He knew nothing of celestial navigation or of the existence of the Pacific Ocean. He was a self-promoting & ambitious entrepreneur. His maps were a hybrid of fantasy & delusion. When he did make l&, he enslaved the populace he found, encouraged genocide, & polluted relations between people. He ended his career in near lunacy. But Columbus had one asset that made all the difference, an inborn sense of the sea, of wind & weather, & of selecting the optimal course to get from A to B. Laurence Bergreen`s energetic & bracing book gives the whole Columbus & most importantly, the whole of his career, not just the highlight of 1492. Columbus undertook three more voyages between 1494 & 1504, each designed to demonstrate that he could sail to China within a matter of weeks & convert those he found there to Christianity. By their conclusion, Columbus was broken in body & spirit, a hero undone by the tragic flaw of pride. If the first voyage illustrates the rewards of exploration, this book shows how the subsequent voyages illustrate the costs
- political, moral, & economic.
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Colwyn Bay North in 1911 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. The map is double-sided. The main map covers the northern part of Colwyn Bay, stretching from Penrhyn Road westward to Bryn Euryn & Bron-y-nant, & northward to Rhos Road. Features include a stretch of the LNWR railway, Colwyn Bay Hotel, St John`s church, Rydal Mount, Ratonagh, Penrhos College, St Joseph`s RC church, Bryn Euryn, Llys Euryn, Glan-y-wern, tramway, Walshaw etc. On the reverse is the adjacent sheet 3.04 which extends coverage eastward to include the station, Victoria Pier & Promenade. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series: Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK. ...

Colwyn Bay South East in 1911 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. The map covers the village of Colwyn & the south-eastern area of Colwyn Bay. Coverage stretches from Rhiw Road eastward to Meiriadog Road, Colwyn, & from the shore southward to Pentre-uchaf. Features include Bryn-eirias, Glan-y-don, Pont Afon-lwyd, Colwyn Mill, Colwyn House, St Catherine`s church, railway with Old Colwyn station, Marien Hotel, Min-y-don, cemetery, St Paul`s church, etc. On the reverse is an Old Colwyn trade directory & extracts from a Colwyn Bay trade directory. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series: Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK. ...

Colwyn Bay South West in 1911 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. the map covers the south-western corner of Colwyn Bay, around Woodland Park & York Road. Coverage then extends south-west into the countryside, including part of Llandrillo-yn-Rhos parish. Features include Pant-y-gloch Farm, Coed Isaf, Pwll-y-crochan Woods, Colwyn Bay Golf Course, Pwll-y-crochan Hotel, & many scattered houses. Coverage extends westward to Mochdre. On the reverse is a list of residents from an 1890 directory. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series: Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK. ...

Hugo Chavez was a true phenomenon. On his death in March 2013 tens of thousands of Venezuelans took to the streets & honoured a seven-day period of national mourning. Chavez has been compared to Napoleon, Nasser, Peron & Castro but the truth is there has never been a leader like him. He was democratically elected, reigned like a monarch from a mobile television throne, & provoked adoration & revulsion in equal measure. How did a charismatic autocrat seduce not just a nation but a significant part of world opinion? & how did he continue to stay in power despite the crumbling of Venezuela? When he first came to power in 1999, Chavez became a symbol of hope & freedom for his people. Yet, in his fourteen years as president, Chavez seized control of the lucrative Venezuelan oil industry, allowed basic government functions to wither, jailed political opponents & courted Castro & Ahmadinejad, all while occupying much of Venezuela's airwaves with his long-running television show, Alo Presidente! In Comandante, acclaimed journalist Rory Carroll breaches the walls of Miraflores Palace to tell the inside story of Chavez's life & his political court in Caracas. Blending the lyricism & strangeness of magical realism with the brutal, ugly truth of authoritarianism
- a powerful combination reminiscent of Ryszard Kapuscinski's The Emperor
- Rory Carroll has written the definitive account of Hugo Chavez's presidency, & the legacy he has left behind.

