La Vanoise (including Parc National de la Vanoise), FFRP topoguide Ref. no. 530, covering the second section of the GR5 in the French Alps between Landry & Modane, its lower variant on the GR5E along the river Arc, plus the traverse of the Vanoise Massif along the GR55. The guide also

Includes:: several variants linking these three main trails. The maps are at 1:25, 000. Current edition of this title was published in June 2014.ABOUT THE FFRP (Fédération française de la randonnée pédestre) TOPOGUIDES: published in a handy A5 paperback format, the guides are the best companions for hiking along the GR routes, France’s extensive network of long-distance footpaths. Each topo-guide covers either a whole route or a part of a longer path (e.g. four titles for the GR 10 along the Pyrenees). The guides have COLOUR extracts from IGN`s 1:50, 000 or 1:25, 000 topographic survey mapping overprinted with the route, with important points cross-referenced to the accompanying text placed on the adjoining page. The text is in French, but a large amount of information is conveyed by symbols (different types of accommodation, food shops, public transport links, etc). An important feature of each guide is a summary table showing what facilities can be found at each stage of the route, supported by an extensive “info practiques” section with more specific information & contact details for recommended accommodation, tourist offices, etc. The guides are published on high quality paper & include descriptions of the most interesting aspects of the surrounding region: historical & cultural sites, local specialties, fauna & flora, etc, all illustrated with colour photos. To see other titles published by the FFRP for long-distance hiking routes please click on the series link.

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Topographic survey of France at 1:25, 000 in IGN`s excellent TOP25 / Série Bleue series. All the maps are GPS compatible, with a 1km UTM grid plus latitude & longitude lines at 5’ intervals. Contours are at 5m intervals except for mountainous areas where the maps have contours at 10m intervals, vividly enhanced by hill shading & graphics for rocky terrain. Colouring with graphics indicates different types of vegetation or land use (deciduous or coniferous forests, moors, orchards, vineyards, etc). PLEASE NOTE: coverage of France at this scale is currently being revised – the format & the presentation of each title are indicated by the letters at the end of its Sheet Reference number (e.g. 0416ET, 3531ETR, 1923SB, etc.)MAPS WITH FULL TOURIST OVERPRINT & AN ENGLISH MAP LEGEND: all TOP25 maps & the SB editions of Série Bleue have an overprint highlighting waymarked walking trails including long-distance GR routes &, where appropriate, ski routes. Symbols indicate campsites, gîtes d’etape, refuges, equestrian centres & other recreational facilities or sites, tourist information centres, cultural heritage, etc. Towns & locations of particular interest are highlighted.- ET or OT = single-sided TOP25 map covering approx. 29x 21 km / 18x 13 miles.- ETR or OTR = waterproof & tear resistant TOP25 map covering the same area as the corresponding ET or OT number, but double-sided, printed on a smaller size sheet with a good overlap between the sides.- SB = Série Bleue map with full tourist overprint; these maps, first introduced in summer 2014, each cover approx. 29x 24km / 18x 15 miles.SÉRIE BLEUE maps with numbers ending in E (Est) or O (Ouest): most editions now indicate the GR routes, but do not show any other tourist information. Map legend is in French only. Each map covers approx. 14x 20km / 9x 12 miles. ...

One of the maps in the topographic survey of Peru from the country’s national survey organization, Instituto Geográfico Nacional. Contours are at 25m intervals & colouring/symbols indicate different types of terrain & vegetation. Some of the maps may contain small blank spaces representing as yet unmapped areas. Each sheet covers 30’ latitude by 30’ longitude. The maps have a 1km UTM grid & margin ticks for latitude & longitude at intervals of 1’. Publication dates vary; most maps were published in 1960s to 1990s, with some sheets revised more recently. Map legend is in Spanish only, except in the more recent editions which also include English. ...

