Colombia in the Green Guide series from Michelin; detailed guides exploring the major sights & attractions of a range of cities, regions & countries. Drawing on a long publishing history, Michelin guides are renowned for their individual ‘star rating’, ranking restaurants, sights & attractions. Listings in each guide are organised alphabetically, allowing readers to access information quickly as well as being designed for practical use on the road. With an emphasis on cultural activities & history, each sight is graded & has extensive background information. Practical visitor information is clearly highlighted with symbols. Predominantly recognised for their extensive coverage of French regions (shown on our website in a separate series), the Green Guides also cover international destinations. An extensive introductory section on planning your trip provides information on when & where to go, useful pre-trip information, getting there, where to stay & eat & what to do & see. There are also individual sections on Nature, History & Art ad Culture & a selection of driving tours of the area. Fold-out maps at the front & back of the book give an overview of the area covered by the guide. The structure of each guide varies depending on the type of destination. National & regional guides cover regions alphabetically, each with their own accommodation, sights & food & drink listings, while City guides cover sights alphabetically with one city-wide section for listings. Accommodation & food & drink listings are both concise & comprehensive, aiming to cater for all budgets & tastes. Both sights & listings often include information specific to travelling with kids. Each of the places covered in the guide is listed alphabetically & three Michelin star ratings
- highly recommended, recommended & interesting, which have been used for more than 100 years
- help readers identify places of interest, restaurants & notable local attractions. Individual listings include principal sights for each city or town, local walking & driving tours in addition to tips on local excursions. There is also an ‘address book’ information box in each section including recommendations for the best restaurants & accommodation in the area, as well as any relevant leisure activities. A series of overview regional & city plans also helps navigation & orientation for each region.

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Indexed, waterproof & tear-resistant map of Colombia at 1:1, 400, 000 published by Reise Know-How as part of their highly acclaimed World Mapping Project. The map is double-sided, with a generous overlap & Bogota included on both sides, to provide the best balance between a good scale & a convenient size sheet. Road & rail networks are easy to see on a clear base which shows the area’s topography by altitude colouring with contours, spot heights, & names of mountain ranges. The map also shows mangroves, swamps, & seasonal lakes & rivers. Internal administrative boundaries are shown with names of the provinces. Road network

Includes:: unsurfaced roads & seasonal tracks. A wide range of symbols highlights various places of interest, including UNESCO heritage sites, archaeological remains, selected hotels, beaches, surfing & diving sites, paragliding sites, etc. The map has a latitude & longitude grid at intervals of 1° & an index of place names. Map legend

Includes:: English.



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From the storied capital of Bogota to Medelin to the Amazon Basin, this guide to Colombia, South America, offers readers practical advice on planning your trip & explains the country in the context of its history, culture, cuisine, landscape, & flora & fauna. Acclaimed travel writer Christopher Baker explores the Eastern Highlands, the Caribbean Lowlands, the Western & Southern Highlands, the Pacific & San Andres, & Los Llanos & the Amazon Basin. Contemporary editorial features & experiential sidebars highlight every aspect of life & every activity under the Colombian sun: how emeralds are mined & marketed, the history of pirates off Colombia`s shores, parrots & macaws, volcanoes, whale watching, & poison dart frogs. Gorgeous National Geographic photography & useful maps help you navigate your way around Colombia & its many landscapes: Take a walk through Bogota`s historic Candelaria district, take a drive through coffee country, follow in the footsteps of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, or enjoy a drive around San Andres. ...

Map No. K-26 in the ONC series: military topographic survey mapping covering the world`s land masses & significant islands at 1:1, 000, 000. The maps are useful as general topographical coverage where nothing else is available, although they are designed primarily as flying charts for military aircraft. ONC stands for Operational Navigation Chart. Relief is portrayed by a combination of contours (basic interval 1000ft, intermediate contours shown where appropriate), elevation tinting & relief shading, plus spot heights. Towns, villages, major roads, railways & airports are shown but please note that many of the smaller settlements are not named & the road information is not necessarily up to date, as compilation & revision dates vary. Some air navigation information also appears on the map, such as radio beacons & restricted flying zones. Each ONC chart has both UTM & latitude/longitude grids overprinted on it, with additional margin ticks. *IMPORTANT
- PLEASE NOTE:** * The series is gradually being withdrawn from sale to the general public & some sheets may no longer be available when ordered by us.** Due to the nature of the map projection assembling these sheets to make a larger map is not recommended. in addition, colours used for relief are not constant throughout the series.* In some areas of central Africa & South America the maps have blank spaces, reflecting localized deficiencies or inconsistencies in the survey data.
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Map No. K-26C in the TPC series: military topographic survey mapping covering the world's land masses & significant islands at 1:500, 000. The maps are useful as general topographical coverage where nothing else is available, although they are designed primarily as flying charts for military aircraft. TPC stands for Tactical Pilotage Chart. Relief is portrayed by a combination of contours (basic interval 500ft, intermediate contours shown where appropriate), elevation tinting & relief shading, plus spot heights. Towns, villages, major roads, railways & airports are shown but please note that many of the smaller settlements are not named & the road information is not necessarily up to date, as compilation & revision dates vary. Some air navigation information also appears on the map, such as radio beacons & restricted flying zones. Each TPC chart has both UTM & latitude/longitude grids overprinted on it, with additional margin ticks. IMPORTANT
- PLEASE NOTE: The series is gradually being withdrawn from sale to the general public & some sheets may no longer be available when ordered by us. Due to the nature of the map projection assembling these sheets to make a larger map is not recommended. in addition, colours used for relief are not constant throughout the series. In some areas of central Africa & South America the maps have blank spaces, reflecting localized deficiencies or inconsistencies in the survey data.
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Colombia is a land of natural beauty & rich cultural heritage, of rain forests & rivers, of peaceful rural farms & ranches where farmers & gauchos gather for work & leisure. But behind these images of bucolic serenity, the people of Colombia live through considerable hardships. Poverty is prevalent in many isolated parts of the country where state authority is largely absent, & seventy years of armed conflict between the Colombian army, right-wing paramilitary forces, & left-wing guerrilla groups, such as the FARC & the ELN, continue to leave lasting scars. The country`s central role in the cocaine trade both provides for & threatens the livelihood of many Colombians. The culmination of almost twenty years spent travelling throughout & photographing Colombia, Colombia: On the Brink of Paradise features more than one hundred incredible photographs by Luca Zanetti. What the images collectively portray is a place that teeters between paradise & the abyss, a wildly colourful & chaotic backdrop to the stories of everyday people`s lives. Arranged thematically in several sections, the book also