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May 2011, Afghanistan: Camp Bastion is under attack, The Sun`s Defence Editor is about to catch the wrong helicopter, & a famous TV war reporter is missing half his kit & wants his trainers back. Amid the chaos, Christian Hill is preparing to lead his Combat Camera Team on the British Army`s first big operation of the Helmand summer, inching through the IED-riddled fields of the notorious Green Zone. As a captain in the Media Operations Group, his job is to promote the war to the British media
- & make it look like things are under control & getting better.
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Topographic survey of France at 1:25, 000 in IGN`s excellent TOP25 / Série Bleue series. All the maps are GPS compatible, with a 1km UTM grid plus latitude & longitude lines at 5’ intervals. Contours are at 5m intervals except for mountainous areas where the maps have contours at 10m intervals, vividly enhanced by hill shading & graphics for rocky terrain. Colouring with graphics indicates different types of vegetation or land use (deciduous or coniferous forests, moors, orchards, vineyards, etc). PLEASE NOTE: coverage of France at this scale is currently being revised – the format & the presentation of each title are indicated by the letters at the end of its Sheet Reference number (e.g. 0416ET, 3531ETR, 1923SB, etc.)MAPS WITH FULL TOURIST OVERPRINT & AN ENGLISH MAP LEGEND: all TOP25 maps & the SB editions of Série Bleue have an overprint highlighting waymarked walking trails including long-distance GR routes &, where appropriate, ski routes. Symbols indicate campsites, gîtes d’etape, refuges, equestrian centres & other recreational facilities or sites, tourist information centres, cultural heritage, etc. Towns & locations of particular interest are highlighted.- ET or OT = single-sided TOP25 map covering approx. 29x 21 km / 18x 13 miles.- ETR or OTR = waterproof & tear resistant TOP25 map covering the same area as the corresponding ET or OT number, but double-sided, printed on a smaller size sheet with a good overlap between the sides.- SB = Série Bleue map with full tourist overprint; these maps, first introduced in summer 2014, each cover approx. 29x 24km / 18x 15 miles.SÉRIE BLEUE maps with numbers ending in E (Est) or O (Ouest): most editions now indicate the GR routes, but do not show any other tourist information. Map legend is in French only. Each map covers approx. 14x 20km / 9x 12 miles. ...

Combe Martin & Hunter`s Inn area on the northern coast of Devon on a very detailed, GPS compatible hiking, cycling & horse riding map from Croydecycle at 1:12, 500, printed on light, waterproof & tear-resistant synthetic paper. The map is part of publishers’ series covering the western coast of Somerset, both coastlines of Devon, & the adjoining areas of Dorset. Each handy size, 50 x 35cm, map is double-sided to cover a wider area. Topography is indicated by contours at 10m intervals with graphics and/or colouring for different type of terrain (s&, shingle, mud, high or low cliffs, etc) & vegetation (woodlands, gorse, scrub, etc). An overprint highlights footpaths, permissive paths & small permissive paths, Bridleways, cycle tracks & country roads which are byways for all traffic. On other roads markings indicate routes which are part of the National Cycle Network. Symbols show locations of campsites & caravan sites, riding stables, pubs/cafes/restaurants, shops & other local facilities, etc. For GPS users each map has in the margins National Grid coordinates. Most 1:12, 500 maps include enlargements of main town (s), an inset providing geological information, & details of transport options. To see other titles in this series, including cycle maps, please click on the series link. The 1:12, 500 maps are numbered on our website westwards along the Somerset & north Devon coast, & then eastwards along the southern coast of Devon & into Dorset. ...

Comber & Saintfield in 1900 in the Alan Godfrey Edition of historical Ordnance Survey mapping at one inch to one mile. The map covers an area east & south of Belfast, with coverage stretching from Sydenham eastward to Ballywalter (Portavogie is split by the east margin), & from Newtownards southward to Saintfield. Towns covered include Newtownards, Comber Saintfield, part of east Belfast, Kircubbin, Grey Abbey & the villages of Ballywalter, Ballyhalbert, Mill Isle, Carryduff & Ardmillan. Much of Strangford Lough is shown & other features of interest include long lost sections of the Belfast & Co Down Railway through Newtownards & Saintfield. On the reverse are plan of Comber reduced to 18 inches to the mile & showing the town in detail, including station, St Mary`s church, Upper & Lower Distilleries, The Square, Spinning Mill, Castle House, churches, etc.; plus a plan for Saintfield which shows its station, Main Street area in detail, churches, Fair Green etc. Also included are 1899 directories for both towns. A brief historical introduction is given on the back cover. * About Alan Godfrey Editions of OS 1” to 1 mile maps of Ireland:* The maps provide an invaluable overview of a wider area, typically 18 x 12 miles (29 x 19kms approx.), & offer historical mapping for small villages not covered by the more detailed series for which the Godfrey Editions are better known. All the maps include historical notes & all, unless indicated in the individual description, also include a large scale map of a small town or village in the area. ...

Unlock security flexibility with these handy TSA accepted cable locks featuring an ultra-strong steel cable system that is fully flexible to feed through the smallest openings. Ideal for multiple uses, this practical twin pack`s locks are perfectly proportioned for use on both hand & hold luggage as the flexible steel cable fits through most fiddly zipper holes from suitcases to backpacks. With no keys to lose, the 3 dial combination is quick & simple-to-set with a memorable code that is personal to you. ...