La Vallée de la Vilaine à pied, FFRP topo-guide Ref. No. P354, 32 day-walks along the Vilaine south of Rennes. Each walk is presented on a separate colour extract from IGN’s topographic survey of France at 1:25, 000 with its description cross-referenced to the map. Current edition of this title was published in May 2011. To see the list of other FFRP guides with day walks please click on the series link.ABOUT THE FFRP (Fédération française de la randonnée pédestre) TOPOGUIDES: published in a handy A5 paperback format, the guides are the best companions for hiking in France. In addition to their topo-guides to the long-distance GR routes FFRP also publish an extensive range of guides with local day walks. Each walk in presented on a colour extract from IGN`s 1:50, 000 or 1:25, 000 topographic survey mapping overprinted with the route, with important points cross-referenced to the accompanying text, in French only, placed on the adjoining page. For each walk the guides also indicate the degree of difficulty & provide information on length, time & change in altitude, waymarking signs, access by road & parking facilities. An “info practiques” section of the guide indicates where shops, restaurants & accommodation can be found. The guides are published on high quality paper & include descriptions of the most interesting aspects of the surrounding region: historical & cultural sites, local specialties, fauna & flora, etc, all illustrated with colour photos. ...

La Vallée de l’ Ubaye à pied, FFRP topo-guide Ref. No. P043, with 51 day walks of varying length & difficulty in the valley of the Ubaye River in the southern part of the French Alps around Barcelonnette, Jausiers & Larche. Each walk is presented on a separate colour extract from IGN’s topographic survey of France at 1:25, 000 or 1:50, 000, with its description cross-referenced to the map. Current edition of this title was published in May 2016. To see the list of other FFRP guides with day walks please click on the series link.ABOUT THE FFRP (Fédération française de la randonnée pédestre) TOPOGUIDES: published in a handy A5 paperback format, the guides are the best companions for hiking in France. In addition to their topo-guides to the long-distance GR routes FFRP also publish an extensive range of guides with local day walks. Each walk in presented on a colour extract from IGN`s 1:50, 000 or 1:25, 000 topographic survey mapping overprinted with the route, with important points cross-referenced to the accompanying text, in French only, placed on the adjoining page. For each walk the guides also indicate the degree of difficulty & provide information on length, time & change in altitude, waymarking signs, access by road & parking facilities. An “info practiques” section of the guide indicates where shops, restaurants & accommodation can be found. The guides are published on high quality paper & include descriptions of the most interesting aspects of the surrounding region: historical & cultural sites, local specialties, fauna & flora, etc, all illustrated with colour photos. ...

La Véloscénie: de Paris au Mont-Saint-Michel, an A5 spiral-bound cycling guide from Itinerance a Vélo showing the 434km-long route from the capital via Chartres & Alençon on 60 panels at 1:80, 000 with contoured mapping from the IGN, plus contact addresses for recommended accommodation, cycle shops, etc. The Paris to Chartres stage also

Includes:: a variant via Versailles. Individual panels have mapping from the IGN with contours at 20m intervals plus colouring and/or graphics to indicate different types of the surrounding terrain (woodlands, vineyards, etc.) The overprint highlighting the route distinguishes between surfaced roads with or without a separate cycle lane & unsurfaced tracks, & indicates points requiring special attention. Symbols show locations of various accommodation options, cycle shops, & places of interest. For Paris, Versailles, Chartres & Alençon the guide has street plans with the route, accommodation & cycle shops. Accompanying text with descriptions of sights

Includes:: a QR code for the relevant local tourist office. Also provided is a route profile in 10-km segments.A separate address book section provides contact details for the recommended accommodation & cycle shops, & the guide also

Includes:: & introductory section with more general advice for the route & cycling in France. ALL THE TEXT IS IN FRENCH ONLY. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link.





