Known around the globe as an icon of British engineering, the Land Rover Defender is the ultimate off-roader that has delighted owners for generations. Combining military utility with classic & distinctive design, the Defender had been a ubiquitous presence on the automobile scene since its release more than half a century ago. But 68 years since the first model came on the market, the production line came to a halt in January 2016. This presents the perfect opportunity to look back over the Land Rover`s history, from its first iteration as a utility vehicle in 1948, to the 21st Century special editions. Landy fans & petrol-heads alike will love Land Rover Defender, a highly illustrated collection of classic & limited edition models, filled with specs, stats, & images of Defenders both at home & abroad. From its reputation as the essential go-anywhere vehicle, the Defender has even won some famous fans, & owners can include the Queen, Sir Winston Churchill & actor Steve Mc Queen amongst their numbers. In recent years, the Defender has gained a second life as a city vehicle, & proves itself to be just as at home bombing around the streets of London as it always has been in the West Country mud or on the African savannah. The last model came off the production line in February 2016, & Land Rover Defender will be a treasure trove for car lovers & Landy owners alike. ...

Designed as a utilitarian vehicle for farmers, the Land Rover has become an automotive legend
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As quintessentially British as a plate of fish & chips or a British Bulldog, the boxy, utilitarian Land Rover Defender has become an iconic part of what it is to be British. It is said that for more than half the world`s population, the first car they ever saw was a Land Rover Defender. It mirrors many of our national traits, stiff upper-lipped & slightly eccentric. The car has remained relatively unchanged for nearly seven decades & has spawned an industry that

Includes:: dozens of publications, car shows, clubs, associations & even model car collectors who dedicate their lives to the Land Rover. To understand this national love affair, Ben has travelled the length of the British Isles in a Defender, spending time with fellow Land Rover enthusiasts: from visiting Colonel Blashford-Snell, who crossed the jungles of the Darien Gap, to patrolling the streets of Belfast with the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI). Ben has met folk who have converted their beloved Defenders into everything from hearses & coffee shops to works of art & fire trucks. He has travelled from the Red Wharf in Anglesey, Wales onto the Western Isles of Scotland & Islay, the island used as a testing ground by Spencer Wilks in 1947 to put several of the early Series Land Rover prototypes through their paces. After 67 years & 2 million vehicles the Land Rover Defender has ceased production, & this book is a fitting tribute to this most British institution which has stood as a beacon of durability & Britishness across the world. Every Land Rover has its own unique story to tell. This is the story of the world`s favourite car.

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Sunday Times Bestseller As quintessentially British as a plate of fish & chips or a British Bulldog, the boxy, utilitarian Land Rover Defender has become an iconic part of what it is to be British. It is said that for more than half the world`s population, the first car they ever saw was a Land Rover Defender. It mirrors many of our national traits, stiff upper-lipped & slightly eccentric. The car has remained relatively unchanged for nearly seven decades & has spawned an industry that

Includes:: dozens of publications, car shows, clubs, associations & even model car collectors who dedicate their lives to the Land Rover. To understand this national love affair, Ben has travelled the length of the British Isles in a Defender, spending time with fellow Land Rover enthusiasts: from visiting Colonel Blashford-Snell, who crossed the jungles of the Darien Gap, to patrolling the streets of Belfast with the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI). Ben has met folk who have converted their beloved Defenders into everything from hearses & coffee shops to works of art & fire trucks. He has travelled from the Red Wharf in Anglesey, Wales onto the Western Isles of Scotland & Islay, the island used as a testing ground by Spencer Wilks in 1947 to put several of the early Series Land Rover prototypes through their paces. After 67 years & 2 million vehicles the Land Rover Defender has ceased production, & this book is a fitting tribute to this most British institution which has stood as a beacon of durability & Britishness across the world. Every Land Rover has its own unique story to tell. This is the story of the world`s favourite car.

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A detailed topographic map from the Ordnance Survey Explorer series, covering Penzance & St Ives (showing part of the South West Coast Path). Edition B2; Publication date December 2009 About this series: These highly detailed maps show all the administrative boundaries, settlements as small as isolated farms, the road network down to unfenced roads & country tracks, & field boundaries (hedges & drystone walls) which make navigation across the countryside much easier. Steep gradients on roads are indicated. Various landmarks, e.g. powerlines, archaeological sites, windmills, churches & lighthouses are shown & additional graphics indicate natural terrain features such as cliffs, scree, mud & vegetation variations. The contour interval is 5 metres in the lower parts of the country & 10 metres in the uplands, & spot heights are marked. Each map covers an area of 30 x 20km (i.e. approx. 19 x 12 miles), with some double-sided maps covering more, as indicated in the individual descriptions. The maps are fully GPS compatible, with the National Grid shown at 1km intervals & latitude & longitude indicated by margin ticks at 1'. The Explorer series has replaced the earlier, green-cover Pathfinder maps. The Explorer series is now complete & covers all of Engl&, Wales & Scotl&. Some sheets for popular areas like the National Parks are still branded as Outdoor Leisure (OL) maps, but are now included in this series as the cartography is the same as that in the Explorer Maps. The Explorer maps offer a substantial improvement on the Pathfinder series, with greater use of colour, larger area per map, & stronger emphasis on information for ramblers & tourists. This series is ideal for walking & other outdoor pursuits & each map shows a large amount of information for ramblers & tourists. Public rights of way are shown (except in Scotland), together with other routes with public access: National Trails & Recreational Paths, permitted paths & bridleways, & selected cycle routes. Open access land created under the Countryside & Rights of Way Act 2000 is marked. Tourist information

Includes:: caravan & camp sites, Park & Ride locations, recreation/leisure/sport centres, museums, historic buildings, English Heritage & National Trust sites, rural pubs, etc. The map legend is in English only, except for the tourist information content which is also in French & German.

