The Dunes of the Central Holland Province of the Netherlands in a series of walking & cycling maps at 1:25, 000 – 1:35, 000, published by Falk BV in cooperation with Staatsbosbeheer – Dutch government’s organization for forestry & the management of nature reserves. Colouring indicates different types of vegetation or terrain: woodl&, pastures, heath or sand dunes. Given the topography of most of the country, the maps have no contour lines. The maps show local hiking trails, indicating their waymarking & include cycle paths & horse riding. Many local crossroads are annotated with the numbers of ANWB signposts & ‘mushrooms’ – a useful aid when navigating in Dutch countryside. Symbols indicate various tourist facilities & places of interest, including different types of accommodation, cafes, windmills, etc. The maps have no geographical coordinates. Map legend is in Dutch only. On the reverse each title has supplementary information, in Dutch only, about the region`s attractions. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

The original historic counties of Great Britain & Northern Ireland on a map from Quadhurst Map, shown with borders & enclaves as they were before the Local Government Act 1888 & Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889. The borders are those that existed before administrative counties were established, e.g. in Scotland Ross & Cromartyshire are shown as separate counties. Following these two Acts & further legislation, many county councils took the opportunity to ”tidy up” their boundaries with neighbouring authorities & it was not uncommon for blocks of parishes to be exchanged. The Quadhurst map shows the boundaries as they were before these exchanges took place; the enclaves are numbered & cross-referenced to a key next to the map legend. Within Yorkshire & Lincolnshire names of their traditional historic parts are included. The map shows the counties in colour, each indicating its historic county town &

Includes:: present day road network. The map comes with an A4 leaflet attached to its cover, explaining how the country was mapped & how the changes to its administrative structure came about.PLEASE NOTE: This title is also available as a wall map.

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Hebuterne (57D NE parts of 3 & 4
- ed. 2) in a series of British Army trench maps from the WWI, reproduced by G.H. Smith & Son
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Honnecourt (57B SW 3
- ed. 1A) in a series of British Army trench maps from the WWI, reproduced by G.H. Smith & Son at Approx.
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Houplines (36 NW 2 & NE 1
- ed. 9A) in a series of British Army trench maps from the WWI, reproduced by G.H. Smith & Son at Approx.
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One of the titles in the 1:50, 000 topographic survey of Icel&. The series is not complete. So far 102 maps have been published, out of the total of 199, with the north-west & the east of the country not yet covered. The series has been compiled from aerial photography & has contours at 20m intervals. The maps do not give as much information on the type of the terrain & land use as the 1:100, 000 series, but the cartography

Includes:: many other

Features: hot & cold springs & wells, streams graded by width, etc. Each map covers an area of Approx. 23 x 28 km / 14 x 17 miles. The maps have a UTM grid, with margin ticks showing latitude & longitude in steps of 5'. Map legend

Includes:: English.





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This is a book about memory, nature & nation, & how it might be possible to reconcile death with life & love. As a child, Helen Macdonald was determined to become a falconer, learning the arcane terminology & reading all the classic books. Years later, when her father died & she was struck deeply by grief, she became obsessed with the idea of training her own goshawk. She bought Mabel for £800 on a Scottish quayside & took her home to Cambridge, ready to embark on the long, strange business of trying to train this wildest of animals. H is for Hawk is an unflinchingly honest account of Macdonald`s struggle with grief during the difficult process of the hawk`s taming & her own untaming. Winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction 2014, winner of the Costa Biography Award 2014 & Shortlisted for the 2015 Thwaites Wainwright Prize. ...

This is a book about memory, nature & nation, & how it might be possible to reconcile death with life & love. As a child, Helen Macdonald was determined to become a falconer, learning the arcane terminology & reading all the classic books. Years later, when her father died & she was struck deeply by grief, she became obsessed with the idea of training her own goshawk. She bought Mabel for £800 on a Scottish quayside & took her home to Cambridge, ready to embark on the long, strange business of trying to train this wildest of animals. H is for Hawk is an unflinchingly honest account of Macdonald`s struggle with grief during the difficult process of the hawk`s taming & her own untaming. Winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction 2014, winner of the Costa Biography Award 2014 & Shortlisted for the 2015 Thwaites Wainwright Prize. ...

The Birds & the Bees series was designed for Vintage Classics by Timorous Beasties, the Scottish studio famous for their designs inspired by the natural world. As a child, Helen Macdonald was determined to become a falconer. Years later, when her father died, she became obsessed with the idea of training her own goshawk. She bought Mabel for GBP800 on a Scottish quayside & took her home to Cambridge, ready to embark on the long, strange business of trying to train this wildest of animals. Her story is an unflinchingly honest account of Macdonald`s struggle with grief during the difficult process of the hawk`s taming & her own untaming. This is the winner of the 2014 Samuel Johnson Prize. ...

Topographical survey of Belgium at 1:20, 000 from Nationaal Geografisch Instituut / Institut Géographique National, the country’s national survey organization. Each 20K map covers one quarter of the corresponding 1:50, 000 map (with adjustments in the border & coastal areas). The maps provide all the information expected of topographic mapping at this scale & in addition have an unusually large amount of vegetation and/or land use information (different types of woodlands, gardens, orchards, heath, etc). The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, with margin ticks for latitude & longitude at intervals of 1`. Map legend & a glossary of terms used on the maps include English. Stanfords keeps as regular stock 20K maps for the World War I battlefields around the Ypres, Messines & Passchendaele, & for the area of the Battle of Waterloo. The 1:20, 000 survey covers the whole of Belgium & maps for other regions can be supplied as special orders. To see the list of titles in this series please click on the series link.PLEASE NOTE: the Long-Distance Footpaths Map of Belgium at 1:300, 000 which shows the division of Belgium into the 50K survey sheets can also be used to see in more detail coverage by the 20K maps. ...