A beautiful 40cm (16) illuminated globe constructed from a glass-like material, held in a gold-coloured steel half meridian & base. The sturdy globe shows political detail, & when illuminated the hill shading showing the relief is revealed. Warm & cool ocean currents are marked. ...

Immerse yourself in the fascinating world of 360- panoramic photographs by Thorsten Tiedeke. Breathtaking images, which can be unfolded to a width of over one metre, captivate the beholder. In this volume, we show you the financial metropolis of Frankfurt am Main, with its skyline which is characterised by the 325 banks based here. Skyscrapers, plate-glass palaces, half-timbered houses & historical buildings jostle cheek by jowl revealing a unique cityscape, which you can see in one panoramic view. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, who was born here & later worked here as a lawyer, loved this city & its culinary delights. ...

Frankfurt is a city that punches well above its weight. Despite its diminutive size--it has fewer than a million inhabitants--it is a financial centre of global importance, named alongside metropolises & capitals such as Tokyo, London, & New York. Yet Frankfurt is a city that is also continually underestimated: many of the millions who visit it on business--both German & from other countries--see little more of it than its airport & its skyscrapers. The city`s role in the global financial markets often obscures its importance as a historical & cultural centre, not just for Germany, but for Europe & the West as a whole. In the Middle Ages, Frankfurt was the city in which the Holy Roman Emperors were crowned & in which, at the dawn of the Renaissance, a tradition of printing & publishing was established which lives on in today`s Frankfurt Book Fair. The German language`s most enduring author, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, was born in the city, & the university named for him gave birth to one of the twentieth century`s most revolutionary academic developments, the Frankfurt School. Architecturally, too, the city has always been a pioneer: its famous skyline is only the latest & most visible in a series of bold experiments. Frankfurt has always been a capital without a country: the capital of the book trade, the capital of modern social studies, the capital of the Eurozone. Today, it rivals Brussels, Berlin, Paris, & London, & yet retains a deeply provincial, down-to-earth identity interwoven with the thick forests & farming country of its Hessian hinterl&. While its population is one of the world`s most international, its dialect is one of Germany`s most impenetrable. For those looking to do more than just change flights or sign a contract, this cultural guide takes a closer look at Frankfurt, exploring & explaining these dichotomies. ...

Map No. 828, Frankfurt & Environs (2-map set) with a nature guide to local wild flowers, in a series of hiking maps from Kompass providing extensive coverage of Austria & Germany plus the Slovenian Alps, with hiking routes on a topographic base, various types of accommodation, recreational facilities, places of interest, etc. Many titles are now published as competitively priced sets of two or more maps, offering a wider coverage. Kompass are Europe’s largest publishers of walking maps, with extensive coverage of hiking areas in other countries, all listed on our website. * Cartography:* all the maps are contoured with additional shading & graphic relief to provide a more detailed picture of the terrain, vegetation and/or land use. Contour interval varies from 10 metres in the coastal areas of Northern Germany to 40 or 50 metres in the mountainous parts of the two countries. All the maps highlight local & long-distance waymarked footpaths, including climbing trails. Most titles also show cycling routes, mountain bike trails, &, the in mountainous areas, ski routes. The maps indicate various types of accommodation (selected inns & hotels, youth hostels, campsites, mountain refuges), as well as recreational facilities, places of interest, etc. New editions also show access by public transport with bus stops and/or Park+ Ride facilities.* Geographical coordinates:* unless indicated to the contrary in the individual description, the maps have a UTM grid for GPS users. * Map legend:* most maps now include full English legend, particularly titles covering the Alpine areas. Some maps covering mainly eastern Austria or the less popular parts of Germany may still have a legend in German only.* Other
Features:* some titles now include on the reverse panorama drawings of their area with names of villages, peaks, valleys, etc. and/or have booklets with pictures of local wild flowers with their Latin names.*PLEASE NOTE BEFORE ORDERING!* * Booklets:* many titles come with booklets describing the area and/or various hiking routes. These booklets are in * German only*, apart from a handful of titles where an English language booklet is specifically indicated in the individual description. So, unless English language booklet is actually mentioned, the map can only be supplied with a German booklet. These booklets are not necessary to use the maps since, as stated above, most titles now include * full English language map legend.*
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Frankfurt a.M.
- Wiesbaden – Darmstadt on a waterproof, tear-resistant, GPS compatible cycling map at 1:75, 000 from the ADFC
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Falk, one of Germany`s leading publishers of street plans, produce their town plans in two different formats. Falk Extra plans are folded in a standard way, where the whole map can be opened to view the entire area it covers. For larger cities, the same mapping is also published with a special folding system designed to show only a small section of the map at one time. The whole map can be opened but it will be cut in several places. Many find these street plans very user-friendly & easier to handle than conventional maps. The plans, which cover towns with their outer suburbs, indicate main landmarks & public buildings & show all the public transport facilities, one way streets & car parks. Plans of lager cities include a separate map of the town centre at a more detailed scale & a diagram of the underground & the suburban rail network. The plans also show the postal divisions & have an extensive street index which, where appropriate, shows individual postal codes for each street. Map legend

Includes:: English. Falk Extra plans also include on the reverse a road map of the surrounding area.

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Street plan of the Frankfurt
- Offenbach conurbation in Falk’s Special Fold format, designed to show only a small section of the
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Unusual, very attractive street plan of Frankfurt offering a bird’s-eye view of the city with every building drawn to scale with full architectural detail, from street arcades to rooftops & inner courtyards. The skyscrapers of the “ Mainhattan” banks, the Messe Turm or the residential areas of Sachsenhausen are all presented in great detail. The plan, drawn in 2010, covers Frankfurt from the Messe grounds & Palmengarten to the Ignatz Bubis Bridge & Südbanhof, extending north to the University, & is annotated with small icons of various businesses which sponsored its production. On the reverse is a conventional street plan of the city with its outer suburbs. Street index, in a separate booklet, covers both plans &

Includes:: brief descriptions of the main monuments & places of interest, plus lists of local facilities & various shops & other businesses. All the text is in German only.

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Excellent laminated & waterproof map for visitors to Frankfurt, combining a plan of the city with an enlargement for the town centre highlighting 30 top sights, a road map of the environs, public transport diagram, etc. The main plan at 1:12, 000 covers the city’s inner districts, including the Messe Frankfurt grounds. The plan shows one way streets, parking facilities, U-Bahn & S-Bahn connections, public buildings such as museums, theatres, churches, etc. On the reverse is a more detailed enlargement a t 1:8.250 for the central part of the city. The two plans prominently highlight selected top sights.A map of the environs at 1:110, 000 shows the motorway ring around the city & in its environs, including access to Frankfurt’s international airport. Each plan & the road map have separate indexes. Also included is a list of the city’s top 30 sights, all highlighted on the plans and/or the road map, a diagram of the U-Bahn, S-Bahn & rail networks, a small administrative map of the Germany, & information on the city’s climate. ...

Indexed street map of Frankfurt am Main at 1:20, 000 from Freytag & Berndt with an enlargement of the Sachsenhausen area at 1:10, 000. Mapping is bright, colourful & clear, with one-way streets shown, as well as the U-bahn, S-bahn, bus & tram networks with stops clearly indicated. Points of interest such as St. Bartholomeus’ Cathedral, the Frankfurt stock exchange, theatres & parks are marked, as are local facilities. The enlargement of the area around Sachsenhausen shares the same mapping but with more clarity, & is indexed along with the main map on the reverse.A diagram of Frankfurt`s VGF Network (U-bahn, S-bahn, bus & tram) included. Map legend

Includes:: English.

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