Caribbean Ports of Call in the Pocket Guide series from Berlitz; a collection of handy, pocket-sized guides dedicated to an extensive range of cities, regions & countries worldwide. Written in narrative form, individual guides explore the history, main sights & attractions, food & drink, accommodation & local culture of the destination in detail. Each Berlitz pocket guide has a similar format, with colour-coded sections helping readers locate information quickly in addition to distinctive chapters exploring the city or region. An introduction outlines the destination for visitors & a section dedicated to 'A Brief History' actually explores the area in relative depth. A where to go chapter is organized by region & city & is written in prose form with references to individual sites highlighted in bold for clarity. There are also further suggestions on where & when to eat. Recommendations for leisure activities in the region, including sport, nightlife & shopping, are also provided & tailored accordingly for each destination. Handy travel tips are listed alphabetically in a dedicated section, providing practical guidance & helping visitors make the most of their stay. The main hotels, particularly for cities, are also listed in an accommodation section, offering a brief overview with approximate price bandings & relevant contact details. ...

Berlitz Pocket Guide Caribbean Ports of Call is the ultimate handy guide to cruising the Caribbean, combining a concise, authoritative narrative with great colour photography. The Where to Go section covers ports of call in the US, Mexico, Central America, & the Caribbean, with plenty of tips on how to get the most out of your cruising experience. Inside Caribbean Ports of Call Pocket Guide: Where To Go details all the key sights, while handy maps on the cover flaps help you find your way around, & are cross-referenced to the text. Top 10 Attractions gives a run-down of the best sights to take in on your trip. What To Do is a snapshot of ways to spend your spare time, from scuba diving, to walking in national parks or working your way around stylish bars. Essential information on culture & history. Eating Out covers the best cuisine. Curated listings of the best hotels & restaurants. ...

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The Caribbean at 1:5, 000, 000 on a double-sided, waterproof & tear-resistant map from Franko’s Maps, useful for planning cruises in the region or as a reference during a voyage. On one side is a map of the Caribbean with the coast of Central America southwards from the Yucatan Peninsula & northern South America. Countries with their main cities & individual islands are named & the surrounding seas vividly present the ridges & banks of the sea floor. On the reverse is the same map, but with each country annotated with a panel providing a brief description of its history. This side of the map is also decorated with lovely drawings of various local fish. ...

Caribbean in the National Geographic Traveler guide series, produced by America’s leading travel publishers, exploring a range of cities, regions & countries worldwide & using the expertise & tradition of National Geographic to provide a comprehensive survey of each destination. Each of the guides in the series draws upon National Geographic’s rich history of travel experience & is researched by authors familiar with the area. Whilst the content is influenced by an American editorial style, individual titles are still accessible to a non-American audience, with a combination of practical guidance & detailed information included in each guide. The series also relies upon the extensive image libraries of National Geographic to present a rich visual image of each destination. Individual National Geographic Traveler titles are organised uniformly, allowing readers to access information quickly & easily. Introductory sections provide information on Charting your Trip, with details of getting there & around & a History & Culture chapter profiling history, food & drink, land & landscape, flora & fauna & arts & literature. Chapter are arranged geographically by region, with notable cities & areas principally describing the main sites & attractions, with further information on directions, history & practicalities. There are also a number of individual features & insider tips throughout each guide covering subjects such as walking tours, local culture, driving tours, recommended local experiences & in-depth thematic short histories of the culture & histories of individual regions. A Travelwise section at the back of each guide provides essential practical information on when to go, what to take, further reading, getting there & around, local etiquette, media, holidays, money matters, religion, smoking, time differences, opening times, travellers with disabilities & accommodation. Restaurants & hotels are listed with brief descriptions & information on prices, location, contact details & facilities for the relevant regional chapters in the guide. ...

The southern part of the Caribbean at 1:2, 500, 000 from Nelles Verlag, combining separate maps of the individual islands with an overview of the whole region from Jamaica & the Dominican Republic to the coastline of South America. On one side is the map of the southern part of the Caribbean, with Jamaica, Hispaniola (Haiti & the Dominican Republic), Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Leeward Islands & Windward Islands, including the northern coast of South America. Separate insets show Trinidad & Tobago in greater detail. On the reverse a series of insets at various scales present enlargements of the individual islands or groups: Virgin Islands, Anguilla with St Marin/ Sint Maarten, St Berth ...

