Laminated waterproof edition of a detailed topographic map of Lancaster, Morecambe & Fleetwood from the Ordnance Survey Explorer series. Edition A2; Publication date October 2010 About this series: These highly detailed maps show all the administrative boundaries, settlements as small as isolated farms, the road network down to unfenced roads & country tracks, & field boundaries (hedges & drystone walls) which make navigation across the countryside much easier. Steep gradients on roads are indicated. Various landmarks, e.g. powerlines, archaeological sites, windmills, churches & lighthouses are shown & additional graphics indicate natural terrain features such as cliffs, scree, mud & vegetation variations. The contour interval is 5 metres in the lower parts of the country & 10 metres in the uplands, & spot heights are marked. Each map covers an area of 30 x 20km (i.e. approx. 19 x 12 miles), with some double-sided maps covering more, as indicated in the individual descriptions. The maps are fully GPS compatible, with the National Grid shown at 1km intervals & latitude & longitude indicated by margin ticks at 1'. The Explorer series has replaced the earlier, green-cover Pathfinder maps. The Explorer series is now complete & covers all of Engl&, Wales & Scotl&. Some sheets for popular areas like the National Parks are still branded as Outdoor Leisure (OL) maps, but are now included in this series as the cartography is the same as that in the Explorer Maps. The Explorer maps offer a substantial improvement on the Pathfinder series, with greater use of colour, larger area per map, & stronger emphasis on information for ramblers & tourists. This series is ideal for walking & other outdoor pursuits & each map shows a large amount of information for ramblers & tourists. Public rights of way are shown (except in Scotland), together with other routes with public access: National Trails & Recreational Paths, permitted paths & bridleways, & selected cycle routes. Open access land created under the Countryside & Rights of Way Act 2000 is marked. Tourist information

Includes:: caravan & camp sites, Park & Ride locations, recreation/leisure/sport centres, museums, historic buildings, English Heritage & National Trust sites, rural pubs, etc. The map legend is in English only, except for the tourist information content which is also in French & German.

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Lancaster, Morecambe & Fleetwood area on a detailed topographic & GPS compatible map No. 296, waterproof version, from the Ordnance Survey’s 1:25, 000 Explorer series.MOBILE DOWNLOADS: this title & all the other OS Explorer maps include a code for downloading after purchase the digital version onto your smartphone or tablet for viewing on the OS smartphone app.OS EXPLORER SERIES: to see the list of all the titles in the OS Explorer series, both paper & waterproof versions, please click on the series link. The Explorer series, Ordnance Survey’s most detailed maps recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities, provides topographic coverage of Great Britain at 1:25, 000 on GPS compatible maps with hiking trails, cycling routes & extensive tourist information. Each printed map is available either on paper or as a waterproof & tear-resistant OS Active Map, as indicated in its title. Britain’s National Parks & other areas of particular tourist interest are presented on often double-sided OL (Outdoor Leisure) maps, whilst most standard format Explorers cover an area of 30 x 20km (approx. 19 x 12 miles). All three versions (paper, waterproof & digital) are the same & provide plenty of recreational & tourist information, indicating the traditional public right of way paths (except in Scotland where different laws apply), including bridleways & byways. National Trails & other long-distance paths are marked, as well as permissive footpaths or bridleways & on-road or traffic-free cycle routes with, where appropriate, their National/ Regional Cycle Network numbers. Boundaries of access land are clearly marked. A wide range of symbols provides additional tourist information, highlighting camping & caravanning sites, information offices & visitors’ centres, parking & picnicking places, country pubs, sport & recreational facilities including cycle hire locations & mountain biking trails, historic buildings & museums, etc. Exceptionally clear presentation of the landscape is provided by contours at 5m or in the uplands at 10m intervals, with additional spot heights plus colouring and/or graphics for different types of woodlands, orchards, heath, marshl&, scree or boulders, & other topographic features. For GPS users the maps have British National Grid lines at 1km intervals, with latitude & longitude given by margin ticks at 1`. Clearly laid out map legend

Includes:: French & German translations for the tourist information symbols.

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Lancaster, Morecambe & Fleetwood area on a detailed topographic & GPS compatible map No. 296, paper version, from the Ordnance Survey’s 1:25, 000 Explorer series. MOBILE DOWNLOADS: this title & all the other OS Explorer maps include a code for downloading after purchase the digital version onto your smartphone or tablet for viewing on the OS smartphone app.OS EXPLORER SERIES: to see the list of all the titles in the OS Explorer series, both paper & waterproof versions, please click on the series link. The Explorer series, Ordnance Survey’s most detailed maps recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities, provides topographic coverage of Great Britain at 1:25, 000 on GPS compatible maps with hiking trails, cycling routes & extensive tourist information. Each printed map is available either on paper or as a waterproof & tear-resistant OS Active Map, as indicated in its title. Britain’s National Parks & other areas of particular tourist interest are presented on often double-sided OL (Outdoor Leisure) maps, whilst most standard format Explorers cover an area of 30 x 20km (approx. 19 x 12 miles). All three versions (paper, waterproof & digital) are the same & provide plenty of recreational & tourist information, indicating the traditional public right of way paths (except in Scotland where different laws apply), including bridleways & byways. National Trails & other long-distance paths are marked, as well as permissive footpaths or bridleways & on-road or traffic-free cycle routes with, where appropriate, their National/ Regional Cycle Network numbers. Boundaries of access land are clearly marked. A wide range of symbols provides additional tourist information, highlighting camping & caravanning sites, information offices & visitors’ centres, parking & picnicking places, country pubs, sport & recreational facilities including cycle hire locations & mountain biking trails, historic buildings & museums, etc. Exceptionally clear presentation of the landscape is provided by contours at 5m or in the uplands at 10m intervals, with additional spot heights plus colouring and/or graphics for different types of woodlands, orchards, heath, marshl&, scree or boulders, & other topographic features. For GPS users the maps have British National Grid lines at 1km intervals, with latitude & longitude given by margin ticks at 1`. Clearly laid out map legend