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Map No. 203, Land's End & Isles of Scilly 1919, in the Cassini Historical Series of old Ordnance Survey mapping of England & Wales at 1:50, 000 in a format designed to offer a convenient comparison with the present day coverage from the OS, & most locations in three different editions. Old historical maps have been combined so that the sheet lines correspond to the current Landranger series & reproduced with the scale changed from one inch to one mile to 1:50, 000. Most locations are covered by three separate maps, showing how the area has changed over the decades, with selected major cities also presented in a fourth edition. Old Series: the first detailed survey mapping dating for most areas from the first half of the 19th century, in black & white & with relief shown by hachuring. Revised New Series from 1880s/1900s, with some colouring & a mixture of hachuring & contour lines. Popular Edition from the inter-war years, with contour lines & colouring to indicate woodlands, parks, etc. New Popular Edition from the late 1940s, reproduced in the Cassini series for the major cities. Each map

Includes:: notes on the development of Ordnance Survey & the various series produced by them. For those interested in maps & cartography in general, the Cassini series also provides a fascinating insight into how Ordnance Survey cartographic style has developed over a period of over 100 years. Coverage in this title

Includes:: present day St Ives, Penzance, Redruth, Camborne, Helston, Newlyn, Sennen Cove, Sancreed, St Just, Morvah, Nanclerda, Crowlas, Marazion, Leedstown, Hayle, Praa Sands, Troon, Portreath, Porthtowan, St Agnes, Porkellis, Seworgan, Mawgan, Cury, Mullion, Lizard, Gunwalloe & the Stithians Reservoir. PLEASE NOTE: Stanfords can also print on request mapping from all four series centring the map on a location of your choice. For more information please click on the link below.



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Laminated waterproof edition of a detailed topographic map from the Ordnance Survey Explorer series, covering Penzance & St Ives (showing part of the South West Coast Path). Edition: B2; Publication date December 2009 About this series: These highly detailed maps show all the administrative boundaries, settlements as small as isolated farms, the road network down to unfenced roads & country tracks, & field boundaries (hedges & drystone walls) which make navigation across the countryside much easier. Steep gradients on roads are indicated. Various landmarks, e.g. powerlines, archaeological sites, windmills, churches & lighthouses are shown & additional graphics indicate natural terrain features such as cliffs, scree, mud & vegetation variations. The contour interval is 5 metres in the lower parts of the country & 10 metres in the uplands, & spot heights are marked. Each map covers an area of 30 x 20km (i.e. approx. 19 x 12 miles), with some double-sided maps covering more, as indicated in the individual descriptions. The maps are fully GPS compatible, with the National Grid shown at 1km intervals & latitude & longitude indicated by margin ticks at 1'. The Explorer series has replaced the earlier, green-cover Pathfinder maps. The Explorer series is now complete & covers all of Engl&, Wales & Scotl&. Some sheets for popular areas like the National Parks are still branded as Outdoor Leisure (OL) maps, but are now included in this series as the cartography is the same as that in the Explorer Maps. The Explorer maps offer a substantial improvement on the Pathfinder series, with greater use of colour, larger area per map, & stronger emphasis on information for ramblers & tourists. This series is ideal for walking & other outdoor pursuits & each map shows a large amount of information for ramblers & tourists. Public rights of way are shown (except in Scotland), together with other routes with public access: National Trails & Recreational Paths, permitted paths & bridleways, & selected cycle routes. Open access land created under the Countryside & Rights of Way Act 2000 is marked. Tourist information

Includes:: caravan & camp sites, Park & Ride locations, recreation/leisure/sport centres, museums, historic buildings, English Heritage & National Trust sites, rural pubs, etc. The map legend is in English only, except for the tourist information content which is also in French & German.

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Landau a.d. Isar in a series of GPS compatible recreational editions of the Bavarian topographic survey at 1:25, 000, with waymarked hiking trails & cycling routes, campsites & youth hostels, etc. Coverage

Includes:: Aiterhofen, Pilsting, Plattling, Stephansposching, Straßkirchen, Wallersdorf. Contours used in this map vary between 5 to 20m according to the terrain, with 20m interval predominantly used for hilly areas. Varied colouring show different types of landscape: woods, vineyards, fields etc. Maps in this series feature extensive overprint highlighting local & long-distance footpaths & cycle routes, including King Ludwig Way or different variants of the Way of St James, indicating their waymarking. Symbols highlight different types of accommodation (campsites, youth hostels, refuges, etc), sport & recreational facilities, various places of interest, etc. The maps have a 1-km UTM grid. Map legend & all the text are in German only. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link.

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Map No. 42, Landeck
- Nauders
- Samnaungruppe, in a series of hiking maps from Kompass providing extensive coverage of Austria

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Landeck
- Nauders
- Samnaungruppe (No. 42), a detailed, GPS compatible map at 1:50, 000 from Kompass with local & long-distance

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