Northern Caribbean, from the Virgin Islands to Guadeloupe, presented on a waterproof & tear-resistant map designed to highlight the hotspots- what to see & where to be seen
- rather than to provide conventional cartography. The title covers the Virgin Islands (both US & British), Anguilla, St. Martin / Sint Maarten, St. Barthélemy, Saba, Sint Eustatius, Barbuda, St. Kiits, Nevis, Antigua, Montserrat & Guadeloupe. Each island or a group shown at a different scale according to their size, & is surrounded by colour-coded markings highlighting specially selected hotels & other accommodation, restaurants & bars, interesting shops & markets, & main sights. Many of the selections have telephone numbers & an indication of their price range. The maps provide only an approximate presentation of the topography & the road network.
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Double-sided road map at 1:300, 000 from ITMB covering the Chilcotin Cariboo region of British Columbia, one of the most popular recreational areas of the province. Altitude colouring, spot heights & names of various mountain & hill ranges show the topography, with swamps & marshes, & the region’s extensive network of rivers & lakes. National parks & protected areas are prominently marked. Road network

Includes:: 4WD tracks & indicates locations of petrol stations. Local railways are also shown. An extensive range of symbols mark locations of campsites & trailer parks, wilderness camping & other accommodation facilities, plus numerous recreational areas: hiking, cross-country skiing, mountain biking, horse riding, canoeing, hand gliding, fishing, snowmobiling, etc. The map has latitude & longitude grid at intervals of 30’ & an index of localities. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link.

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On a small island in a glacier-fed lake on Alaska`s Kenai Peninsula, a marriage is unravelling. Gary, driven by thirty years of diverted plans, & Irene, haunted by a tragedy in her past, are trying to rebuild their life together. Following the outline of Gary`s old dream, they`re hauling logs out to Caribou Island in good weather & in terrible storms, in sickness & in health, to patch together the kind of cabin that drew them to Alaska in the first place. Across the water on the mainl&, Irene & Gary`s grown daughter, Rhoda is starting her own life. She fantasizes about the perfect wedding day, whilst her betrothed, Jim the dentist, wonders about the possibility of an altogether different future. From the author of the massively-acclaimed ” Legend of a Suicide”, comes a devastating novel about a marriage, a couple blighted by past shadows & the weight of expectation, of themselves & of each other. Brilliantly drawn & fiercely honest in its depiction of love & disappointment, David Vann`s first novel confirms him as one of America`s most dazzling writers of fiction. ...

Topographic survey of France at 1:25, 000 in IGN`s excellent TOP25 / Série Bleue series. All the maps are GPS compatible, with a 1km UTM grid plus latitude & longitude lines at 5’ intervals. Contours are at 5m intervals except for mountainous areas where the maps have contours at 10m intervals, vividly enhanced by hill shading & graphics for rocky terrain. Colouring with graphics indicates different types of vegetation or land use (deciduous or coniferous forests, moors, orchards, vineyards, etc). PLEASE NOTE: coverage of France at this scale is currently being revised – the format & the presentation of each title are indicated by the letters at the end of its Sheet Reference number (e.g. 0416ET, 3531ETR, 1923SB, etc.)MAPS WITH FULL TOURIST OVERPRINT & AN ENGLISH MAP LEGEND: all TOP25 maps & the SB editions of Série Bleue have an overprint highlighting waymarked walking trails including long-distance GR routes &, where appropriate, ski routes. Symbols indicate campsites, gîtes d’etape, refuges, equestrian centres & other recreational facilities or sites, tourist information centres, cultural heritage, etc. Towns & locations of particular interest are highlighted.- ET or OT = single-sided TOP25 map covering approx. 29x 21 km / 18x 13 miles.- ETR or OTR = waterproof & tear resistant TOP25 map covering the same area as the corresponding ET or OT number, but double-sided, printed on a smaller size sheet with a good overlap between the sides.- SB = Série Bleue map with full tourist overprint; these maps, first introduced in summer 2014, each cover approx. 29x 24km / 18x 15 miles.SÉRIE BLEUE maps with numbers ending in E (Est) or O (Ouest): most editions now indicate the GR routes, but do not show any other tourist information. Map legend is in French only. Each map covers approx. 14x 20km / 9x 12 miles. ...