Erding in a series of GPS compatible recreational editions of the Bavarian topographic survey at 1:25, 000, with waymarked hiking trails & cycling routes, campsites & youth hostels, etc. Coverage Isen, Sankt Wolfgang, Forstinning, Lengdorf, Hohenlinden, Forstern. Contours used in this map vary between 5 to 20m according to the terrain, with 20m interval predominantly used for hilly areas. Varied colouring show different types of landscape: woods, vineyards, fields etc. Maps in this series feature extensive overprint highlighting local & long-distance footpaths & cycle routes, including King Ludwig Way or different variants of the Way of St James, indicating their waymarking. Symbols highlight different types of accommodation (campsites, youth hostels, refuges, etc), sport & recreational facilities, various places of interest, etc. The maps have a 1-km UTM grid. Map legend & all the text are in German only. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

Erdington Chester Road in 1913 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. 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. In this title: the map covers the northern part of Erdington, stretching from St Agnes Convent & Silver Birch Road northward to Wylde Green Hotel, & eastward to Penns Hall. Features include LNWR railway with Chester Road station, Penns Lane area, Destitute Orphans Home, Audley College, Chester Road area, tramway, mixture of terraced streets & villas in grounds, etc. The map

Includes:: the eastern part of Boldmere around Boldmere Road. On the reverse are directories for Chester Road & for Boldmere. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25

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Erdington East in 1913 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 eastern part of Erdington, extending eastward to Pype Hayes Hall & southward to Birches Green & Kingsbury Road. Features include a stretch of the Birmingham & Fazeley Canal with Nickel Works, Pype Hayes Hall & grounds, St Thomas & St Edmund`s RC church, skating rink, Moor End Green, Rookery Park, Glenthorne, Birches Green Farm, Moat House, St Ethelreda`s Mission church, tramway along High Street & Sutton Road, etc. On the reverse is a selection of street directory entries, including Arthur Road, Church Road, Kingsbury Road, Mason Road, Orchard Road & Orphanage Road. 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. ...

Erdington West & Stockland Green in 1913 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 western part of Erdington, stretching Newman Road & Trafalgar Road westward to Upper Witton, & from Gravelly Hill station northward to Station Road & Short Heath Road. Features include the LNWR railway with Gravelly Hill & Erdington stations, tramway along Gravelly Hill North & High Street, Jaffray Hospital, St John`s Home, Six Ways, St Barnabas church, Erdington Reservoir, Birmingham Union Workhouse, Cottage Homes, Stockland Green area, tramway along Slade Road, Brookvale Park, Witton Hall, Hare & Hounds pub, part of Upper Witton Reservoir, etc. On the reverse is a selection of street directory entries, including Fentham Road, George Road, Gravelly Hill, Gravelly Lane, Erdington High Street, Hunton Road, Slade Road, Summer Road & Wood End Road. 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. ...

In September 2014 the wreck of a sailing vessel was discovered at the bottom of the sea in the frozen wastes of the Canadian Arctic. It was broken at the stern & covered in a woolly coat of underwater vegetation. Its whereabouts had been a mystery for over a century & a half. Its name was HMS Erebus. Now Michael Palin – former Monty Python stalwart & television globetrotter – brings this extraordinary ship back to life, following it from its launch in 1826 to the epic voyages of discovery that led to glory in the Antarctic & to ultimate catastrophe in the Arctic. He explores the intertwined careers of the men who shared its journeys: the dashing James Clark Ross & the troubled John Franklin. & he vividly recounts the experiences of the men who first stepped ashore on Antarctica’s Victoria L&, & those who, just a few years later, froze to death one by one in the Arctic wastes as rescue missions desperately tried to reach them. To help tell the story, he has travelled to various locations across the world – Tasmania, the Falklands, the Canadian Arctic – to search for local information, & to experience at first hand the terrain & the conditions that would have confronted the Erebus & her crew. Michael Palin has written & starred in numerous TV programmes & films, from Monty Python & Ripping Yarns to The Missionary & American Friends. He has also made several much-acclaimed travel documentaries, his journeys taking him to the North & South Poles, the Sahara Desert, the Himalayas, Eastern Europe & Brazil. His books include accounts of his journeys, novels (Hemingway’s Chair & The Truth) & several volumes of diaries. From 2009 to 2012 he was president of the Royal Geographical Society, & in 2013 he was made a BAFTA fellow. In 2018 he was awarded the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Award for Outstanding Contribution to Travel Writing. He lives in London. ...

