The chance discovery of the log of a slave ship
- the Daniel & Henry which set sail from Dartmouth in 1700, bound for the Guinea
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6 June 1944: the day Allied forces crossed the Channel & began fighting their way into Nazi-occupied Northwest Europe. Initiated by airborne units & covered by air & naval bombardment, the Normandy landings were the most ambitious combined airborne & amphibious assault ever attempted. Their success marked the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany. Drawing on thousands of hours of eyewitness testimony recorded by the Imperial War Museum, Forgotten Voices of D-Day tells the compelling story of this turning point in World War 2. Hearing from paratroopers & commandos, glider pilots & landing craft crewmen, airmen & naval personnel, we learn first-hand what it was like as men waited to go in, as they neared the beaches & drop zones, & as they landed & met the enemy. Accounts range from memories of the daring capture of ` Pegasus` bridge by British glider-bourn troops to recollections of brutal fighting as the assault forces stormed the beaches. Featuring a mass of previously unpublished material, Forgotten Voices of D-Day is a powerful & important new record of a defining moment in modern history. ...

Forli & Rimini Provinces at 1:150, 000 in a series of handy size provincial road maps from Litografia Artistica Cartografica (LAC) with more minor local roads & country tracks than can be found on most regional maps from other publishers. This title is published with the traditional style LAC cartography.LAC’s provincial series is gradually being changed to a new style of digitally derived cartography, so presentation of adjoining titles may vary. All the maps have hill shading to represent the general relief with spot heights for selected peaks, & show a few more local roads & rough tracks than the other road map series. Intermediate road distances are indicated. Regional, provincial & communal borders are marked, & railways, funiculars, airports, sea ferry links & campsites are shown. The legend is in Italian only. The new, digitally produced editions are indexed & have enhanced, more finely drawn cartography: the hill-shading is less bold, motorway service areas are marked, natural parks are highlighted & an expanded range of symbols indicates various landmarks & sites, e.g. antiquities, churches, etc. Two styles of the new cartography are produced, differing only in the colour of the predominant background shading: grey or yellow/green. Some of the new editions include geographical coordinates for the map corners. The index of localities is on the reverse. To see all the titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

Formac Colorguides are a series of guide books to parts of Canada that have been both written by locals & printed in Canada. It’s this first hand knowledge that give these little guides the edge for Canadian destinations. Colourguides offer detailed information on museums, galleries, & heritage sites as well as shopping, dining nightlife & more; the guides reflect the local knowledge & independent recommendations of the guide`s contributors. Listings come complete with contact information for accommodations, events, places to eat, shop & relax. Maps & full-colour photography illustrate an entertaining & informative text. ...

We are able to source a wide range flags in many sizes, sewn or printed on 100% Ministry Of Defence Standard Woven & Knitted Polyester. Flags are supplied with rope & toggle. If you would like more information, have a custom size request or cannot find a desired product, please email us at maritime@stanfords.co.uk. We will be glad to help! ...

Formby in 1906 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 centre & north of Formby & continues northward to Freshfield. Coverage stretches from Formby station northward to Freshfield station, & from the railway eastward to Altcar Lane. Features include St Peter`s RC College, Freshfield Hall, St Peter`s church, Holy Trinity church, Formby RC church, Duke`s Farm, White House Farm, Formby Fields, Formby Moss, Downholland Brook, Moss Side, Norris`s Farm & many villas from these expanding villages. A directory of Formby is on the reverse. 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. ...

Formby, Crosby & District in 1896 in a series of reproductions of Ordnance Survey’s famous ” Inch to the Mile” maps published in the Alan Godfrey Editions to provide a historical record of England & Wales in the second half of 19th & early 20th century. The map covers the coastal area from Bootle northward to Ainsdale, & inland as far as Maghull. The northern part of Bootle itself is included, & interesting features include the long closed Cheshire Lines Railways. Other locations covered include Aintree, Blundellsands, Fazakerley, Freshfield, Great Altcar, Great Crosby, Halsall, Ince Blundell, Litherl&, Lydiate, Lunt, Melling, Scarisbrick, Seaforth, Sefton, Thornton & Waterloo. A detailed map of the village of Little Crosby is on the reverse. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the OS Inch to the Mile Maps: the maps provide an invaluable overview of a wider area, typically 18 x 12 miles (29 x 19 kms approx.), & offer historical mapping for small towns & villages not covered by the more detailed series for which the Godfrey Editions are better known. On the reverse all the maps have historical notes & most titles also include a more detailed, large scale map of a small town or a village in the area. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

