Manhattan Streetwise in a series of handy concertina street plans from the Florida-based Streetwise Maps, covering the whole borough with Brooklyn Heights, with an index of streets & places of interest, plus a bus map. On one side is Manhattan with Brooklyn Heights extending north to the top of Central Park, with the northern part of the borough shown on the reverse. Subway stations are clearly marked & annotated with line numbers. Street index also lists neighbourhoods, places of interest, colleges & universities, concert halls & selected theatres, museums, hospitals & transport terminals. Also provided is a bus map of the borough. ...

A modernist masterwork that has more in common with films than traditional novels, John Dos Passos` ” Manhattan Transfer”



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In 1945, New York City stood at the pinnacle of its cultural & economic power. Never again would the city possess the unique mixture of innocence & sophistication, romance & formality, generosity & confidence which characterized it in this moment of triumph. In ” Manhattan `45”, acclaimed travel writer & historian Jan Morris evokes the city in all its romantic grandeur. From its beguilingly idiosyncratic architectural style to its unmistakable slang, post-War New York springs to life through Morris` brisk, affectionate prose. Morris visits Wall Street, Harlem, Greenwich Village, Chinatown, & the Lower East Side. She rides the trollies, the El, the Hudson River ferries, & the Twentieth Century Limited. She dines at Schrafft`s & Le Pavillon, drinks ale at Mc Sorley`s Saloon, sips Manhattans at the Manhattan Club, & spots celebrities at El Morocco. She meets Fiorello La Guardia, Robert Moses, Leo Durocher, I.B. Singer, & Dizzy Gillespie. & she tours the tenements of Hell`s Kitchen & the Gashouse district, as well as the Foundling Hospital where the crushing realities of poverty belie the unchallenged exuberance of the age. Taking into account both Social Register & slum, ” Manhattan `45” celebrates New York`s Golden Age as a place where, for one unrepeatable moment in history, anything seemed possible. ...

Manhattan: Greenwich Village Streetwise in a series of handy concertina street plans from the Florida-based Streetwise Maps, also covering East Village, So Ho, No Ho, Little Italy, Tribeca & Chinatown, with an index of streets & places of interest. Subway stations are clearly marked & annotated with line numbers. Street index also lists places of interest, hotels, restaurants, bookstores, museums, etc. ...

Topographical survey of Belgium at 1:20, 000 from Nationaal Geografisch Instituut / Institut Géographique National, the country’s national survey organization. Each 20K map covers one quarter of the corresponding 1:50, 000 map (with adjustments in the border & coastal areas). The maps provide all the information expected of topographic mapping at this scale & in addition have an unusually large amount of vegetation and/or land use information (different types of woodlands, gardens, orchards, heath, etc). The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, with margin ticks for latitude & longitude at intervals of 1`. Map legend & a glossary of terms used on the maps include English. Stanfords keeps as regular stock 20K maps for the World War I battlefields around the Ypres, Messines & Passchendaele, & for the area of the Battle of Waterloo. The 1:20, 000 survey covers the whole of Belgium & maps for other regions can be supplied as special orders. To see the list of titles in this series please click on the series link.PLEASE NOTE: the Long-Distance Footpaths Map of Belgium at 1:300, 000 which shows the division of Belgium into the 50K survey sheets can also be used to see in more detail coverage by the 20K maps. ...

Part of a series of books from Anavasi publishing showing parts of Greek Islands from an angle rarely seen by the human eye
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Mani: Tenaro area in a series of waterproof & tear-resistant hiking maps at scales varying from 1:50, 000 to 1:10, 000, with a UTM grid for GPS users. Contour interval varies depending on the scale, on most maps it is 20m. Relief shading, spot heights, springs, seasonal streams &, in most titles, landscape/l&-use variations, e.g. forests, orchards, or vineyards provide additional information on the terrain. Place names are given in both Greek & Latin script. Local footpaths, hostels & mountain huts are clearly marked. For road users intermediate driving distances & petrol stations are shown. Symbols highlight places of interest, including archaeological sites, churches & monasteries, etc. The maps have a UTM grid & margin ticks for latitude & longitude. Map legend

Includes:: English.* In this title:* an area from Cape Kipoula & Kokala
- on the west & east coast respectively
- to the southern tip of the Mani peninsula. Contour interval is 20m. Additional information

Includes:: bus stops. On the reverse is a simplified version of the same map without the topographic detail, simply highlighting roads & hiking routes, annotated to describe historical features & landmarks to aid navigation. An enlargement depicts in greater detail the vicinity of the ancient settlement of the Tenarians & the Poseidon & Apollo Sanctuary remains near Cape Tenaro.





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This is the absorbingly impassioned account of Patrick Leigh Fermor`s travels amongst the remote Greek Mountains, where he explores the history & myths of the local people. Isolated from the rest of the country by the towering range of the Taygettus & hemmed in by the Aegean & Ionian Seas, this part of Mediterranean Europe still mantains close ties to a previous era. What emerges is a brilliant evocation of the past, a glorious fusion of history & the present, which is enlivend by Leigh Fermor`s acute powers of observation & his descriptive prowess. ...

The Mani Peninsula at 1:50, 000 on light, waterproof & tear-resistant, contoured & GPS compatible map from Anavasi, showing local footpaths including descriptions for eight specially selected routes, etc. The map is double-sided, dividing the peninsula north/south with a very generous overlap between the sides. Topography is vividly presented by contours at 20m intervals, plus relief shading & sport heights. Road network indicates dirt roads in poor condition, driving distances on minor roads, & locations of petrol station. Also marked are stops of the local bus services. The marking for country tracks & footpaths distinguishes between well defined & narrow or faint routes. Eight recommended hiking trails are prominently highlighted & cross-referenced to brief descriptions. Symbols highlight locations of hotels, campsites, tavernas, beaches, archaeological remains & various other places of interest. The map has a 1km UTN grid plus cross-hairs for latitude & longitude at intervals of 1’. Map legend & the text include English. To see the list of other titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

Mani: Kardhamili
- Stoupa
- Aghios Nicolaos
- Trachila area in a series of waterproof & tear-resistant hiking maps at scales


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