Livingston street map from Nicolson Maps; coverage

Includes:: Addiewell, Addiebrownhill, Bents, East Calder,

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David Livingstone (1813-1873) is revered as one of history`s greatest explorers & missionaries, the first European to cross Africa, & the first to find Victoria Falls & the source of the Congo River. In this exciting new edition, Jeal draws on fresh sources & archival discoveries to provide the most fully rounded portrait of this complicated man
- dogged by failure throughout his life despite his full share of success. Using Livingstone`s original field notebooks, Jeal finds that the explorer`s problems with his African followers were far graver than previously understood. From recently discovered letters he elaborates on the explorer`s decision to send his wife Mary back home to Engl&. He also uncovers fascinating information about Livingstone`s importance to the British Empire & about his relationship with the journalist-adventurer Henry Morton Stanley. In addition Jeal here evokes the full pathos of the explorer`s final journey. This masterful, updated biography also features an excellent selection of new maps & illustrations.
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David Livingstone (1813-1873) has been revered as one of the world's greatest explorers & missionaries, the first European to cross Africa & the first to find Victoria Falls & the source of the Congo. Tim Jeal's masterful biography reveals the man behind the myth, one capable of ruthless cruelty as well as self-sacrifice & bravery, one dogged all his life by failure as well as success. Served as the basis for documentaries about Livingstone on the Discovery Channel & on BBC TV. Selected as one of the best books of the year by the New York Times Book Review & the Washington Post Book Review. ...

Taylor travels from east to southern Africa uncovering vestiges of the continent's colonial past through its landscape, peoples & their stories. This is a journey to discover the identity of Livingstone's tribe, that is, the whites who have stayed on in post-independence Africa. From the vicar of Zanzibar to a man named Delicious, the author meets & talks to an incredible spectrum of people. ...

An extraordinary, passionate & personal journey into Africa`s past. ` The most enthralling account out of Africa for years.` Daily Mail. `” Livingstone`s Tribe” is excellent... Taylor is an intelligent & stimulating companion.` Financial Times ` At the book`s heart is a riveting examination of Livingstone`s tribe...the whites of post-independence Africa.` Independent on Sunday ` Taylor`s expedition into the interior of the continent`s colonial past has got everything that such a book should have.` Guardian ` Stephen Taylor, a third-generation emigre of British descent, finds a melancholy collection of white misfits & failures...as well as a heroic, dwindling clutch of missionaries still holding the line. The catalogue of theft, corruption, murder & superstition that Taylor chronicles makes appalling, fascinating reading. Yet Taylor is no Colonel Blimp, rather an anti-apartheid liberal who fled the old South Africa & welcomed independence for Mugabe`s Zimbabwe.` Daily Mail ` Sights & travel experiences are vividly described & people both from Livingstone`s & from the other tribes are handled particularly well.` Sunday Times ...

Livorno on an indexed street plan at 1:11, 000 from Litografia Artistica Cartografica in their Globalmap imprint, with a detailed enlargement of the city’s historic centre at 1:7, 000. 48 monuments including historic buildings & churches, cultural or educational institutions, & important municipal buildings or facilities are numbered & listed next to the plan. Litografia Artistica Cartografica (LAC) are Italy’s leading publishers of street plans with an extensive range of titles. Where appropriate, the plans include an enlargement showing the historic centre in greater detail. On each plan monuments including historic buildings & churches, archaeological sites, cultural or educational institutions, & important municipal buildings or facilities are numbered & listed next to the plan. Unless indicated to the contrary in the individual description, one way streets are not marked. Street index is on the reverse. ...

Livorno Province at 1:100, 000 in a series of handy size provincial road maps from Litografia Artistica Cartografica (LAC) with more minor local roads & country tracks than can be found on most regional maps from other publishers. This title is now available in a digitally produced edition.LAC’s provincial series is gradually being changed to a new style of digitally derived cartography, so presentation of adjoining titles may vary. All the maps have hill shading to represent the general relief with spot heights for selected peaks, & show a few more local roads & rough tracks than the other road map series. Intermediate road distances are indicated. Regional, provincial & communal borders are marked, & railways, funiculars, airports, sea ferry links & campsites are shown. The legend is in Italian only. The new, digitally produced editions are indexed & have enhanced, more finely drawn cartography: the hill-shading is less bold, motorway service areas are marked, natural parks are highlighted & an expanded range of symbols indicates various landmarks & sites, e.g. antiquities, churches, etc. Two styles of the new cartography are produced, differing only in the colour of the predominant background shading: grey or yellow/green. Some of the new editions include geographical coordinates for the map corners. The index of localities is on the reverse. To see all the titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

Down among the drab slums of Lambeth, eighteen-year-old Liza is the darling of Vere Street. Vibrant & bewitching, she is adored by the steady, loyal Tom. But then Liza meets Jim Blakeston, charming & worldy, new to the area, & married. Soon the streets are wise to their passionate affair & Liza`s fall from grace is fast & fatal. Written while Maugham was a medical student, & his first published novel, ” Liza of Lambeth” is a vividly realistic portrayal of working-class London life. ...

Best beaches of the Lizard Peninsula of Cornwall presented in a handy concertina format guide from the locally-based Friendly Guides publishers. On one side 23 beaches & coves are each presented with a brief description & symbols indicating whether guarded, covered in high tide and/or good for surfing; also what tourist facilities can be found nearby, parking, access by bus, etc. On the reverse is a day-by-day table giving times of high & low tide for the summer months of 2013 plus April & May 2014. ...

Map No. 10060, Ljørdalen, in the new topographic survey of Norway at 1:50, 000 covering the country on 195 double-sided sheets & first published by Nordeca in 2011
- 2012; fully GPS compatible, indicating waymarked footpaths, campsites, tourist huts, illuminated ski runs, etc. The maps, now published by Nordeca, the successors to Statens Kartverk & its subsequent owners the Ugland Group, are printed on light, waterproof & tear-resistant synthetic paper. Each map covers an area of 62x 45 kilometres (39 x 28 miles approx.), with a 2-km overlap between the sheets. The maps have contours at 20m intervals (10m glacier contours), plus colouring & graphics to show cultivated areas, bogs, forests, etc. In addition to all the information expected of topographic mapping at this scale the maps distinguish between waymarked & unmarked footpaths & show campsites, tourist huts (serviced/self service/no supplies), country hotels & restaurants, & illuminated ski trails. The series uses EUREF89 (WGS84) datum & the maps have a 1-km UTM grid. Map legend is in Norwegian & English. Each title comes in a sturdy protective card envelope.
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