The Kocher
- Jagst Cycle Tour, a 338-km long circuit along the Jagst & the Kocher in the Schwabian Jura, presented by the Verlag
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Map No. 2924, Koffiefontein, in South Africa’s official topographic survey at 1:250, 000 from the country’s national survey organization, the Chief Directorate of Surveys & Mapping. The maps have altitude colouring & contours at 50m or 100m intervals, depending on the map edition, plus spot heights. Deserts, marshes, dry pans, perennial & seasonal water features, etc, as well as protected areas are shown. The maps present the country’s road & rail networks & include the usual information expected on topographic mapping at this scale, although in more rapidly developing areas road information may not necessarily be up to date. Also indicated are magisterial district & provincial boundaries. Latitude & longitude values are shown in the margins at 5` intervals together with South African grid co-ordinates. Typically, each sheet covers an area of one degree of latitude & two degrees of longitude. The projection used is Gauss Conformal. The legend is in English & Afrikaans. ...

Detailed topographic map of the Koh-e-Keshnikhan massif & the surrounding valleys in the Hindu Kush panhandle of Afghanistan, compiled by the Austrian Scientific Expedition in the Wakhan in 1970. Topography is shown by contours at 20m intervals, relief shading & spot heights, with rivers & streams, lakes & irrigation canals. Colouring & graphics indicate different types of vegetation (trees or shrubbery, meadows & fields, alpine pastures, etc.) & soil cover (rocky outcrops, scree & boulders, open crevasses & ice walls, etc.). Roads, footpaths, telephone lines & individual buildings are marked. The map has latitude & longitude margin ticks at 2` intervals. Map legend & all other information are in English & German. ...

Detailed topographic map of the Koh-e Pamir massif & the Wakhan Valley in the Hindu Kush panhandle of Afghanistan, compiled in 1975 by Exploration Pamir 75 of the Austrian Scientific Research Program. Topography is shown by contours at 40m intervals, relief shading & spot heights, with rivers & streams, lakes & irrigation canals. Colouring & graphics indicate different types of vegetation (trees or shrubbery, fields & pastures, etc.) & soil cover (rocky outcrops, scree & boulders, crevasses & ice walls, etc.). In the Wakhan Valley the map shows tracks, footpaths & individual buildings. Latitude & longitude margin ticks are at 5` intervals. Map legend & all other information are in English & German. ...

The first comprehensive & authoritative history of the Koh-i Noor, arguably the most celebrated & mythologised jewel in the world. On 29 March 1849, the ten-year-old Maharajah of the Punjab was ushered into the magnificent Mirrored Hall at the centre of the great Fort in Lahore. There, in a public ceremony, the frightened but dignified child handed over to the British East India Company in a formal Act of Submission to Queen Victoria not only swathes of the richest land in India, but also arguably the single most valuable object in the subcontinent: the celebrated Koh-i Noor diamond. The Mountain of Light. The history of the Koh-i-Noor that was then commissioned by the British may have been one woven together from gossip of Delhi Bazaars, but it was to be become the accepted version. Only now is it finally challenged, freeing the diamond from the fog of mythology which has clung to it for so long. The resulting history is one of greed, murder, torture, colonialism & appropriation through an impressive slice of south & central Asian history. It ends with the jewel in its current controversial setting: in the crown of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. Masterly, powerful & erudite, this is history at its most compelling & invigorating. ...

The 1:50 000 topographic map gives a more general picture of the ground features than a basic map. It shows settlements, houses, roads, cultivated areas, waterways, cutting areas, mires, rock exposures, & relief. One map sheet covers an area of 30 x 40 km & one centimetre corresponds to 500 metres on the ground. The 1:50, 000 topographic map is also an ideal complement to nautical charts as it provides useful information about the land areas adjacent to waterways. For example, all Finnish sea areas are covered by 1:50 000 topographic map sheets. ...

The 1:50 000 topographic map gives a more general picture of the ground features than a basic map. It shows settlements, houses, roads, cultivated areas, waterways, cutting areas, mires, rock exposures, & relief. One map sheet covers an area of 30 x 40 km & one centimetre corresponds to 500 metres on the ground. The 1:50, 000 topographic map is also an ideal complement to nautical charts as it provides useful information about the land areas adjacent to waterways. For example, all Finnish sea areas are covered by 1:50 000 topographic map sheets. ...

A set of three maps from the 1:100, 000 topographic survey of Papua New Guinea, covering the whole of the famous Kakoda Trail, a 96km route from Owers Corner in (50km east of Port Moresby to Kokoda. The trail is famous as the location of a World War II battle between Japanese & Australian forces in 1942. The three sheets, Port Moresby, Efogi & Kakoda, cover the whole of the trail, including the area between Port Moresby & Owers Corner. Topography is shown by contours at 40m intervals, with spot heights plus colouring & graphics to indicate different types of vegetation & terrain. The route of the Kakoda trail is marked, as well as local roads & tracks, settlements, airfields & landing strips, etc. The maps have a 1km UTM grid & margin ticks for latitude & longitude at intervals of 10’. Map legend is in English. ...

Map No. 110, Kokorinsko, in a series of GPS compatible topographic maps of the Czech Republic at 1:75.000 from Shocart highlighting both signposted cycling routes & other local cycling paths, with route profiles & additional tourist information. Relief is shown by contour lines, spot heights, & subtle hill-shading. The maps show roads, tracks, railways, cable cars, chairlifts, & a range of natural landscape features & landmarks. Coloured symbols depict plenty of additional tourist features e.g. information centres, places of interest, antiquities, shelters, campsites, accommodation, bicycle services etc. An overprint highlights both signposted routes & other recommended routes which have no terrain markers. For all bike routes intermediate distances are shown. Hiking paths are also highlighted. Latitude & longitude margin ticks are at 5' intervals. Each map is accompanied by a booklet containing general information on the Czech cycle route network, elevation profile diagram for selected routes, plus an index for locations of historical & geographical interest, bicycle service workshops, information centres, & tourist attractions. Map legend & text are in English, German & Czech. ...

Kokoro, meaning `heart`, is a tantalizing novel about the friendship between a young man & an enigmatic elder whom he calls Sensei. Set in the early twentieth century, when the death of the emperor Meiji gave way to a new era in Japanese politicial & cultural life, the novel enacts the transition from one generation to the next in the dynamic between Sensei, who is haunted by mysterious events in his past, & the unnamed young man, one of the new generation`s elite who will inherit the coming era. ...