Geographical reference works

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.

Finding your way around the various regions of Japan is a breeze with this handy Tuttle Japan Traveler's Atlas.

BASIC ILLUSTRATED MAP AND COMPASSWilderness guide Cliff Jacobson created the map and compass curriculum for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, and here he shows easy-to-follow steps on choosing a compass, reading contour lines and other map features, using them in concert with a GPS receiver, plotting a course in the wilderness, navigating at night by the stars, and much more.

This companion for fans of the Napoleonic sea sagas offers maps of the novels' streets, seas, and coasts, and much more.

Ever wondered if Cheapside really is cheap, what you do in Threadneedle Street, or who the knights of Knightsbridge were?

Acclaimed travel writer and Oxford geography don Nick Middleton takes us on a magical tour of countries that, lacking diplomatic recognition or UN membership, inhabit a world of shifting borders, visionary leaders and forgotten peoples.

Ever wondered where our towns and villages get their names from?

Ever wondered why our towns and villages are so named?

Ever wondered why our towns and villages are so named?

If you've ever wondered where Cross Bar Lane, Banjo Cottage, the Blue Robin and the Bug House cinema were, or how Jacky Fields, Caller Beck, Egton Village, Gallows Close and Cock Mill got their names, then A History of Whitby & its Place Names will be of interest to you.

In his last two books, Haworth historian Steven Wood presented a collection of 600 old photographs of the villages of Haworth, Oxenhope and Stanbury.

The most detailed map of the World availablein an 11 by 17 inch size with4 pages of country facts.

The most detailed map of the United States available which can be folded and stored in a standard-size notebook.

Take a journey down winding lanes and Roman roads in this witty and informative guide to the meanings behind the names of England's towns and villages.

Seventy per cent of our planet's surface is covered with water, but most conventional atlases focus on the other thirty per cent.

This groundbreaking book analyses the geography of the commercial Internet industry.

From icy polar tundra to lush tropical rainforests, readers can explore the wonders of the planet we call home in this spectacular visual guide.

The collection of reliable and comprehensive data on the magnitude, composition and distribution of a country's population is essential in order for governments to provide services, administer effectively and guide a country's development.

The collection of reliable and comprehensive data on the magnitude, composition and distribution of a country's population is essential in order for governments to provide services, administer effectively and guide a country's development.

This is a guidebook with a difference.

Governance in the Middle East is topic of interest to scholars, activists and policy makers.

Governance in the Middle East is topic of interest to scholars, activists and policy makers.

This volume fills a gap in the literature on digital humanities (DH) in the Hispanic context by gathering a heterogeneous group of specialists who, from different standpoints in the humanities, explore Spanish texts as the object of study, DH as the work methodology, and Medieval and Early Modern Times as the historical framework.

Mainland Southeast Asia is one of the world's key regions for trafficking of illegal goods.

The Place Names of New Mexico is an invaluable guide to the state's geography and history.

This remarkable book introduces us to four unforgettable Apache people, each of whom offers a different take on the significance of places in their culture.

In Cartographic Mexico, Raymond B.

The Himalaya are world-renowned for their exquisite mountain scenery, ancient traditions, and diverse ethnic groups that tenaciously inhabit this harsh yet sublime landscape.

The Himalaya are world-renowned for their exquisite mountain scenery, ancient traditions, and diverse ethnic groups that tenaciously inhabit this harsh yet sublime landscape.

Using research from both sides of the Atlantic, Stephen Hornsby examines the development of British military cartography in North America during and after the Seven Years War, as well as advancements in military and scientific equipment used in surveying.

Maps have been invaluable throughout Canada's history.

The stories behind Australia's many, many strange, inappropriate and downright hilarious place names.

A local study of Catalonia with wide implications for the history of medieval Europe.

An illustrated compendium of the meanings of street-names in the city of Cambridge, first published in 2000.

These two volumes offer an unprecedented collection of flags, seals, and symbols used every day around the world.

The book starts with on the capture of Vimy Ridge and the nearly spur of Notre Dame de Lorette in October 1914.

'A remarkable collection of wonders.

A newer, fully updated edition of The World Altas of Coffee is now available to order: ISBN 978-1-78472986-8Coffee has never been better, or more interesting, than it is today.

A new battlefield guide to the Peninsular War is long overdue.

This battlefield guide is the companion work to Pegasus Bridge & Horsa Bridge.

This battlefield guide is the companion work to Pegasus Bridge & Horsa Bridge.

Through a series of five walks this book discovers the sights, sounds and experience of the capital at war; it details the remaining tangible evidence of the dark days via air raid shelter signs, bomb damage on buildings and memorials detailing heroic and often tragic events.

The assault crossing of the River Seine by the British 43rd (Wessex) Division in August 1944 remains one of the most important operations of the closing stages of the Second World War.

Now with full-color topographic maps and featuring the latest on electronic navigation, The Essential Wilderness Navigator is the clearest and most up-to-date route-finding primer available.

With almost two hundred pages of original demographic and health-related maps that display county-by-county and regional information covering everything from the distribution of pharmacies, trauma centers, and emergency rooms to the number of lung, colon, and breast cancer patients in major metropolitan areas (by ZIP code), theTexas Health Atlasprovides an indispensable tool for healthcare providers and planners, risk managers, public officials and policymakers, public health workers, and university researchers and students.

Finding your way around the various regions of Japan is a breeze with this handy Tuttle Japan Traveler's Atlas.

' Haunted is a wonderful book: part history, part rumination on life, and, of course a haunting book about ghosts .

Take a trip to outer space with this weird and wonderful guide to our universe, the perfect gift for both young and old Vargic's beautifully innovative designs will help to explain all of the bizarre and fascinating aspects of the cosmos; from the history of the universe to what makes up our solar system and even how human life fits into the wider picture.

Ghost towns, empty streets, crumbling ruins and lost empires this book reveals these and other deserted places.

The best - and most enjoyable - way to find out about whiskies is by drinking them.