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Topographic coverage of mainland Spain at 1:50, 000 in the MTN50 (Mapa Topográfico Nacional) series from the 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). Each map covers 29.5x 18.5 km (with adjustments in the border or 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.HOW TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT 50K MAP: all the titles in CNIG’s 200K Provincial Road Maps series at 1:200, 000 are overprinted with the grid for the 1:50, 000 maps & can be used to see the area covered by each 50K title. TO SEE THE LIST OF TITLES IN THIS SERIES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK.PLEASE NOTE
- MAP TITLES: the grids shown on our website serve both the civilian & the military 1:50, 000 topographic series. Although the areas covered by maps in both series are identical (apart from some border or coastal sheets), occasionally map titles differ – only one title is shown on the grid, usually the military one. In Galicia, the Basque country & in the Catalan speaking areas the tendency now is to use local place names rather than the often better known Castilian ones. Where possible, both versions are included in our titles. Map titles listed on our website are based on information received by us at the time of publication, but sometimes maps arrive showing a completely different title! As long as the map number is as ordered, the correct map has been supplied.
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The 900km-long pilgrimage trail of the Via Francigena across Italy from Montgenèvre in the Alps to Rome on a set of maps at 1:30, 000 from Terre di Mezzo, presenting each of the 39 stages & their variants on panels with contoured mapping (interval 100m) accompanied by a route profile, a set of GPS coordinates for several points along the stage, length & ascent/descent, road surface/country path, etc. The route & its variants are clearly highlighted on each panel, & symbols indicate accommodation facilities, various landmarks or places of interest (churches, etc), & the points for which the GPS coordinates have been supplied. Map legend is in a separate bilingual English/ Italian booklet which

Includes:: notes on how this set was prepared, etc.VERY IMPORTANT – PLEASE DO READ BEFORE ORDERING: 1) Each of the three maps in this set is perforated along its vertical folds & the perforations start splitting as soon as the map is opened. This does not damage the maps or their supporting information panels. Orders for this title might be supplied with some perforations already partly split.2) We are doing our best to ensure that this title is in stock but deliveries are irregular & we cannot indicate any delivery time when this title is not in stock.

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La Vienne à pied, FFRP topo-guide Ref. No. D086, with 36 day walks of varying length & difficulty in the department of Vienne around Poitiers. Current edition of this title was published in August 2008. To see the list of other FFRP guides with day walks please click on the series link.ABOUT THE FFRP (Fédération française de la randonnée pédestre) TOPOGUIDES: published in a handy A5 paperback format, the guides are the best companions for hiking in France. In addition to their topo-guides to the long-distance GR routes FFRP also publish an extensive range of guides with local day walks. Each walk in presented on a colour extract from IGN`s 1:50, 000 or 1:25, 000 topographic survey mapping overprinted with the route, with important points cross-referenced to the accompanying text, in French only, placed on the adjoining page. For each walk the guides also indicate the degree of difficulty & provide information on length, time & change in altitude, waymarking signs, access by road & parking facilities. An “info practiques” section of the guide indicates where shops, restaurants & accommodation can be found. The guides are published on high quality paper & include descriptions of the most interesting aspects of the surrounding region: historical & cultural sites, local specialties, fauna & flora, etc, all illustrated with colour photos. ...

Lab Girl is a book about work & about love, & the mountains that can be moved when those two things come together. It is told through Jahren`s remarkable stories: about the discoveries she has made in her lab, as well as her struggle to get there; about her childhood playing in her father`s laboratory; about how lab work became a sanctuary for both her heart & her hands; about Bill, the brilliant, wounded man who became her loyal colleague & best friend; about their field trips
- sometimes authorised, sometimes very much not
- that took them from the Midwest across the USA, to Norway & to Irel&, from the pale skies of North Pole to tropical Hawaii; & about her constant striving to do & be her best, & her unswerving dedication to her life`s work. Visceral, intimate, gloriously candid & sometimes extremely funny, Jahren`s descriptions of her work, her intense relationship with the plants, seeds & soil she studies, & her insights on nature enliven every page of this thrilling book. In Lab Girl, we see anew the complicated power of the natural world, & the power that can come from facing with bravery & conviction the challenge of discovering who you are.

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