Did you know? * Edinburgh was the first city in the world to have its own fire brigade * Edinburgh is UNESCO`s first City of literature & its old & new towns are a World Heritage Site. * Edinburgh is reputed to be one of the most haunted places in Europe & is home to the Mackenzie Poltergeist, the violent spirit of a seventeenth-century murderer & torturer Edinburgh has come a long way from its origins as a fort on top of a rock. Home to more festivals than any city could reasonably handle, Edinburgh manages to be at once stylish & raffish, historic & bang up-to-date. There is architecture, history, castles, palaces, museums, art galleries, theatre, great shopping, countryside & beaches... But there is even more to Edinburgh than that. This book tells all! ...

Edinburgh is a city whose history is written on its face. The Old Town on its crowded rock, sloping down from the Castle to Holyroodhouse, has not significantly changed its atmosphere since the turbulent fifteenth & sixteenth centuries, when riots, processions, or public executions jammed the High Street. & the very different era that followed the bloody religious wars of the seventeenth century is epitomized by the elegant streets & squares of the New Town
- the eighteenth-century Enlightenment whose writers, philosophers & lawyers made Edinburgh famous. This anthology of extracts from letters, memoirs, diaries, novels & biographies of interesting visitors & inhabitants, including the writings of Scott, Boswell, Cockburn, John Knox & many others, recreates for today`s visitors the drama, the history, & the life of the city in buildings & places that can still be visited. The daring Scottish recapture of the Castle from the English in 1313; the confrontation between Calvinist John Knox & Catholic Mary Queen of Scots in Holyroodhouse; an eye-witness account of the execution of Montrose at the Mercat Cross in 1650; reeking slop-pails in the wynds & polite manners in the ballrooms...
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Double-sided illustrated tourist map of Edinburgh, ideal for sightseeing. On one side is a map at 1:4, 500 scale, showing street names, historical notes, bus routes, illustrations of famous buildings & also sights of interest such as theatres, cinemas, bars, restaurants, art galleries etc. On the reverse side the map shows busy & popular areas at larger scale for extra clarity & detail, including: Princes Street & Georges Street; Edinburgh Castle; Victoria Street & Grassmarket; the Royal Mile; Edinburgh Castle; Royal Botanic Gardens; Newington; Leith; Edinburgh Airport. The map is fully indexed with legend. ...

Reproduction of “ Johnston’s Plan of Edinburgh, Leith, Portobello & Environs, constructed from the latest surveys with additions by the local surveyors of these towns by W. & A.K. Johnston, Edinburgh & London, 1893”. Hachures splendidly present Arthur’s Seat & the hills south of the town: Balckford Hill, Braid Hill & the two Craiglockhart Hills. The scale is already shown as both ratio & imperial measurements. The map is supplied in a handsome card envelope with notes on the city’s expansion around the time of its publication, on the various individuals connected with its publication, etc. ...

Maps can tell much about the story of a place that traditional histories fail to communicate. This is particularly true of Edinburgh, one of the most visually stunning cities in Europe & a place rich in historical & cultural associations. This lavishly illustrated book features 80 maps of Edinburgh which have been selected for the particular stories they reveal about different political, commercial & social aspects. Together, they present a fascinating insight into how Edinburgh has changed & developed over the last 500 years, & will appeal to all those with an interest in Edinburgh & Scottish history, as well as other audiences
- those interested in urban history, architectural history, town planning & the history of cartography.
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This work contains the stories of the many closes & wynds of the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, from the castle to the palace. It is written with all the knowledge & experience the Witchery Tours have gathered in 15 years of answering queries, & is full of quirky, fun & interesting stories. ...

