An attractive road map of the country with altitude colouring to show the relief. The cartography also shows physiography eg. dunes & lava, & hydrographic details eg. marshes & intermittent rivers. Intermediate road distances are indicated on main roads, & some unsurfaced roads & tracks are included. Symbols show the presence of many further features eg. airports, airfields, ports, hospitals, border crossings, antiquities, oases & beaches. Latitude an longitude lines are at 1 ...

Yemen, including the Gulf of Aden, at 1:1, 250, 000 on an excellent & informative map from Gizi Maps, with a street plan of central Sana’a & enlargements of the environs of the capital & Aden, plus the Aden Peninsula. The map has the publisher’s characteristic bold altitude colouring & plenty of names of various mountain chains, peaks, deserts, etc. Graphics indicate swamps, salt flats, wadis, deserts, lava flows, water wells, oasis, etc, to provide a vivid picture of the country’s topography. Names of the larger towns, provinces & many geographical features are given in both Latin & Arabic alphabets; all other place names are shown only transliterated. Coverage extends southward to the northern coastline of the Horn of Africa, including the whole of Djibouti & most of Eritrea. Within the Gulf of Aden the Internationally Recommended Transit Corridor (IRTC) is marked, as well as other ferry & shipping routes including those leading to the Socotra Archipelago & in the southern part of the Red Sea. The map shows the country’s road network, including desert tracks, indicating distances on main routes & locations of border crossings to Oman & Saudi Arabia. Local airports are marked, as well as internal administrative boundaries with names of the provinces, plus oil or gas wells. Symbols highlight various places of tourist interest. The map has latitude & longitude lines at intervals of 1°. The index is next to the map. Map legend

Includes:: English. Also provided are a street plan of central Sana’a, plus enlargements of the environs of the capital, the environs of Aden (Adan) area including Little Aden, & the Aden Peninsula itself. All are annotated with various facilities & places of interest. Please note: this title is also available as a wall map.

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Yemen
- Gulf of Aden Wall Map at 1:1, 250, 000 from Gizi Maps, size 125 x 89cm (49” x 35” approx), with excellent presentation
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Our ideas of the Arabian Peninusula have been hijacked: by images of the desert, by oil, by the Gulf War. But there is another Arabia. For the Classical geographers Yemen was a fabulous land where flying serpents guarded sacred incense groves. Medieval Arab visitors told of disappearing islands & menstruating mountains. Vita Sackville-West found Aden `precisely the most repulsive corner of the world`. Arguably the most fascinating but least known country in the Arab world, Yemen has a way of attracting comment that ranges from the superficial to the wildly fictitious. In Yemen: Travels in Dictionary L&, Tim Mackintosh-Smith writes with an intimacy & depth of knowledge gained through over twenty years among the Yemenis. He is a travelling companion of the best sort
- erudite, witty & eccentric. Crossing mountain, desert, ocean & three millennia of history, he portrays hyrax hunters & dhow skippers, a noseless regicide, & a sword-wielding tyrant with a passion for Heinz Russian salad. Yet even the ordinary Yemenis are extraordinary: their family tree goes back to Noah & is rooted in a land which, in the words of a contemporary poet, has become the dictionary of its people. Every page of this book is dashed
- like the land it describes
- with the marvellous.


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Yemen at 1:1, 000, 000 from Freytag & Berndt with a separate booklet attached to the map cover also providing plans showing main streets & districts of Sana’a & Aden. All place names are given in Latin alphabet only. Topography is shown by relief shading, but disappointingly very little topographic information is included when compared with alternative coverage. The map shows the country’s road network, including selected desert tracks, with distances shown on main routes. Locations of border crossing are marked. Also shown are internal administrative boundaries with names of the provinces. The map has latitude & longitude lines at 1° intervals. Multilingual map legend

Includes:: English. The index is in a separate booklet attached to the map cover &

Includes:: plans of central Sana’a & Aden, naming main streets, districts & various places of interest.



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The staggering breadth & diversity of Yemen`s landscapes & peoples is not something easily conveyed. Here, in this remarkable celebration of his homel&, Mahmoud Al-Shaibani presents a breathtaking panorama that sweeps in the mountains & valleys, the plains & seas, & the myriad of different communities that live in this ancient l&. His is a remarkable achievement, the fruit of tireless years traversing the country back & forth like no other. We are fortunate to be able to have this window into this rare corner of Arabiaa land of stark geographical contrasts inhabited by a people whose way of life has often scarcely changed since the dawn of settled civilization. Mahmoud Al-Shaibani has twenty-six years of experience in the tourism field & is the general manager of Universal Touring Company. He has crisscrossed the country countless times over the years & here presents his remarkable collection for the first time. Victor Henderson, CMG, served as British Ambassador in Yemen from 1997 to 2001.” ...

