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Philips Street Atlas
Tyrone And Fermanagh
£4.49
A brand new street atlas & the only detailed colour atlas that gives comprehensive coverage of the Tyrone & Fermanagh. No other atlas shows every street in Tyrone & Fermanagh. This atlas is part of a series of four atlases providing unique comprehensive coverage of the whole of Northern Irel&. The mapping is based on Ordnance Survey Northern Ireland data & gives the user complete coverage of all urban & rural areas. The mapping is at a scale of 134 inches to 1 mile (1 1/3 inches to 1 mile in the pocket edition) with larger scale mapping of 3 1/2 inches to 1 mile (2 2/3 inches to 1 mile in the pocket edition) for the towns of Cookstown Dungannon Enniskillen Omagh & Strabane. The mapping also

Includes:: the townland names in rural areas with postcode boundaries shown throughout. The atlas is ideally suited for both business & leisure use. There is a route-planning map at the front of the atlas. The main maps show every named road street & lane clearly with through-routes highlighted. School locations are marked & emergency services hospitals police stations car parks & rail & bus station locations are all featured. There are separate comprehensive indexes of street names
- with highlighted schools industrial estates hospitals & sports centres
- towns & villages & townlands. Main map scale: 1.3 inches to 1 mile & 3.5 inches to 1 mile



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Philips Street Atlas
West Kent
£6.89
This fully revised street atlas of West Kent gives comprehensive & detailed coverage of the region. The route planner shows all the A & B roads & can be used when driving to get close to the destination before turning to the relevant large-scale street map. The street maps show every named road street & lane very clearly with major roads picked out in color. The maps are at a scale of 3.5 inches to 1 mile. Other information on the maps

Includes:: postcode boundaries car parks railway & bus stations post offices schools colleges hospitals police & fire stations places of worship leisure centres footpaths & bridleways camping & caravan sites golf courses & many other places of interest. New to this edition are fixed single & multiple speed-camera locations with corresponding speed limits. The comprehensive index lists street names & postcodes plus schools hospitals railway stations shopping centres & other such features picked out in red with other places of interest shown in blue.

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Philips Street Atlas
West Kent
£5.24
This fully revised street atlas of West Kent gives comprehensive & detailed coverage of the region. The route planner shows all the A & B roads & can be used when driving to get close to the destination before turning to the relevant large-scale street map. The street maps show every named road street & lane very clearly with major roads picked out in color. The maps are at a scale of 2 2/3 inches to 1 mile. Other information on the maps

Includes:: postcode boundaries car parks railway & bus stations post offices schools colleges hospitals police & fire stations places of worship leisure centres footpaths & bridleways camping & caravan sites golf courses & many other places of interest. New to this edition are fixed single & multiple speed-camera locations with corresponding speed limits. The comprehensive index lists street names & postcodes plus schools hospitals railway stations shopping centres & other such features picked out in red with other places of interest shown in blue.

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Philips Student Atlas
£6.37
Philips Student Atlas" has been specially created for lower-secondary geography students (11-14 year olds). It is ideal for work leading up to GCSE (England & Wales) & Standard Grade (Scotland): National Curriculum Key Stage 3. The maps have been carefully designed so they are uncluttered & easy to read containing specially selected place names & detail. A clear set of symbols & scale information accompanies each map & there is a useful introductory section covering basic atlas skills including aerial photographs & satellite images to further explain particular features on the maps. Fully up-to-date the atlas comprises a 16-page UK & Ireland section & a 42-page World section. Detailed regional maps charts & satellite images of Europe Italy the Middle East China Japan Kenya USA Brazil & the Arctic & Antarctica are included focusing on areas of special interest for students of geography such as Japans volcanoes & earthquakes conservation in Kenya & water supply in the USA. " Philips Student Atlas" is ideal for special project work featuring an informative section of world thematic maps on the environment climate change people quality of life & energy. Latitude & longitude co-ordinates are included in the index alongside figure-letter references." ...
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Philip's 5-star
Navigator Britain
£12.79
The new edition Philip's 5-Star Navigator Britain shows speed-camera locations with their speed limits & provides over 3000 road names as well as numbers. It also

Includes:: a massive selection of 100 indexed town-centre maps detailed approach maps to 12 major urban areas plus route-planning maps a distance table & a fully comprehensive 43 000-name index. The main road maps are at 1.7 miles to 1 inch (northern Scotland at smaller scales) & are extra clear & detailed showing even the smallest roads & lanes that are omitted from other atlases. Every roundabout junction & slip-road is shown in detail on main roads & motorways. In country areas thousands of individual houses & farms are marked along with footpaths & tracks. The alpha-numeric grid is based on the National Grid so that the atlas can be used with GPS systems. For the first time in a Navigator atlas every street in Britain has been located on the maps. Over 8000 tourist attractions & places of interest are shown & named on the maps including national parks nature reserves RSPB reserves houses & gardens beaches marinas canals county showgrounds camping & caravan sites shopping villages World Heritage Sites long-distance footpaths sporting venues park & rides & ferries. The new edition Philip's 5-Star Navigator Britain features unrivalled town & country detail & is ideal for planning cycle routes as well as for motoring.

