The 30cm (12) Compass Globe will complement & enhance any home, office or school environment. The physical cartography is complemented by a pewter-plated, half-meridian atop a spun metal base. Once illuminated, the globe displays political colours. ...

It's like hearing weathered old-time deck-hands telling yarns, sharing their special secrets. To make a ship inside a bottle, to learn the ropes, how to best send a message in a bottle. Where will the currents take it... Yokohama? Zanzibar? So many stories. Uniquely conceived & packaged. Both gift & craft, educational & whimsical. Rare fun in attractive & intriguing boxes. Easy to learn & enjoy. For inquisitive minds... & keeps them busy for hours at a time. ...

Compass Maps’ Pop-Out Maps are designed to provide street plans in a handy format to fit neatly all but the smallest pockets, with, as appropriate, transport network diagrams, additional useful maps, etc. Each title’s two cover flaps open up to reveal one or more street plans: usually the city centre in greater detail, plus a wider area around it for sightseeing further afield. Each plan highlight numerous sights & cultural institutions, etc. These superb little maps are ideal for those on-the-go wishing to travel with minimum hassle when looking for the next right turn. ...

Topographic coverage of mainland Spain at 1:25, 000 published by the Centro Nacional de Información Geograficá, the country’s civilian survey organization. The maps have contours at 10m intervals & colouring and/or graphics to show different types of vegetation or land use. Boundaries of national parks & other protected areas are marked. In addition to all the usual information shown on topographic maps at this scale, detailed presentation of the road & rail networks, rural tracks & paths, etc, the maps also show campsites. The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, with margin ticks for latitude & longitude at 1` intervals. Map legend is in Spanish only.PLEASE NOTE: our grid for the whole of Spain is in preparation
- in the meantime, for areas other than those shown on the attached grid please use CNIG’s topographic survey at 1:50, 000 by searching for ‘SI00000832’. Each 25K map covers one quarter of the corresponding 50K map, with the numbering system: I = NW quarter, II = NE quarter, III = SW quarter & IV = SE quarter. CNIG maps in the Provincial Road Maps series at 1:200, 000 are overprinted with the grid for the 1:50, 000 survey & can be used to see the area covered by each 50K or 25K title in more detail. To see the list of titles in this series please click on the series grid
- for map numbers not yet listed on our website please contact us by email.

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Competent Crew covers both the shorebased & the practical aspects of the RYA Competent Crew course. It will prepare newcomers for the first time afloat by explaining basic skills & boat handling including: sail trimming & sail handling; understanding the compass; sailing a course; anchoring & mooring; ropework; handling safety equipment; emergency procedures; simple collision rules; elementary meteorology. Ideal for the beginner, Competent Crew also

Includes:: a comprehensive glossary, clear explanatory diagrams & photos in full colour, the syllabus of the RYA Competent Crew course & self-testing questions & answers. It will prove invaluable for novice sailors & those embarking on this first level RYA course. This new edition benefits from a lively new design & revised text. Fresh diagrams & photographs have updated the look, & the text has been completely revised, in line with RYA course guidelines. ` This is just what the crew member needs to digest before he sets foot on board` Yachting Monthly ` Very definitely an invaluable textbook for anyone starting off` Sailing

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Compiègne
- Senlis
- Soissons area in a series of cycling maps from Sportoena covering Belgium & the adjoining regions of the

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Street plan of Compiègne, part of an extensive series covering French cities & towns from Blay-Foldex, the country’s largest, oldest & most experienced publisher of urban mapping. Blay plans include outer suburbs &, where appropriate, adjoining localities forming part of the urban agglomeration & provide brief descriptions of the town’s main sights, contact details for hotels & other places of interest, etc. The plans show one way streets, car parks & pedestrian zones. Important public buildings are clearly marked & identified. Blay street maps are usually double-sided & include an enlargement for the town centre & a street index with separate lists of “edifices publics”: main public buildings, places of worship, schools, sport facilities, stations, etc. Each of the outer suburbs or the adjoining localities, identified with its postcode, has a separate index. Many titles also provide a road map of the environs. All the text is in French only.PLEASE NOTE: to see the list of Blay-Foldex street plans of French towns & cities please click on the series link – the series description also

Includes:: a comparison between Blay & IGN street plans.

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Spices, imaginatively used, are the outstanding feature of Indian & Pakistani cookery-subtle or pungent, hot or mild, there is something to suit every palate. This is a completely revised & updated edition of Charmaine Solomon's influential & iconic The Complete Asian Cookbook. Instantly heralded as a classic when it was first published in 1976, The Complete Asian Cookbook covers 800 classic & contemporary dishes from fifteen countries (India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Burma, Thail&, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, The Philippines, China, Korea & Japan). Written with the home cook in mind, Charmaine's recipes are straightforward, simple to follow & work every time. Recipe & chapter introductions give valuable information about how local dishes are prepared & served, while the comprehensive glossary explains unfamiliar ingredients (which are steadily more commonplace in supermarkets today). The Complete Asian Cookbook is a book that belongs in the kitchens of every household. ...

This new railway atlas by Stuart Malthouse is a complete labour of love & has taken many years to compile, showing as it does the railways of the South West & Central Southern England in astonishing detail. It shows a much wider range of railway types & their features than on most existing maps. The area covered extends from Cornwall in the South West to Hampshire in Central Southern Engl&, as far north as Bristol & Swindon. Industrial railways are shown as well as passenger railways, & each map is accompanied by a detailed key of the public & private railway systems with dates of operation & gauges, stations & topographical features, together with detailed opening & closing dates & name changes.A chronology of the public railway routes also accompanies each map, which

Includes:: independent public railways or independent private railways with public rail involvement. The atlas is prefaced by 76 pages of detailed information about the railways & a detailed chronology.

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Complete Atlas of the World is the ultimate insight into our planet & the clearest, most concise overview of the world`s geography. This incredible guide showcases locations from Boston to Bangkok & beyond with over 330 maps, including over 100 city plans, to truly bring these landscapes to life. Complete Atlas of the World is the definitive look at the world we live in. Detailed terrain models & colour schemes offer accessible mapping of unsurpassed quality. Complete Atlas of the World is now fully revised & updated to reflect recent geopolitical changes such as the new nation of South Sudan & the annexation of Crimea. Understand the fascinating world in which we live with this fantastic resource. Its previous edition ISBN 9781405394413. ...