Topographic coverage of mainland Spain at 1:50, 000 in the MTN50 (Mapa Topográfico Nacional) series from the Centro Nacional de Información Geografica, the country’s civilian survey organization. The maps have contours at 20m intervals, enhanced by relief shading, plus colouring and/or graphics to show different types of terrain, vegetation or land use. Boundaries of national parks & other protected areas are marked. In addition to all the usual information featured on topographic mapping at this scale, detailed presentation of the road & rail networks, rural tracks & paths, etc, the maps also show campsites & mountain refuges. On more recent editions some GRs, the official long-distance hiking routes, are also marked (although not as clearly as on hiking maps from other publishers). Each map covers 29.5x 18.5 km (with adjustments in the border or coastal areas). The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, plus margin ticks for latitude & longitude at 1` intervals. Map legend is in Spanish only.HOW TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT 50K MAP: all the titles in CNIG’s 200K Provincial Road Maps series at 1:200, 000 are overprinted with the grid for the 1:50, 000 maps & can be used to see the area covered by each 50K title. TO SEE THE LIST OF TITLES IN THIS SERIES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK.PLEASE NOTE
- MAP TITLES: the grids shown on our website serve both the civilian & the military 1:50, 000 topographic series. Although the areas covered by maps in both series are identical (apart from some border or coastal sheets), occasionally map titles differ – only one title is shown on the grid, usually the military one. In Galicia, the Basque country & in the Catalan speaking areas the tendency now is to use local place names rather than the often better known Castilian ones. Where possible, both versions are included in our titles. Map titles listed on our website are based on information received by us at the time of publication, but sometimes maps arrive showing a completely different title! As long as the map number is as ordered, the correct map has been supplied.
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Michelin’s street plan of Bilbao at 1:9, 000 is primarily designed to be used for access to & travel across the city by car, given its wide coverage of the outer suburbs & detailed presentation of the surrounding motorway network. Main traffic routes across the city are highlighted, with motorway junctions clearly laid out. One way streets & locations of car parks are indicated. The plan highlights & names public buildings & various facilities. Street index is on the same side as the plan. Map legend

Includes:: English. A separate small diagram shows the metro lines. To see the list of titles in this series please click on the series link.

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Bilbao in the Wallpaper City Guide series, published by Phaidon & encompassing a collection of pocket-size guides dedicated to the best design elements in major cities. Compiled by experts at the Wallpaper magazine, the guides are widely recognized for appealing to design-conscious travellers & are aimed at those interested in art, design & architecture. Each guide identifies the best bars, restaurants, hotels, places to shop, leisure activities & excursions with a unique emphasis on the finest examples of unusual architecture & design. Each Wallpaper City Guide has the same layout, with separate tabs allowing readers & travellers to access individual sections easily. The tabs consist of Landmarks, Hotels, 24 Hours, Urban Life, Architour, Shopping, Sports & Escapes. High quality colour photographs appear alongside brief descriptions of each hotel, bar or attraction, highlighting distinctive & unusual styles of architecture & design. Extra pages are provided at the back of each guide, allowing readers to record their own notes & sketches. ...

Bilbao in the Wallpaper* City Guide series, published by Phaidon & encompassing a collection of pocket-size guides dedicated to the best design elements in major cities. Compiled by experts at the Wallpaper* magazine, the guides are widely recognized for appealing to design-conscious travellers & are aimed at those interested in art, design & architecture. Each guide identifies the best bars, restaurants, hotels, places to shop, leisure activities & excursions with a unique emphasis on the finest examples of unusual architecture & design. Each Wallpaper* City Guide has the same layout, with separate tabs allowing readers & travellers to access individual sections easily. The tabs consist of Landmarks, Hotels, 24 Hours, Urban Life, Architour, Shopping, Sports & Escapes. High quality colour photographs appear alongside brief descriptions of each hotel, bar or attraction, highlighting distinctive & unusual styles of architecture & design. Extra pages are provided at the back of each guide, allowing readers to record their own notes & sketches. ...

