Central United States map at 1:2, 650, 000 from Rand Mc Nally presenting the region’s road network on a base highlighting national parks or forests & Indian Reservations. Numerous enlargements show the areas around main cities in greater detail. Coverage in the north extends from Chicago to the western borders of the Dakotas, & in the south from the eastern border of Mississippi & New Orleans to include the whole of Texas. The index is arranged by state. The enlargements show: Austin, Baton Rouge, Chicago & vicinity with an additional plan of central Chicago, Dallas
- Fort Worth & vicinity, Des Moines, El Paso, Houston & vicinity, Jackson, Kansas City & vicinity, Little Rock, Madison, Mc Allen, Milwaukee, the Minneapolis
- St. Paul area, New Orleans, Oklahoma City, Omaha, San Antonio, St. Louis & vicinity, Tulsa, & Wichita. Also provided is a map with mileage & driving times on main routes across the whole of the US. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link.

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Central USA & the Mississippi River on a double-side indexed road map at 1:1, 840, 000 from ITMB showing the course of Mississippi & Missouri across from the northern states to the Mississippi Delta. The map is double-sided, with a generous overlap between the sides. Its northern side, extending from the Canadian border to Denver, stretches from central Montana & Wyoming to Chicago. The southern part, from Omaha to the Delta extends roughly from the Tennessee/ Alabama border westward to well beyond Oklahoma City & Denver. The map shows the region’s road network, highlighting interstate freeways & indicating toll highways. Driving distances are shown on many local routes. Railway lines are included & local airports are marked. The map indicates various places of interest & shows national parks & other protected areas, Indian Lands etc. Topography is shown by altitude colouring. Latitude & longitude lines are drawn at 1° intervals. Each side has a separate index. To see other regional titles from ITMB covering USA please click on the series link. ...

Central Veluwe on a waterproof, tear-resistant, GPS compatible walking map at 1:25, 000 from Trage Paden, in a series of maps with extensive overprint for long-distance & local walking routes. GPS waypoints & route profiles are available for download from the publisher’s website. Contours used in this map series vary between 2, 5 to 5m according to the terrain, with 5m interval predominantly used for hilly areas. Varied colouring show different types of landscape: woods, vineyards, fields etc. An overprint highlights both the national long-distance walking routes & the shorter local circular trails, each clearly identified by a code and/or an abbreviation of its name. Recommended starting points for walks are designated by a symbol. Cycle lanes are visibly marked with a bike symbol; roads with heavy traffic are clearly indicated. Symbols indicate various facilities, such as railway & bus stations, coffee shops, campsites, country restaurants/bars, sport & leisure facilities. Maps have the lines of the Dutch National Grid for measuring distances & for determining location using GPS device & they are printed on weather resistant & tear-resistant paper. Each map covers an area of Approx. 25 x 26 km & the map legend is in Dutch only. The map is presented in an elegant cardboard case. To see all the titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

Double-sided indexed map with street plans of Hue, Da Nang & Hoi An. The map shows the area’s road & rail networks & local airports. National parks, nature reserves, beaches & numerous places of interest are highlighted. Provincial boundaries are marked & names of administrative regions prominently shown. Topography is indicated by bold altitude colouring with spot heights. Latitude & longitude lines are drawn at 30’ intervals. The map also

Includes:: street plans of Hue, Da Nang & Hoi An, annotated with places of interest, accommodation & various facilities. An enlargement shows the environs of Hue in greater detail. All place names are shown in the Roman alphabet but with scrupulous transliteration, since the map was prepared by a company with strong Vietnamese connections & a number of local cartographers..

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Central Wales & Herefordshire Postcode Sector Map at 1:150, 000, encapsulated version, in a series of postcode sector maps showing the first part of the postcode & the first number of the second part, the Inward Code. Coverage extends north to Church Stretton, south to Cwmbran, east to Worcester & west to Tregaron. Map Marketing’s series of postcode sector maps covers Great Britain & Northern Ireland on 36 titles, each available only as a flat map, either on paper or encapsulated for greater durability. Presentation

Includes:: postcode changes in the most recent Royal Mail Postcode updates. The series covers Great Britain at 1:150, 000 (1” to 2.4 miles), with Northern Ireland shown at 1:210, 000 & London at two scales: 1:60, 000 for the area within the M25 & in more detail at 1:15, 000 for central London. Postcode area, district & sector boundaries & numbers/letters are shown in red, with County & Unitary Authority boundaries in green. The map base shows motorways, primary, ‘A’ & down to unclassified roads, with conurbation shapes & city plan insets showing street level detail for major cities. To see the list of all the titles in this series please click on the series link.LAMINATED & ENCAPSULATED WALL MAPS:- LAMINATED wall maps have a thin layer of plastic usually applied to the printed side only. They can be written on with suitable marker pens without any damage to the map but, unless laminated on both sides, they are not damp-proof.- ENCAPSULATED wall maps are sealed between two sheets of plastic. They are more rigid & heavier than laminated maps of the same size. They are damp-proof & do not crinkle in humid conditions. Encapsulation gives the map a shiny surface, similar to being displayed behind glass.- PLEASE NOTE: many publishers & retailers often use these two terms interchangeably. Our map titles & descriptions follow the definitions provided above.

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Central Wielkopolska 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 Poznan/ Posen.

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Which century from the past millennium saw the most influential events in the history of the Western world? The historian Ian Mortimer describes the most significant changes & developments from the 11th to the 20th century, covering not only major events such as the Black Death, the invention of printing or the Reformation, but also population growth & urbanization, scientific & medical progress, social attitudes, communications & the media, etc. Arranged century by century, each chapter discusses four or more significant topics from the hundred years. ...

All major events that made the Twentieth Century are here portrayed through photos. Each picture is cross-referenced with a short explanation & reconstructs a particular moment of the last century`s history. Many are happy, many are painfully sad & some gruelling. The first century man has been able to portray in photography in its entirety. A testimony to the power & evolution of the medium itself. ...

China has become the powerhouse of the world economy, its incredible boom overseen by the elite members of the secretive & all-powerful communist party. But since the election of Xi Jinping as General Secretary, life at the top in China has changed. Under the guise of a corruption crackdown, which has seen his rivals imprisoned, Xi Jinping has been quietly building one of the most powerful leaderships modern China has ever seen. In CEO China, the noted China expert Kerry Brown reveals the hidden story of the rise of the man dubbed the ` Chinese Godfather`. Brown investigates his relationship with his revolutionary father, who was expelled by Mao during the Cultural Revolution, his business dealings & allegiances in China`s regional power struggles & his role in the internal battle raging between the old men of the Deng era & the new super-rich `princelings`. Xi Jinping`s China is powerful, aggressive & single-minded & this book will become a must-read for the Western world. ...

Topographic survey of Portugal at 1:50, 000 from the Instituto Geográfico do Exército, the country’s military survey organisation. The maps have contours at 20m intervals & in addition to the standard features shown on topographic mapping at this scale also indicate various types of terrain or vegetation (s&, terraces, rocks, woodlands, vineyards, etc). Each sheet covers an area of 32 x 20km (20 x 12.5 miles approx). The maps have a 1-km UTM grid plus latitude & longitude coordinates for the map corners. Map legend & a glossary of terms used on the maps include English.EDITION DATES: most titles in this series date from 1990s or later. To see all the titles in this series please click on the series link. ...