four sightseeing routes. Completing the set is a double-sided, somewhat basic map of northern Spain at 1:500, 000 showing the network of main roads plus railways. The overprint highlights only the main route, as presented on the 1:50, 000 maps
- the coastal variant is not covered. Topography is indicated by relief shading with names of main mountain ranges.
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