Topographic coverage of the Balearic Islands at 1:50, 000 in the MTN50 (Mapa Topográfico Nacional) series from the Instituto Geográfico Nacional – Centro Nacional de Información Geografica, the country’s civilian survey organization. The maps have contours at 20m intervals, enhanced by relief shading, plus colouring and/or graphics to show different types of terrain, vegetation or land use. Boundaries of national parks & other protected areas are marked. In addition to all the usual information featured on topographic mapping at this scale: detailed presentation of the road & rail networks, rural tracks & paths, etc, the maps also show campsites & mountain refuges. On more recent editions some GRs, the official long-distance hiking routes, are also marked (although not as clearly as on hiking maps from other publishers). The MTN50 series was begun in late 1990s. Each map covers 28.5x 18.5 km (with adjustments in the coastal areas). The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, plus margin ticks for latitude & longitude at 1` intervals. Map legend is in Spanish only. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

Water-proof, split-proof, tear-proof, adventure-proof. Formentera Tour & Trail Super-Durable Map is simply the toughest, most accurate, easy to read, easy to use map of the island you can buy at any price. David & Ros Brawn surveyed this beautiful island in October 2015 carrying out their `gps ground survey` pinpointing all the details needed to produce the definitive map of Formentera. Large, 25k scale, easy to read map sheet

Includes:: a wealth of useful details. 20 metre & 100 metre contours combined with altitude shading bring the Formentera landscape to life. All of the legendary Tour & Trail attention to detail is included so that you will find those petrol stations, mirador viewpoints with parking, refreshment stops with parking & accurate road numbering that are so essential when adventuring by hire car; `watts` new & unique to Formentera we have included the ` Electric hire car` recharging points making sure you never run out of go. ` Off-Tarmac` Formentera Tour & Trail Map is in a league of its own thanks to all the gps information for the cycling & walking trails plus all of the island`s famous beaches are shown & named. Printed on a large 840mm by 620mm super-durable map sheet the island of Formentera at 25, 000 scale is on the facing page of the map sheet which folds back to a pocketable 235mm by 120mm when folded. On the reverse side of the map sheet you will find large scale street plans along with a host of useful information to make the most of your time on the isl&. ` Super-Durable` means a waterproof, tear-proof, map that can take the roughest treatment & still folds up like new after your adventures. Printed on Polyart using specialist 100% oxygenation inks produces a lightweight map that feels like silk but is a tough as old boots as it shrugs off water, resists tearing & damage better than any other map. ` Super-Durable` combined with our special concertina map fold means this `near indestructible` Tour & Trail Map unfolds easily for use, & more importantly folds back up easily to its compact pocket size even after the toughest use. Custom Map digital edition for Garmin users is available from Discovery Walking Guides website dwgwalking.co.uk plus digital editions are available for 3/4G gps apps from Viewranger & My Trails. Tour & Trail Super-Durable Maps are printed on Polyart using 100% oxygenation inks which produces a lighweight map that feels like silk while being both water-proof & incredibly tough so that after even the toughest of adventures your Tour & Trail Super-Durable Map will fold up like new. Polyart is made from high-density polyethylene (HDPE) & is therefore 100% recyclable in category 2 HDPE. For more information see the Polyart website.

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Epic in scope, intimate in detail, heartbreaking in its human drama, this is the first book to recount the history of the nobility caught up the maelstrom of the Bolshevik Revolution & the creation of Stalin`s Russia. It is a book filled with chilling tales of looted palaces, burning estates, of desperate flights from marauding thugs & Red Army soldiers, of imprisonment, exile, & execution. It is the story of how a centuries`-old elite famous for its glittering wealth, its service to the Tsar & Empire, was dispossessed & destroyed along with the rest of old Russia. Drawing on the private archives of two great families -- the Sheremetovs & the Golitsyns -- Former People is also a story of survival, of how many of the tsarist ruling class, so-called ”former people” & ”class enemies, ” abandoned, displaced, & repressed, overcame the loss of their world & struggled to find a place for themselves & their families in the new, hostile world of the Soviet Union. It reveals how even at the darkest depths of the terror, daily life went on--men & women fell in love, children were born & educated, friends gathered, simple pleasures were cherished. Ultimately, Former People is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit. ...