Bill Bailey`s wonderfully charming & informative book on the birds he loves is now available as a handy, easy-to-carry pocket paperback. Packed with the comedian`s observations, illustrations & sketches, this edition is perfect for birdwatching expeditions, with new information for proper twitchers, including: * A ` British Birds` checklist * A list of the best birdwatching sites in the UK * Suggestions of bird spotting equipment * Information about joining a birdwatching club Bailey takes us on a journey around the British Isles, zooming in on those birds that enthuse him the most. Whether it`s what they eat, where they fly to or how they communicate, these birds are always fascinating, & he introduces us to their weird & wonderful ways in a manner that is always entertaining. If you`re a parent who`d like to appear a bit clever when your child asks you the name of a bird; if you want to find a new & healthy hobby that takes you outdoors; or whether, quite simply, you want to understand a bit more about our natural environment & have a laugh at the same time, this is the companion book to have. Funny & insightful, & positively crackling with energy, knowledge & wit, this beautiful paperback will delight Bailey`s fans, birds as well as those who fancy a bit of armchair escapism. Alongside music & st&-up, one of Bailey`s favourite pastimes is birdwatching, which he has been doing since he was a child in the West Country. His fondest memories are of family outings with parents, grandparents & cousins, ticking the birds off in his little Observer`s Book of Birds. As he has said about those formative years, `birdwatching gave a purpose to the day & a love of the natural world which has carried on into my adult life`. ...

When Bill Oddie was growing up one of his favourite books was a collection of essays called The Bird-Lover`s Bedside Book. His new book, Bill Oddie Unplucked, is just that sort of book. It contains 50 of Bill`s essays, magazines articles & blogs, designed to be read in any order you want, with each tale short enough to allow you to dip into something new every time you pick up the book, whether you choose to read it in bed, on the way to work, during your lunch break, in the doctor`s waiting room, or on the loo. Representing some of the very best of his writing & general musings of the last twenty years, Bill Oddie Unplucked is generously illustrated with Bill`s own whimsical if artistically primitive drawings. Inside these pages you`ll find tales of Bill trespassing in a nunnery, being terrified by a Tiger, wading in sewage, paddling with dinosaurs, slagging off the government, & nearly drowning in both Costa Rica & the Seychelles. There are, of course, some stories about birds. ...

` Bird-watchers are tense, competitive, selfish, shifty, dishonest, distrusting, boorish, pedantic, unsentimental, arrogant &
- above all
- envious`. So says Bill Oddie, & he should know! It`s a tough environment out there on marsh & moorl&, & this scurrilous little classic is a must for all devoted birders & twitchers (and as Bill relates, there is a mighty difference!). with many years of hard-earned experience, Bill dares to say all the things that other b`s & t`s will recognize as true but which they have never dared to own up or admit to, even to themselves. Whether discussing the birds he`s seen, the birds that got away, equipment, apparel, sightings, cock-ups, places to visit or people to avoid, Bill`s enthusiasm is infectious, & his knowledge unsurpassed. This little black book is one item that no serious birdwatcher can afford to leave out of the rucksack, & it will prove an essential companion when trudging the estuaries & riverbanks, in torrential rain & gusty gale in search of that elusive rare beauty.

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Plans: Bridport Harbour Lyme Regis Exmouth Tor Bay Teignmouth Harbour Torquay Harbour Brixham Harbour River Dart Entrance 2010 edition. Fully updated throughout.

Includes:: revised details of jetties, pontoons, etc. at Lyme Regis, Torquay & Brixham, plus the latest depth surveys in Teignmouth Harbour & the River Exe entrance./span.

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Billingham South in 1939 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. The map covers the old village of Billingham, with St Cuthbert`s church & The Green in the top left corner. Coverage then extends south to the Billingham Beck & east to Haverton Hill Road & the Billingham Beck railway line. However, much of the map is taken up with the extraordinary industrial complex of ICI
- Imperial Chemical Industries
- which ran east from Chiltons Avenue. Billingham by 1939 was very much a company town. Also included is a historical introduction to Billingham from a 1894 map & a directory of the town in 1934. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series: Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK.

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Billinsgate Ward & Bridge Ward Within.. ., an original antique map by B. Cole, published in London 1756. A copperplate engraving, coloured. Map size 36.5 x 24 cm, overall mounted size 52 x 39.5 cm.A key part of the City of London, containing the main (now altered) thoroughfare from London Bridge along Fish Street Hill & Gracechurch Street, & the famous Billingsgate fish market. To the centre is Pudding Lane, where the Great Fire of London supposedly began. Engravings of churches & coats-of-arms are placed strategically around this wonderful description. The arms belong to the Aldermen of the local area, who helped fund the publication of Maitland's History Of London in which this plan appeared. Adams, London Illustrated, 38. Antique maps from various original publishers are presented on the Stanford ...