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Philip's Atlas Of The
World
£48.00
The 193 pages of detailed physical & political maps in Philip's Atlas of the World have been fully revised & updated. Praised by the Daily Mail as 'clearer than The Times' the unique combination of relief colouring & hill-shading gives an exceptional portrayal of landforms. This new edition features the informative ' World Geography' section packed with maps diagrams & text explaining key world themes such as climate change geology trade agriculture industry & population. Also included are urban-area & city-centre maps for 69 of the world's largest & most economically important cities including all major capitals
- this edition features enlarged city-centre maps of Beijing (Olympic City 2008) Amsterdam Bangkok & Moscow with locator maps to indicate each city's position in its global context. In addition the ' Images of Earth' section shows spectacular satellite views of 17 major cities & regions across the globe. Illustrated with flags & locator maps the 34-page A-Z ' Gazetteer of Nations' provides key facts & figures for every sovereign state. The 84 000-name index including geographical features & historical place names as well as towns & cities gives full latitude/longitude co-ordinates & letter-figure grid references. A 1 000-entry ' Geographical Glossary' explains the derivations of many unfamiliar place names
- for example: wadi = dry watercourse; jebel = mountain.

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Philip's Children's
Atlas
£8.27
Philip's Children's Atlas combines clear & accurate maps with fascinating facts about the countries of the world to provide essential geographical information for young readers. In addition guidance is given at the beginning of the atlas on how to use the maps encouraging the early development of map skills. The atlas is organized spread by spread in the classic sequence: first Europe then its land neighbour Asia followed by Africa Australia & Oceania North America & South America. Illustrated with interesting full-colour photographs & packed with fact boxes curiosities flags stamps & quiz questions Philip's Children's Atlas is both fun to use & easy to underst&. A past winner of the Geographical Association's award for making a significant contribution to geography Philip's Children's Atlas was judged an excellent 'all round' children's atlas with simple yet well-designed maps well-illustrated with colour photographs. It links places to issues events & real people giving a clear sense of place."" ...
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Philip's Complete Road
Atlas Britain And
Ireland 2014
£12.79
Hardback atlases are popular as gifts & also for self-purchase by heavy users such as business drivers. This deluxe Philip's Complete Road Atlas Britain & Ireland 2014 contains 160 pages of road maps covering Britain at 3 miles to 1 inch with the Western Isles Orkney & Shetland at smaller scales. The maps clearly mark service areas roundabouts & multi-level junctions & in rural areas distinguish between roads over & under 4 metres wide
- a boon for drivers of wide vehicles. The atlas also

Includes:: 10 pages of route-planning maps a distance table 10 large-scale city approach maps with named arterial roads & 64 extra-detailed & fully indexed town & city plans.


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Philip's Dark Skies
Map Britain And
Ireland
£5.24
Philip's Dark Skies Map shows the visibility of stars from any location in Britain & Irel&. Stargazing can be frustrating where visibility is affected by street lights & other light pollution
- use this map to find your nearest dark site or to avoid areas where light pollution will reduce your chances of seeing faint galaxies & other deep-sky objects. The underlying road mapping will allow you to plan a route to your chosen site. Philip's Dark Skies Map is published in association with the British Astronomical Association's Campaign for Dark Skies an organization that campaigns to protect & improve our view of the night sky. The map has been created using data from the Light Pollution Science & Technology Institute in Italy carefully combined with a Philip's road map (scale 20 miles to 1 inch). Different colours represent different levels of light pollution & this information has been superimposed over the road map.
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Philip'S France And
Belgium Road Map
£3.74
Philip's France & Belgium Road Map is designed for long-distance driving & is a convenient size for opening out on a table or in a vehicle. France & Belgium are shown at 10 km to 1 cm (16 miles to 1 inch) an ideal scale for long-distance driving with major routes & destinations picked out in bold colours. Toll & pre-pay motorways are clearly shown along with restricted & unrestricted motorway junctions service areas & rest areas. Town plans are provided for Bordeaux Boulogne Brussels Calais Lyons Marseilles & Paris. For holiday planning the map highlights scenic routes & shows car ferry routes along with ancient monuments beaches castles cathedrals national parks ski resorts theme parks world heritage sites & many other places of interest. ...
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Philip's Atlas Of The Universe

This edition contains many new features from explanations of dark matter and neutrinos to techniques of digital observing and photography. As well as giving an informative portrait of each element of the cosmos the book provides superb star maps and sound advice on practical observing making it an ideal choice for newcomers to astronomy.Sir Patrick's narrative is supremely clear absorbing and entertaining as he recounts the history of space exploration describes the Solar System stars and galaxies and explains the latest theories on the origins of the Universe. The book is illustrated with hundreds of maps and diagrams plus Sir Patrick's own selection of the best photographs from ground-based telescopes and the Hubble Space Telescope along with spectacular images from nearly four decades
of robotic exploration of the planets.Highlights of this new edition include an explanation of the extraordinary concepts that have shaken our picture of the Universe - dark matter and dark energy as well as new strands of science that have emerged in recent years such as astrobiology and neutrino astronomy.An expanded practical section reflects the new era in amateur astronomy - affordable high-quality cameras and telescopes computer control and image-processing have made astronomy accessible to millions of new enthusiasts.
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This edition contains many new features from explanations of dark matter & neutrinos to techniques of digital observing & photography. As well as giving an informative portrait of each element of the cosmos the book provides superb star maps & sound advice on practical observing making it an ideal choice for newcomers to astronomy. Sir Patrick's narrative is supremely clear absorbing & entertaining as he recounts the history of space exploration describes the Solar System stars & galaxies & explains the latest theories on the origins of the Universe. The book is illustrated with hundreds of maps & diagrams plus Sir Patrick's own selection of the best photographs from ground-based telescopes & the Hubble Space Telescope along with spectacular images from nearly four decades of robotic exploration of the planets. Highlights of this new edition include an explanation of the extraordinary concepts that have shaken our picture of the Universe
- dark matter & dark energy as well as new strands of science that have emerged in recent years such as astrobiology & neutrino astronomy. An expanded practical section reflects the new era in amateur astronomy
- affordable high-quality cameras & telescopes computer control & image-processing have made astronomy accessible to millions of new enthusiasts.

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