Erfurt on a topographic map at 1:200, 000 from the Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie, Germany’s federal mapping agency. The map covers an area of Approx. 100 x 90km. This map is belongs to a series of 58 topographic maps from Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie, the federal cartographic agency of Germany responsible for topographic mapping at 1:200, 000 & maps at smaller scales (the more detailed topographic & leisure maps are prepared & published by the survey organizations of the individual states). Cartography is from the 200K topographic survey & the maps have very elegant, modern look whilst retaining the traditional German presentation of names of smaller towns & villages in italics. Contours are at 12, 5m intervals, enhanced by relief shading, with colouring for woodlands, moors, marches, vineyards & hop plantations. Waterways & rivers are also described in detail, with currents, waterfalls, dams, & jetties clearly marked. Road network, graded into five types, highlights in colour national & regional roads; no driving distances are marked Railway network is also shown in detail, with stations, goods only lines, etc. The maps show administrative boundaries of states & counties, & have a UTM grid plus margin ticks for latitude & longitude at 2’ intervals. Map legend is in German only. PLEASE NOTE: maps in this series provide an excellent presentation of the areas covered by them, with plenty of place names & detailed representation of the road network, & will appeal to anyone who likes quality cartography, but they are not necessarily the best option for holiday & business travel. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

Falk, one of Germany`s leading publishers of street plans, produce their town plans in two different formats. Falk Extra plans are folded in a standard way, where the whole map can be opened to view the entire area it covers. For larger cities, the same mapping is also published with a special folding system designed to show only a small section of the map at one time. The whole map can be opened but it will be cut in several places. Many find these street plans very user-friendly & easier to handle than conventional maps. The plans, which cover towns with their outer suburbs, indicate main landmarks & public buildings & show all the public transport facilities, one way streets & car parks. Plans of lager cities include a separate map of the town centre at a more detailed scale & a diagram of the underground & the suburban rail network. The plans also show the postal divisions & have an extensive street index which, where appropriate, shows individual postal codes for each street. Map legend

Includes:: English. Falk Extra plans also include on the reverse a road map of the surrounding area.

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One of the titles in a series of topographic maps covering much of north-west Africa, produced as part of the IMW* project in 1960’s. Each map covers an area spanning 6° in longitude & 4° in latitude. There is some variation in colouring & the depiction of terrain, but hill-shading, spot heights & contours are used to show the general relief. Additional graphics show features such as dunes, rock outcrops, cliffs, sand areas, escarpments, marshes, seasonal lakes & watercourses, & areas liable to flooding. Bathymetric contours are also included. Communications detail

Includes:: roads, major trails & railways, although there is some inconsistency in colouring & the extent of classification, e.g. not all maps distinguish seasonal roads. On most maps intermediate road distances are indicated on main routes. Symbols show airports, mosques, mines, oil & gas fields, lighthouses, ruins & significant isolated buildings. Administrative boundaries are marked & latitude & longitude lines are drawn at 1° intervals, with further margin ticks at 1’ intervals. The map legend is in French only on some sheets, & in English & French on others.* The International Map of the World was a project conceived in the early 20th century to compile a world map series at 1:1, 000, 000 through the efforts of participating nations. The value of the program has declined since 1970 & the IMW is no longer regarded as an active international series.

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Fans of Shaun Tan will love Eric, this beautifully illustrated addition to his oeuvre, every page of which lives up to his reputation as the producer of bright, bold & tactile children’s books. A story about the importance of accepting those who are different from ourselves, at home or abroad, this book makes the perfect gift or holiday reading for the young traveller or soon-to-be traveller. Shaun Tan is an award winning author-illustrator & the minutely detailed pencil drawings in this title alone justify its purchase. As the citation for his Astrid Lindgren Prize read, ” His pictorial worlds constitute a separate universe where nothing is self-evident & anything is possible, ” & the moving narratives visually portrayed appeal across the ages. Like Tan’s other illustrated, modern fables, this one is a book to be read, re-read, & cherished. ...

This is a delightful collection of 100 postcards, featuring the beautiful & iconic artwork of Eric Carle, creator of The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Showcasing brand new artwork, alongside classic images, this exquisite box is a celebration of Carle`s extraordinary children`s book illustration talent. Send the gorgeous postcards to family & friends, or cherish the collection yourself. ...