Includes:: an essay on the historic, political, & social context of the conflict by Colombian sociologist Alfredo Molano, who followed closely the peace negotiations of 2012-16 between the Colombian government & the FARC & who is a member of the truth commission established as part of the peace agreement signed between the rebels & the government; brief introductory texts by Medellin journalist Anamaria Bedoya Builes; & a postscript by Luca Zanetti.

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Colombo Street Atlas from the Sri Lanka Survey Department in a paperback format with detailed, very clearly presented mapping of the city at 1:10, 000 accompanied by an index & lists of main places of interest, institutions & various facilities. Main traffic arteries are highlighted. Buildings housing official institutions, various services & other places of interest are marked & named, with all names given in English. Street index lists streets within the city ...

Topographic coverage of mainland Spain at 1:25, 000 published by the Centro Nacional de Información Geograficá, the country’s civilian survey organization. The maps have contours at 10m intervals & colouring and/or graphics to show different types of vegetation or land use. Boundaries of national parks & other protected areas are marked. In addition to all the usual information shown on topographic maps at this scale, detailed presentation of the road & rail networks, rural tracks & paths, etc, the maps also show campsites. The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, with margin ticks for latitude & longitude at 1` intervals. Map legend is in Spanish only.PLEASE NOTE: our grid for the whole of Spain is in preparation
- in the meantime, for areas other than those shown on the attached grid please use CNIG’s topographic survey at 1:50, 000 by searching for ‘SI00000832’. Each 25K map covers one quarter of the corresponding 50K map, with the numbering system: I = NW quarter, II = NE quarter, III = SW quarter & IV = SE quarter. CNIG maps in the Provincial Road Maps series at 1:200, 000 are overprinted with the grid for the 1:50, 000 survey & can be used to see the area covered by each 50K or 25K title in more detail. To see the list of titles in this series please click on the series grid
- for map numbers not yet listed on our website please contact us by email.

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Colonel Gadaffi's Hat is both a gripping & deeply moving account of the Libyan uprising from the lone journalist who was able to report from the rebel army convoy that captured Green Square, in the heart of Tripoli. Alex Crawford's daring reports were beamed across news networks from around the globe, & against a dramatic backdrop of celebratory gunfire, Alex & her team showed the world the final symbolic moments of the fall of a regime that had held power for more than 40 years. The euphoria & chaos of that atmosphere of jubilation was soon overcome by the realities of conflict, & the story of the following days that Alex so viscerally tells in this remarkable account is an eye-opening journey full of human stories that are both shocking & touching. A portrait of the last gasps of Gaddafi's regime, Crawford's book is an extraordinary insight into modern political conflict & the nature of journalism. The first journalist to be on the scene at a number of key points in the Libyan conflict, Alex has been arrested, shot at, tear gassed & interrogated in the course of her career, & paints a fascinating picture of war journalism.A heart-stopping ride through a dramatic moment in modern history, Colonel Gadaffi's Hat is a window into both the craft of journalism & the amazing story of Libya's road to Freedom. ...

Topographic coverage of the Balearic Islands at 1:25, 000 published by the Instituto Geográfico Nacional – Centro Nacional de Información Geografica, the country’s civilian survey organization. The maps have contours at 10m intervals & colouring and/or graphics to show different types of vegetation or land use. Boundaries of national parks & other protected areas are marked. In addition to all the usual information shown on topographic mapping at this scale: detailed presentation of the road & rail networks, rural tracks & paths, etc, the maps also show campsites. The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, plus margin ticks for latitude & longitude at 1` intervals. The majority of the titles have been published since late 1990s. Map legend is in Spanish only.COVERAGE: each 25K map covers one quarter of the corresponding 1:50, 000 map, with the numbering system: I = NW quarter, II = NE quarter, III = SW quarter, & IV = SE quarter. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link. ...