Includes:: French & German translations for the tourist information symbols.

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Fully revised & updated for 2009, Street by Street Lancaster, Morecambe Midi clearly shows AA recommended restaurants, pubs, hotels, one-way streets & car parks. Featuring a clever use of colour to ensure they can be read under street lighting, these maps are all you need to keep you on the move. Speed cameras with speed limits are now shown on the mapping. ...

Lanchester in 1895 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 is double-sided. The main map covers the village centre & extends eastward about a mile into countryside & High Burnhopeside Plantation. Features include NER Lanchester Valley Branch & station, All Saints church, Workhouse & The Green. The Peth climbs steeply up through the map to the crossroads at Burnhope, with Pethlane Head Quarries at the top. On the back part of the adjacent sheet 18.08 extends coverage westward &

Includes:: the site of the Roman Station & route of Roman Road. 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.

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” There are men”, say the Moors, `who have come from islands far away to the west, upon the great ocean, to see Morocco. Like all the world, they know that there is no other land to compare to it”. Walter Harris & Morocco are inextricably linked. For 35 years, he immersed himself in the culture & way of life of Morocco in a way that few ever had before. At a time when the wild, lawless interior of the country had hardly been explored by any westerner, Harris would dress as a local & venture into the badlands, fearlessly encountering caids & saints, brigands & warriors. In this classic work, Harris gives an evocative account of his journeys around Morocco from 1887-1889. In Tangier, he writes of the eccentrics, artists & lost souls who lived there. He takes an eventful ride through Wazzan
- a place few Europeans would ever dare to visit. In Marrakech, he paints a riveting picture of the decadence & darkness of the sultan`s court. &, finally, he recounts the story of his now-celebrated ride, in disguise, to Sheshouan
- the second of only three Christians ever to enter the town. Walter Harris was a legendary storyteller & through his rich descriptions of the tribes, customs & everyday life of Morocco, he renders a portrait of the country that is hard to surpass. ” The Land of an African Sultan” is a story as compelling now as it was over a century ago
- a gem of a book for all those who follow in his footsteps to the land of the setting sun.


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Land of Eagles, by Robin Hanbury-Tenison, is the story of a lyrical & dramatic journey, peppered with adventure & mishap, discovery & unexpected encounters. Adorned with the history, legends & literature of Albania, & with the tales of past travelers, it is a luminous portrait of this mysterious & eccentric country, which has for too long been forgotten by Europe. ...

Land of Eagles, by Robin Hanbury-Tenison, is the story of a lyrical & dramatic journey, peppered with adventure & mishap, discovery & unexpected encounters. Adorned with the history, legends & literature of Albania, & with the tales of past travelers, it is a luminous portrait of this mysterious & eccentric country, which has for too long been forgotten by Europe. ...

Set in Romania at the height of Ceausescu`s reign of terror, ” The Land of Green Plums” tells the story of a group of young students, each of whom has left the impoverished provinces in search of better prospects in the city. It is a profound illustration of a totalitarian state which comes to inhabit every aspect of life; to the extent that everyone, event the strongest, must either bend to the oppressors, or resist them & perish. ...

The glories of classical Greece are an essential part of our heritage & are echoed every day in the buildings & institutions we see around us. But who were the visitors from afar who first appreciated the riches of the archaeological past of Greece & the Greek lands; who opened up the culture & its ancient remains? From as early as 1420 a few intrepid explorers made their way to Greece & Turkey, to recover
- from brambles or burial, lime-kilns or building sites
- the precious relics of the Greeks` classical past. In ” Land of Lost Gods”, Richard Stoneman tells the riveting stories of Cyriac of Ancona`s quest to record the appearance of the Parthenon; Jacques Spon`s quarrel with Guillet de St-Georges about the topography of Athens; &, the painstaking expeditions of the Society of Dilettanti & the deluded forgeries of the Abbe Fourmont. He also examines in vivid detail the birth struggles of archaeology in the work of Charles Newton & Cnidus at Halicarnassus, J.T. Wood at Ephesus, Charles Fellows in Lycia, Carl Humann at Pergamon & Heinrich Schliemann at Troy. When the archaeologist succeeds the antiquary, the dilettante & the adventurer, the theme of this book draws to a close.

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