Edirne at 1:7, 750 from Mepmedya is an indexed, double-sided street map of the historic city formerly known as Hadrianopolis. Shows main roads, streets & many places of interest. * Map legend also in English.* Main roads & streets are named and/or numbered; & many more streets are shown but not named. Railway lines are displayed & local bus stations & car parks are marked. Local districts are named & demarcated, many places of interest are annotated on the map. These include: hotels, shops, museums, historic sites & religious buildings; consulates, emergency services, libraries & university buildings; & parks, sports & entertainment venues. The map coverage appears on two side of the sheet, with a north-south split far south of the historic centre (slight overlap). An index on the map lists streetnames & a small inset shows the location of the city within Edirne Province. ...

Two Kosovo journeys a century apart. In 1900 Europe`s last wilderness was explored by a most unlikely champion, a stout, stubborn Englishwoman who travelled in her tam o`shanter across the Accursed Mountains into Kosovo. Edith Durham was dubbed ` Queen of the Highlanders` by the Albanians who honoured her for her anthropological writing, her humanitarian aid & her tireless lobbying for their cause. One hundred years later, Elizabeth Gowing came to Kosovo & also fell in love with the country. Dividing her time between there & London, she thought that no-one would understand her identity crisis; but as Elizabeth unravels Edith`s story through archives & museum collections in Britain & retraces Edith`s steps in Kosovo she learns from her what she should do with her life. Tracing the revelations in old diaries, jolting along Kosovan roads in a `motokultivator`, learning from Edith the secrets of the harem, & from monks the treasures of Unesco World Heritage Site monasteries, Elizabeth travels on Edith`s trail & ends up finding not only an Edwardian heroine but also a guide to her own very twenty-first century dilemma. Elizabeth`s first book, Travels in Blood & Honey; becoming a beekeeper in Kosovo (Signal Books, 2011) was described by The Times as `a sheer delight; a beguiling, bittersweet story of a lively love affair with a traditional world
- in transition to new nationhood`, & by The Lady as `a bold, unique stride across genres
- with a sense of humour & Famous Five enthusiasm`

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Military topographic survey mapping with contours. These maps are designed primarily as flying charts for aircraft, but they are useful as general topographical maps where nothing else is available. Contours are shown in feet, with elevation colouring & spot heights. Towns, villages, major roads, railways & airports are shown (but please note that many of the smaller settlements are not named, & the road information is not necessarily up to date). Some air navigation information also appears on the map, such as radio beacons & restricted flying zones. Double-sided sheet. ...

Street atlas of Edmonton & northern Alberta, including Beaumont, Bonnyville, Camrose, Cold Lake, Devon, Drayton Valley, Edson, Fort Mc Murray, Fort Saskatchewan, Grande Prairie, Hinton, Jasper, Lacombe, Leduc, Lloydminster, Morinville, Nisku, Peace River, Ponoka, Red Deer, Rocky Mountain House, St. Albert, St. Paul, Sherwood Park, Slave Lake, Stettler, Stony Plain, Sylvan Lake, Vegreville, Wainwright, Wetaskiwin & Whitecourt. The atlas is part of an extensive coverage of Canadian cities & towns from the country’s largest map publisher, Map Art. The mapping is usually at 1:25, 000 or 1:31, 250. Colouring distinguishes general build-up areas, shopping centres, public buildings & institutions, historical sites & places of interest, parks, etc. One way streets & pedestrian zones are indicated & a wide range of symbols shows parking facilities, bus terminals, metro and/or railway stations, various public facilities & services, places of interest, recreational centres, etc. Local neighbourhoods are named & municipal & quadrant boundaries are marked. In titles covering more than one city or town, each section is accompanied by overview maps indicating areas covered by the street plans. Each title has a full street index for all localities covered by it. Map legend is either bilingual in English & French or in English only.* Please note:* following a number changes among Canadian cartographic publishers maps previously published by Map Art Publishing may now be available under one of the following imprints: Map Art, Canadian Cartographics Corporation or JDM Géo Inc. Within a series, therefore, some titles may still be published as Map Art whilst others will be available as Canadian Cartographics Corporation or JDM Géo Inc. ...