Salzburger Alps area south of Salzburg itself, including St. Johann in Pongau, Pongau & Bad Gastein, on a detailed, GPS compatible map at 1:50, 000 from Kompass with local & long-distance footpaths, cycling routes, accommodation, etc.KOMPASS HIKING & RECREATIONAL MAPS: this title is part of an extensive series covering Austria, much of Germany & the Slovenian Alps – TO SEE OTHER TITLES IN THIS SERIES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK. Kompass are Europe’s largest publishers of hiking maps; their mapping of other countries, including expanding coverage of Italy, is listed on our website separately.CARTOGRAPHY: the maps are contoured with additional shading, graphic relief & colouring to provide a more detailed picture of the terrain, vegetation and/or land use. Contour interval varies from 10m in the coastal areas of Northern Germany to 40 or 50 metres in the mountainous regions. All the maps highlight local & long-distance waymarked footpaths, including climbing trails. Most titles also show cycling routes, mountain bike trails, &, the in mountainous areas, ski routes. The maps indicate various types of accommodation (selected inns & hotels, youth hostels, campsites, mountain refuges), as well as recreational facilities, places of interest, etc. Latest editions also show access by public transport with bus stops and/or Park+ Ride facilities.GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES: unless indicated to the contrary in the individual description, the maps have a UTM grid for GPS users. MAP LEGEND: most maps now include full English legend, particularly titles covering the Alpine areas. Some maps covering mainly eastern Austria or the less popular parts of Germany may still have a legend in German only.OTHER

Features: selected titles include on the reverse panorama drawings of their area with names of villages, peaks, valleys, etc. and/or have a booklet with pictures of local wild flowers with their Latin names. Many titles are now published as competitively priced sets of two or more maps, offering a wider coverage.BOOKLETS: PLEASE NOTE BEFORE ORDERING
- many titles come with a booklet describing the area and/or various hiking routes. Unless indicated in the individual description that the booklet

Includes:: English, these booklets are IN GERMAN only. The booklets are not necessary to use the maps since, as stated above, full English language map legend is provided.




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One of the titles in the topographic survey of the Svalbard group published in a colour version, available for the western coast, central & southern part of Spitzbergen, plus two small islands of Svenskøya & Kongsøya. The map has contours at 25-metre intervals, bold relief shading & spot heights, & shows settlements, roads & tracks, working & disused mines, airfields, lighthouses & radio beacons, etc. A grid gives UTM co-ordinates plus latitude in steps of 10` & longitude in 20’. The rest of Spitzbergen, Nordaustlandet, Edgeøya & other small islands are covered by black & white maps with contours only. Most of these maps show no geographical names, as indicated in the individual descriptions of each title. ...

Double-sided indexed street plan of St. John’s, including Mount Pearl, Conception Bay South, Paradise & Torbay. An enlargement shows downtown St. John`s in greater detail at 1:15, 000. Also included is a road map covering the Avalon Peninsula at 1:650, 000. Street plans from the Map Art / Canadian Cartographics Corporation / JDM Géo publishing group are usually produced at scales around 1:25, 000 to 1:35, 000 with smaller towns often shown at more detailed scales. All plans have street indexes. Plans of larges cities usually include an enlargement for the downtown area. Plans grouping together several smaller towns often have an overview map showing the whole of the relevant region. The plans have colouring to indicate commercial, institutional or industrial use, etc. Main traffic arteries are highlighted & one way streets are marked. A range of symbols shows, as appropriate, parking facilities, bus terminals, metro and/or railway stations, various public facilities & services, places of interest, recreational centres, etc. Map legends for cities & towns in the French speaking part of the country are sometimes in French only. To see the list of currently available Canadian street plans & pocket atlases form the Map Art / Canadian Cartographics Corporation / JDM Géo publishing group, including waterproof & tear-resistant Fast Track titles, please click on the series link. ...

St Kilda is the most romantic & most romanticised group of islands in Europe. Soaring out of the North Atlantic Ocean like Atlantis come back to life, the islands have captured the imagination of the outside world for hundreds of years. Their inhabitants, Scottish Gaels who lived off the l&, the sea & by birdcatching on high & precipitous cliffs, were long considered to be the Noble Savages of the British Isles, living in a state of natural grace. St Kilda: A People`s History explores & portrays the life of the St Kildans from the Stone Age to 1930, when the remaining 36 islanderswere evacuated to the Scottish mainl&. Bestselling author Roger Hutchinson digs deep into the archives to paint a vivid picture of the life & death, work & play of a small, proud & self-sufficient people in the first modern book to chart the history of the most remote islands in Britain. ...

