Eugene
- Springfield area of Oregon on an indexed street plan from Rand Mc Nally in their extensive range of maps covering cities
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Pushkin was the first Russian writer of European stature, & he is among the very few artists
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Eugene, Salem & the Willamette Valley in the Moon Spotlight guide series; covering a range of specific local cities, districts, areas & regions in North, Central & South America & targeted at those seeking to travel to a specific area within a country. Each of the guides has been extracted in full from the relevant country * Moon Handbook* & individual titles focus on a particular city, region or notable area of the destination. Many of the guides in the series are unique in their coverage, although are limited in putting the destination into its wider geographical context that a more comprehensive guide would provide. Stylistically, Moon’s editorial style is strongly American in focus, often offering insights & observations with an American audience in mind. However, each Moon Spotlight guide is comprehensive in the information it provides & gives visitors the flexibility to opt for a more compact guide if they know in advance where they will be staying or travelling. ...

Ardennes Recreational Maps at a scale of 1:25, 000 enable you to discover the Ardennes from junction to junction, each associated with a locality, through a network of hiking, cycling or riding paths. The network of mini walks consists of suggested routes with kilometre distance marked showing field boundaries & urbanised built up areas. Contour markings are at five metre intervals. The map legend is in English, French, Dutch & German. You can scan QR codes on the map for details about the respective locality or upload GPX files of the proposed routes via the provided website. ...

Topographical survey of Belgium at 1:50, 000 from the country’s national survey organization, Nationaal Geografisch Instituut / Institut Géographique National. Contour interval varies according to the terrain, from 2.5 metres in the coastal areas to 10 metres in the Ardennes. The maps provide all the information expected of topographic mapping at this scale & in addition have an unusually large amount of vegetation and/or land use information (different types of woodlands, gardens, orchards, heath, etc). Each standard sheet covers Approx. 32 x 20 km / 20 x 12 miles, with larger maps published for the border or coastal areas. The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, with margin ticks for latitude & longitude at intervals of 1`. Map legend & a glossary of terms used on the maps include English.PLEASE NOTE: the Long-Distance Footpaths Map of Belgium at 1:300, 000 is overprinted with the grid for the 1:50, 000 topographic survey, showing the exact coverage of each sheet. Stanfords keeps as regular stock 50K maps for the World War I battlefields around the Ypres, Messines & Passchendaele, & for the area of the Battle of Waterloo. Maps for other regions can be supplied as special orders – to see the list of all the titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

Eure & Seine-Maritime départments at 1:150, 000 in Michelin’s Local Series of France, with highlighting for scenic routes, an index, a special panel with best sights & recommended driving tours, & street plans of central Rouen & Evreux. Coverage extends from Abbeville & Le Trèpot to the outskirts of Paris & Chartres in the south-eastern corner of the map, &

Includes:: Dieppe, Fécamp, Le Havre, Hornfleur, etc. PLEASE NOTE: our coverage image, provided by the publishers, does not take into account which areas along the edge of the map are blocked by the index & the additional features. Maps in Michelin’s Local Series of France have the same cartography (road network & place names shown on the maps) as the publishers’ Regional Series at 1;200, 000 but enlarged here to 1:150, 000 to provide greater clarity & larger, easier to read print size. Road network is presented in great detail, indicating width, motorway services & rest areas, dangerous or restricted entry roads, steep gradients, height & weight restrictions, etc. Scenic sections are highlighted. The maps also show selected cycle paths & nature trails. Railway lines are shown with stations & local airports are marked. Symbols indicate various places of interest, with additional star rating for best sights, based on the publishers’ Green Guides for French regions. Satellite-derived base with colouring for the forested areas & boundaries of national or regional parks shows the topography. In the mountainous regions the maps have bold, very effective relief shading, with a large number of names of peaks, passes, & other topographic features. The maps have latitude & longitude lines at 10’ intervals & are indexed. Map legend

Includes:: English. Each title in addition

Includes:: a panel showing the area’s principal roads & places of interest, plus recommendations for sightseeing tours. Also provided are town centre maps of main cities, indicating principal traffic arteries, one way streets & places of interest. Only selected streets are named & listed in the accompanying index. Please click on the series link to see all the titles in this series.





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Paris with the départments of Eure-et-Loir & Yvelines at 1:150, 000 in Michelin’s Local Series of France, with highlighting for scenic routes, an index, a special panel with best sights & recommended driving tours, & street plans of central Chartres & Versailles. North of Paris the map extends to Chantilly & Senlis, east to Fontainebleau, & south to Orléans. PLEASE NOTE: our coverage image, provided by the publishers, does not take into account which areas along the edge of the map are blocked by the index & the additional features – in the south-west the map does not extend beyond Pithiviers. Maps in Michelin’s Local Series of France have the same cartography (road network & place names shown on the maps) as the publishers’ Regional Series at 1;200, 000 but enlarged here to 1:150, 000 to provide greater clarity & larger, easier to read print size. Road network is presented in great detail, indicating width, motorway services & rest areas, dangerous or restricted entry roads, steep gradients, height & weight restrictions, etc. Scenic sections are highlighted. The maps also show selected cycle paths & nature trails. Railway lines are shown with stations & local airports are marked. Symbols indicate various places of interest, with additional star rating for best sights, based on the publishers’ Green Guides for French regions. Satellite-derived base with colouring for the forested areas & boundaries of national or regional parks shows the topography. In the mountainous regions the maps have bold, very effective relief shading, with a large number of names of peaks, passes, & other topographic features. The maps have latitude & longitude lines at 10’ intervals & are indexed. Map legend

Includes:: English. Each title in addition

Includes:: a panel showing the area’s principal roads & places of interest, plus recommendations for sightseeing tours. Also provided are town centre maps of main cities, indicating principal traffic arteries, one way streets & places of interest. Only selected streets are named & listed in the accompanying index. Please click on the series link to see all the titles in this series.



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” The ancient Greeks continue to fascinate us
- they gave us our alphabet & much of our scientific, medical & cultural language;
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Medicine, anatomy, astronomy, mathematics & cosmology, science began with the Greeks, & Plato, Aristotle, Pythagoras, Archimedes & Hippocrates were amongst its stars. That man ever managed to develop a `scientific` attitude to the natural world at all is one of the true wonders of human thought. Eureka! shows how, free from intellectual & religious dogma, these early thinkers rejected myths & capricious gods &, in distinguishing between the natural & supernatural, effectively discovered nature. Andrew Gregory, Professor of History & Philosophy of Science at University College London, unravels the genesis of science in this fascinating exploration of the origins of Western civilisation, & our desire for a rational, legitimating system of the world. ...

This exciting, educational children`s book details the real-life stories of scientists throughout history who made discoveries that changed the way we think about the world. Read about Galileo & Marie Curie, who both
- in very different circumstances
- risked peril during their research, or about Alexander Fleming, who discovered the power of penicillin by accident. Packed with fascinating details of experiments & equipment, blunders & lucky escapes, Eureka! will appeal to children around the age of 9 & over with an interest in history, science & adventure.

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