Central Asia Road Edition Wall Map at 1:1, 750, 000, size 121 x 81cm / 47.5” x 32” approx. Gizi Map coverage of Central Asia is available either in a geographical version or in a road edition &

Includes:: Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, plus southern Kazakhstan & most of Turkmenistan. Both versions show the region’s rail & road networks, including selected dirt tracks, give driving distances on major roads, & highlight several variants of the Silk Route. All place names are transliterated; local administrative boundaries are marked & names of provinces are shown. Detailed topographic information

Includes:: names of mountain ranges, deserts & other geographical features, numerous spot heights & peak names, swamps & salt flats, glaciers, etc. National parks are marked. Lines of latitude & longitude are drawn at 1° intervals. Index of localities is on the reverse of each map. Map legend

Includes:: English. Geographical edition: The map has bold altitude colouring to provide a vivid picture of the region’s topography.ROAD EDITION: Altitude colouring has been replaced by relief shading to provide a clearer background for the road & rail networks. Both versions are available either folded or as a wall map.





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The mountains of Central Asia on at 1:500, 000 on 11 detailed, contoured maps derived from the Soviet era topographic survey but with transliterated place names & an English language map legend. The series provides coverage of the Tien Shan & Pamir Mountains, with the whole of Kyrgyzstan, northern Tajikistan, plus the adjoining regions of Uzbekistan (including Tashkent & Samarkand), southern Kazakhstan (with Almaty) & the Sinkiang Province of China. The maps have contours at 100m intervals, enhanced by altitude colouring & relief shading, with plenty of spot heights & names of various mountain chains, peaks, valleys, etc. Additional colouring and/or graphics indicate glaciers, cliffs, rock boulders, sands, ridges & dunes, mud & salt flats, different types of vegetation, etc. The maps show all the information expected of topographic mapping at this scale, including detailed presentation of local roads & tracks, railways, aerodromes, isolated settlements, national & internal administrative borders, etc. Latitude & longitude grid is drawn at 20’ & 30’ respectively. The series was prepared in mid-2000s when all the place names have been transliterated from the original Russian mapping & given, where possible, modern local names for larger towns. Each map provides a guide to the transliteration, as well as English & German glossary for the abbreviations. Map legend is in English. ...

Map No. F-6 in the ONC series: military topographic survey mapping covering the world's land masses & significant islands at 1:1, 000, 000. The maps are useful as general topographical coverage where nothing else is available, although they are designed primarily as flying charts for military aircraft. ONC stands for Operational Navigation Chart. Relief is portrayed by a combination of contours (basic interval 1000ft, intermediate contours shown where appropriate), elevation tinting & relief shading, plus spot heights. Towns, villages, major roads, railways & airports are shown but please note that many of the smaller settlements are not named & the road information is not necessarily up to date, as compilation & revision dates vary. Some air navigation information also appears on the map, such as radio beacons & restricted flying zones. Each ONC chart has both UTM & latitude/longitude grids overprinted on it, with additional margin ticks. IMPORTANT
- PLEASE NOTE: The series is gradually being withdrawn from sale to the general public & some sheets may no longer be available when ordered by us. Due to the nature of the map projection assembling these sheets to make a larger map is not recommended. in addition, colours used for relief are not constant throughout the series. In some areas of central Africa & South America the maps have blank spaces, reflecting localized deficiencies or inconsistencies in the survey data.
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Between these covers, the millennia of mercantile & cultural exchange along the Silk Route are celebrated by travellers & writers from Marco Polo to Sven Hedin, from William of Rubrick to Ella Maillart. Kathleen Hopkirk has spent a lifetime researching this vital heartl&, traversed by five, inhospitable deserts but united by ancient chains of trading oases: from the Buddhist Empire of Kushan, to the scholarly Islamic centre at Bukhara, from the military conquerors massing in both directions to the saintly missionaries & monks who moved between its centres of learning. This mysterious homeland of the Tartars, Turks, Mongols, Uzbeks, Uighurs, Tajiks, Scythians & Sarmatians, gave the world terrifying conquerors of the stature of Gengiz Khan & Tamberlane. Later it became the focus of the Great Game, a rivalry for influence in the area between the empires of Russia & Britain played out by spies, ambassadors, agents & travel writers for 150 years, itself a continuation of the old cultural rivalry between Persia & China for the soul of this vast region. ...

