Europe Eyewitness travel guide from Dorling Kindersley is a lavishly illustrated book concerned with providing the visitor with detailed background information to Europe`s key sightseeing destinations & a broad cultural introduction to each country. Popular historical buildings & museums are often described with cutaway diagrams allowing you to view “inside” your destination, sites are shown with bird’s eye plans & small, more conventional maps contextualise regions & pinpoint places of interest. The guide is grouped into regions of The British Isles, France & the Low Countries, Iberian Peninsula, Italy & Greece, Germany, Austria & Switzerl&, Scandinavia, Central & Eastern Europe. A selection of places to stay & places to eat have been given for each nation, often divided into venues within popular city destinations of each country. Practical travel information is provided in the introduction & a simple plan of Europe`s rail network is shown inside the back cover. ...

Compact Road Atlas of Europe from Freytag & Berndt in an A4 paperback format, with coverage at 1:1, 500, 000 for route planning extending east beyond Moscow & to include the Aegean coast of Turkey. Plus town centre street plans of most capital cities within the coverage area. The atlas presents the network of main & selected secondary & local roads on a base with relief shading & colouring for forested regions. Driving distances are marked on main routes. Place names, particularly of main towns, are in larger size print that found in most mapping at this scale, but this unfortunately obscures the road network & other information within areas such as the Ruhr, the Netherlands, Paris or London conurbations, etc. Outside these densely populated areas the mapping is much clearer. Within Greece & countries using the Cyrillic alphabet names of larger towns are in the local & Latin alphabets. The maps have latitude & longitude lines at 1° intervals. The index, which

Includes:: postcodes, is arranged by country. The atlas also

Includes:: 34 one- or two-page city centre street plans of European capitals plus Istanbul (no plans of Sofia, Tirana, Skopje, Podgorica, Pristina & Chisinau). Map legend

Includes:: English.





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Europe’s three main pilgrimage routes: the Way of St. James to Santiago de Compostela, routes to Rome, & Virgin Mary trails in Central Europe, presented on an overview map at 1:3, 500, 000, with on the reverse Central Europe with Italy & most of France shown in greater detail at 1:2, 000, 000. On one side the main map at 1:3, 500, 000

Includes:: southern Scandinavia & extends to Moscow & the Crimea. The base map has a very effective relief shading to indicate mountain ranges & shows the network of main & selected secondary roads. Colour overprint highlights the network of three principal pilgrimage themes: the Way of St. James towards Santiago de Compostela, trails to Rome including the Via Francigena from Canterbury, & routes associated with the Virgin Mary within Central Europe. For each theme the overprint indicates the main route & its secondary variants, with section numbers cross-referenced to the accompanying booklet. On the reverse an enlargement at 1:2, 000, 000 presents the main part of the Continent in greater detail & clarity, extending from southern Sweden & Denmark to Sicily, & from London & Barcelona to Poland’s eastern border & Belgrade. Map legend is in German & English. Accompanying 54-page booklet, available in German only, lists the routes divided into sections & grouped into continental zones, e.g. the Way of St. James in Central Europe, in Eastern Europe, etc, The booklet also provides brief descriptions of other trans-European trails not marked on the map, plus gives contact addresses for various related organizations.

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Impressive, 679-page Road Atlas of Europe from Freytag & Berndt in an A4 paperback format, with an extensive index of localities & indexed street plans of over 60 town centres. Mapping at 1:700, 000 extends east to cover Finl&, Baltic States, Pol&, Slovakia, Moldova, Romania, Bulgaria & the Aegean coast of Turkey. Additional section at 1:2, 000, 000 covers the rest of Eastern Europe, extending within Russia beyond Moscow to Kazan’, Volgograd & the Caucasus, plus Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan & Turkey. The main section of the atlas at 1:700, 000 shows the road network including secondary roads, indicating seasonal closures, routes closed to or not recommended for caravans, steep gradients, scenic routes, etc. Railways & main ferry routes are also marked. Symbols indicate various monuments & sights, selected campsites, etc. with places of particular interest highlighted. Topography is well presented by unobtrusive relief shading with plenty of names of mountain ranges, peaks, etc, plus colouring for forested areas; national/natural parks are highlighted. Within Greece & the countries using the Cyrillic alphabet, names of towns & villages are in both Latin & local script; names of topographic features are in the Latin alphabet only. The maps have a latitude/longitude grid at intervals of 30’. Extensive, 150-page index is arranged by country & lists all localities with postcodes. In the less detailed section at 1:2, 000, 000 which extends the coverage eastwards, within Russia, Ukraine & Belarus names of larger & selected smaller towns are in both scripts, with other names in the Latin alphabet only. In Georgia, Armenia & Azerbaijan all place names are in the Latin alphabet. The maps have latitude & longitude lines at 1° intervals & the index is arranged by country. Centres of over 60 capital cities & other main town are presented on street plans at scales around 1:15, 000. Each plan cover one or two pages of the atlas & has a separate street index. Extra plates provide various additional information: EU, Schengen countries, Euro-zone, time zones, main driving regulations, etc. All map legends include English. ...

Which is the largest country in Europe? Do you know where Sweden is?- 1 Foam puzzle set, 32 country pieces, Sticker Set, Instructions- All country pieces are cut in the shape of the country as per political map & snugly fit with each other to create the World Map- Entertaining for all ages & helps improve geographical knowledge ...

Several hundred satellite photos taken by the American NOAA satellite were used to build this map. The resulting image of the continent is both beautiful & breathtaking. For technophiles, the NOAA craft orbits the earth at a height of 840km & has five sensors with a ground resolution of 1x 1km. ...

The Europe Geo Puzzle by Geo Toys featuring a colourful map of Europe & pieces shaped like countries, helping children to build their motor, cognitive, language, & problem-solving skills. This colourful jigsaw is made from 58 pieces, a lot of them with contour cut following the shape of countries, the smaller countries are grouped together so that the pieces are kept to an average size that is comfortably handled by kids. The countries feature with their names & capital cities. Assembled the puzzle will measure 48.3x 32cm/19x 16inches. Made in Germany from recycled materials & developed for children aged 4+. This is a wonderful & fun way for children to learn geography & more. ...

Europe Glovebox Road Atlas from the AA with cartography from the Austrian publishers Freytag & Berndt, presented in this version in an A5, spiral-bound format at 1:2, 000, 000. Coverage extends eastwards beyond Moscow to include Ukraine & western Turkey. Topography is shown by relief shading with, in the mountainous areas, names of various ranges & peaks, or additional spot heights. National parks or other protected areas are highlighted. Within Greece & countries using Cyrillic script names of main towns are also shown in the local alphabet. Road network indicates driving distances on main & some secondary routes. Railway lines & ferry routes are shown & local airports are marked. Overall the atlas shows fewer towns & roads than on the larger A4 & A3 size Europe Road Atlases from the AA. Latitude & longitude lines are drawn at intervals of 1 ...

This atlas contains travel informations, important european web-sites supporting your planning & booking of journeys (hotel bookings, car-assistance organisations, official train organisations, ferry bookings, official airway organisations, tourism organisations). With a table of distances, map keys in 12 languages, route planning map & Road maps on a scale of 1:800 000. ...

Detailed touring map of Europe, with an inset showing the flag of each country. Road details show five different kind of roads, with road numbers & intermediate driving distances in km along main roads. Railways, ferry boats & airports are also marked alongside mountain passes, national abbreviations & international boundaries with border crossings. The map also

Includes:: a special ” Distoguide” incorporated into the map cover, showing at a glance road distances between several main European cities. Map index is in a separate booklet attached to the cover. All texts are in German, Italian, French & English.

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