Yemen is the dark horse of the Middle East. Every so often it enters the headlines for one alarming reason or another
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A detailed topographic map from the Ordnance Survey Explorer series, covering Somerton & Wincanton. Edition B2; Publication date August 2010 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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Yeovil, Sherborne, Somerton & Wincanton area on a detailed topographic & GPS compatible map No. 129, waterproof version, from the Ordnance Survey’s 1:25, 000 Explorer series.MOBILE DOWNLOADS: this title & all the other OS Explorer maps include a code for downloading after purchase the digital version onto your smartphone or tablet for viewing on the OS smartphone app.OS EXPLORER SERIES: to see the list of all the titles in the OS Explorer series, both paper & waterproof versions, please click on the series link. The Explorer series, Ordnance Survey’s most detailed maps recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities, provides topographic coverage of Great Britain at 1:25, 000 on GPS compatible maps with hiking trails, cycling routes & extensive tourist information. Each printed map is available either on paper or as a waterproof & tear-resistant OS Active Map, as indicated in its title. Britain’s National Parks & other areas of particular tourist interest are presented on often double-sided OL (Outdoor Leisure) maps, whilst most standard format Explorers cover an area of 30 x 20km (approx. 19 x 12 miles). All three versions (paper, waterproof & digital) are the same & provide plenty of recreational & tourist information, indicating the traditional public right of way paths (except in Scotland where different laws apply), including bridleways & byways. National Trails & other long-distance paths are marked, as well as permissive footpaths or bridleways & on-road or traffic-free cycle routes with, where appropriate, their National/ Regional Cycle Network numbers. Boundaries of access land are clearly marked. A wide range of symbols provides additional tourist information, highlighting camping & caravanning sites, information offices & visitors’ centres, parking & picnicking places, country pubs, sport & recreational facilities including cycle hire locations & mountain biking trails, historic buildings & museums, etc. Exceptionally clear presentation of the landscape is provided by contours at 5m or in the uplands at 10m intervals, with additional spot heights plus colouring and/or graphics for different types of woodlands, orchards, heath, marshl&, scree or boulders, & other topographic features. For GPS users the maps have British National Grid lines at 1km intervals, with latitude & longitude given by margin ticks at 1`. Clearly laid out map legend

Includes:: French & German translations for the tourist information symbols.

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Yeovil, Sherborne, Somerton & Wincanton area on a detailed topographic & GPS compatible map No. 129, paper version, from the Ordnance Survey’s 1:25, 000 Explorer series.MOBILE DOWNLOADS: this title & all the other OS Explorer maps include a code for downloading after purchase the digital version onto your smartphone or tablet for viewing on the OS smartphone app.OS EXPLORER SERIES: to see the list of all the titles in the OS Explorer series, both paper & waterproof versions, please click on the series link. The Explorer series, Ordnance Survey’s most detailed maps recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities, provides topographic coverage of Great Britain at 1:25, 000 on GPS compatible maps with hiking trails, cycling routes & extensive tourist information. Each printed map is available either on paper or as a waterproof & tear-resistant OS Active Map, as indicated in its title. Britain’s National Parks & other areas of particular tourist interest are presented on often double-sided OL (Outdoor Leisure) maps, whilst most standard format Explorers cover an area of 30 x 20km (approx. 19 x 12 miles). All three versions (paper, waterproof & digital) are the same & provide plenty of recreational & tourist information, indicating the traditional public right of way paths (except in Scotland where different laws apply), including bridleways & byways. National Trails & other long-distance paths are marked, as well as permissive footpaths or bridleways & on-road or traffic-free cycle routes with, where appropriate, their National/ Regional Cycle Network numbers. Boundaries of access land are clearly marked. A wide range of symbols provides additional tourist information, highlighting camping & caravanning sites, information offices & visitors’ centres, parking & picnicking places, country pubs, sport & recreational facilities including cycle hire locations & mountain biking trails, historic buildings & museums, etc. Exceptionally clear presentation of the landscape is provided by contours at 5m or in the uplands at 10m intervals, with additional spot heights plus colouring and/or graphics for different types of woodlands, orchards, heath, marshl&, scree or boulders, & other topographic features. For GPS users the maps have British National Grid lines at 1km intervals, with latitude & longitude given by margin ticks at 1`. Clearly laid out map legend

Includes:: French & German translations for the tourist information symbols.

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