St Kitts & Nevis in a series of tourist maps of the Caribbean islands from the Barbados-based Skyview Inc combining maps of the two islands, enlargements of Basseterre & Charlestown, plus extensive tourist information on various services & facilities. Rather than providing conventional mapping with topography, detailed road network, etc., Skyview maps give a more generalize picture of main roads & access to the numerous facilities highlighted on their maps. The island maps highlight locations of white & black sand beaches & snorkeling/diving sites, golf courses, etc. The map & enlargements showing in greater detail Basseterre & Charlestown are annotated with colour coded icons cross-referenced to the information panels listing locations of selected services such as accommodation & real estate, restaurants & nightlife, shopping & services, car & jeep hire, golf, land & water activities, spas, etc. ...

This is an early French map of St. Lucia on which settlements are marked (though these are few & far between) & headlands on the coast are named. Pictorial representations of hills & wooded areas are drawn, & a road is marked running across the interior of the island
- the Chemin de la Longue Chasse ou de la Soufriere. Reproduced on on heavyweight, parchment effect paper, with a generous border area. Paper

Size: 35.9 x 26.2 cm (14 1/8 x 10 3/16 inches) Map

Size: 21.5 x 30.8 cm (12 1/8 x 8 1/16 inches)




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The map shows a cross-section of a region at the southern end of the island of St. Martin, through Fort Willem on the hill & Fort Amsterdam on the lower headl&. Below this diagram are plans of the two forts. These are all accurate, fine ink drawings annotated in Dutch. Reproduced on heavyweight parchment effect pape, with a generous border area. Paper

Size: 42 x 33 cm

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Map No. 1076, St. Margrethen, in the topographic survey of Switzerland at 1:25, 000 from Bundesamt für Landestopographie (swisstopo), covering the whole country on 247 small format sheets, with special larger maps published for popular regions including some titles now available in hiking versions. Highly regarded for their superb use of graphic relief & hill shading, the maps give an almost 3-D picture of Switzerland`s mountainous terrain. Contours are at 10 m intervals, with 20m intervals in the mountainous areas. All the maps have a 1-km grid for Swiss national coordinates (datum CH 1903). * Small format sheets (Nos. 1011
- 1374)* Map legend in the language of the area covered by the map. Additional margin ticks show latitude & longitude in steps of 2`. The area covered by each map is 17 x 12 km (11 x 7 miles approx). * Special larger sheets (Nos. from 2501 onwards) – STANDARD editions:* No map legend is included but a separate leaflet can be provided instead. The area covered by each map is 25 x 17 km (15 x 11 miles approx).* Special larger sheets (Nos. from 2501 onwards) – HIKING editions:* An overprint highlights hiking, mountain & alpine paths, including regional & national long-distance trails. The maps also show bus routes with bus stops, plus inns in remote locations. The area covered by each map is 25 x 17 km (15 x 11 miles approx).
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St. Marks Place in New York City has spawned countless artistic & political movements. Here Frank O` Hara caroused, Emma Goldman plotted & the Velvet Underground wailed. Ada Calhoun tells the ” Fascinating” (Village Voice) many-layered history of the street-from its beginnings as a pear orchard to today`s hipster playground-organised around the pivotal moments when critics declared ” St. Marks is dead”. In this ”timely, provocative, & stylishly written book.” (The Atlantic), enriched by interviews & rare images, Calhoun profiles iconic characters from W.H. Auden to Abbie Hoffman, from Keith Haring to the Beastie Boys. St. Marks has variously been an elite address, an immigrants` haven, a mafia warzone, a hippie paradise & a backdrop to the film Kids-but it has always been a place that outsiders call home. ...

A Perspective View Of St. Martin's Church, an original antique map by B. Cole, published in London 1756. A copperplate engraving, coloured. Map size 19.5 x 32 cm, overall mounted size 36 x 48 cm.A charming colured copperplate engraving of the famous church by James Gibbs, built in 1726. This view first appeared in William Maitland's History Of London. The name of Maitland's engraver, Benjamin Cole, appears in the lower right-hand corner. Cole was from a prominent family of engravers, & based many of his illustrations of city churches on those from West & Tom's Perspective Views. Adams, London Illustrated, 38. Antique maps from various original publishers are presented on the Stanford ...