Map of the region from the Caspian Sea to the western borders of China from the Gitashenasi Institute. The area shown



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The very centre of Australia with Alice Springs & Uluru (Ayres Rock) on a regional touring map at 1:1, 200, 000 from Hema with tracks plotted by special field research & annotated with numerous GPS waypoints, plus other extensive tourist information, a list of facilities in the national parks, etc. Coverage extends north/south along the Stuart Highway from Tennant Creek in the Northern Territory to Woomera in South Australia, & west/east from the border of Western Australia to Windorah in Queensland & While Cliffs in New South Wales, so

Includes:: Alice Springs, Yulara with Uluru/ Ayres Rock & Kata Tjuta/ The Olgas, & the Simpson Desert. Presentation of the road network distinguishes between roads & outback tracks which were plotted during the fieldwork carried out by Hema & other tracks shown on Australia’s 250K topographic survey and/or on other sources but not specifically verified by the publishers. Major junctions & isolated facilities are annotated with GPS waypoints. Many historic routes such as the Exploer’s Way or the Matilda Way are highlighted. An extensive range of symbols indicate different types of accommodation facilities, fuel & water supplies, general stores & meals, vehicle repair or medical facilities, & various places of interest, many annotated with brief notes and/or contact details. Topography is finely presented by graphics for sand ridges & salt flats, plus names of mountain ranges, etc. National parks & other protected area are highlighted, also Aboriginal Lands & restricted entry zones. In addition to the GPS waypoints, the map has a latitude & longitude grid drawn at intervals of 1º. On the reverse there are travel tips, descriptions of places of interest, contact addresses, & a list of facilities in the national parks. To see other titles in Hema’s series of regional maps of Australia please click on the series grid.

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Central Australia
- Adelaide to Darwin in the Countries & Regions series from Lonely Planet, market-leading comprehensive guides
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Central Bohemia at 1:200, 000 from Höfer Verlag in a series of road maps of areas which used to be part of Germany or the Austro-Hungarian Empire, showing both current & the old German place names. In many places former settlements which now no longer exist are also named. Present road & rail networks are supplemented by historical information, e.g. former railway lines. There is no relief detail apart from spot heights. Forests, nature reserves, national park boundaries & locations of interest are marked, & symbols indicate campsites, historical sites, etc. The maps have no geographical coordinates. Map legend

Includes:: English. As the maps have dual place names, the print is rather small, but each title comes with a special magnifying lens attached to the map cover. Also included is a booklet with separate, cross-referenced indexes for each set of names & a street plan of the central part of the area’s main city, showing both old & current street layout. In this title: a street plan of central Prague.

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Central Bristol History Tour is a unique insight into the fascinating history of this famous old port city & shows just how much it has changed during the course of the nineteenth & twentieth centuries. Readers are invited to follow local author & historian Anthony Beeson as he guides them through its streets & alleyways, pointing out the well-known & less well-known landmarks along the way. ...

Bristol, ` Queen of the West Country`, is a city founded on manufacturing & trade. Once described as producing within its bounds every daily necessity required in life, its merchants were mocked by outsiders for lives dominated by a rage for profit. It was a city in which grandeur lived cheek by jowl with poverty & pollution, & dangerous industry with domesticity. Old & modern Bristol are described here in drawings, paintings & photographs (many previously unpublished from the author`s collection & those of the Bristol Central Reference Library), in a volume that complements the author`s previous book for Amberley on Central Bristol. The book is arranged as a series of textual & visual peregrinations around Bristol & its main arterial routes, & documents some of the myriad changes that have occurred in the city`s evolution over the last few centuries. ...