The southern half of Corsica at 1:50, 000 on a set of three double-sided, contoured & GPS compatible maps from Kompass with highlighting for hiking trails including the GR20, cycle routes, campsites & mountain shelters, recreational facilities, etc, plus a road map of the whole island & town centre street plans of several locations. Coverage extends southwards from Sagone on the west coast & Al ...

The southern half of Corsica at 1:50, 000 on a set of three double-sided, contoured & GPS compatible maps from Kompass with highlighting for walking / hiking trails including the GR20, cycle routes, campsites & mountain shelters, recreational facilities, etc, plus a road map of the whole island & town centre street plans of several locations. Coverage extends southwards from Sagone on the west coast & Aléria in the east, presenting the southern half of Corsica in five 1:50, 000 sections. The remaining sixth side has a very clear road map of the whole island at 1:300, 000, highlighting scenic routes plus interesting towns or villages & natural locations. Panels with street plans show Ajaccio, Bastia, Bonifacio, Calvi, Corte, & Porto-Vecchio. Mapping at 1:50, 000 has contours at 40m intervals, enhanced by relief shading & graphic relief, with additional colouring and/or graphics for different types of vegetation. The overprint highlighting hiking trails distinguishes between cart tracks, footpaths, & steep narrow paths. Named trails such as Mare è Monti or Mare a Mare are indicated, with special more prominent overprint for the GR20. Also marked are bicycle routes, plus a selection of mountain bike trails & horse riding paths. A very wide range of symbols indicate various accommodation options including campsites & youth hostels, recreational facilities & places of interest. The map has a 1-km UTM grid. Map legend

Includes:: English. The set also contains a 62-page bilingual French/ German guide (no English edition is available) with general notes & hiking recommendations. Kompass Verlag are Europe’s largest publishers of walking maps, with wide coverage of central Europe, Italy, etc, all listed on our website.A similar set covers the northern half of Corsica.

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Southern Corsica at 1:60, 000 on a contoured & GPS compatible map from Didier Richard with a base derived from IGN’s topographic survey, highlighting both local walking / hiking routes & the GR network of long-distance paths, gîtes & mountain refuges, interesting natural & cultural sites, etc. The map covers the southern section of the GR20 from just past Monte d’ Oro to Conca, with a tiny overlap with the northern sheet in this series. Relief is portrayed by contours at 50m intervals with additional hill shading & colouring for different types of vegetation. An overprint highlights local hiking trails, indicating difficult sections & routes which are part of the GR network. Bold symbols show gîtes accessible by car, mountain refuges accessible only on foot, via ferrata sites, mountain bike centres, interesting cultural or natural sites, etc. The map has a UTM grid. Map legend

Includes:: English. To see the list of all the titles in this series please click on the series link.

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Fully updated, this map combines clear design & an easy-to-read scale with more road detail to ensure that you never lose your way. It

Includes:: information on toll points, service areas, road numbers, motorways, dual carriageways & local roads. National Parks, ski resorts, visitor attractions & towns & places of interest are also highlighted. The map is presented in a practical slimline format, with a durable weatherproof cover for protection from the elements.

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Corsica Trekking in Trailblazer’s Trekking Guide series; highly practical, informative & portable guides designed with the adventurous hiker & trekker in mind, & produced by one of the leading outdoor guide-book publishers. Each title in the series explores a range of popular trekking routes in some of the world’s most challenging terrain, encompassing areas such as the Alps, Atlas Mountains, Himalaya & New Zeal&. Designed with practicality in mind, each guide describes the entire trekking route in clearly defined stages, allowing trekkers to plan their route accordingly. Strong on both practical content & cultural & historical background, Trailblazer Guides include extensive commentary on sites along the way, including town guides & maps where relevant, in addition to cultural & social background, as trekkers hike through the landscape. in addition, there are detailed descriptions of camping & accommodation facilities & places to eat & drink en route, as well as boxed insets exploring a local tradition or custom. Detailed, large-scale trekking maps are included in each title – a unique feature of Trailblazer guides – which include important information on walking times, directions, tricky junctions, places to stay & eat & general points of interest. The guides are arranged in 4 main sections – Planning Your Trip, a country or region fact-file, Minimum Impact Trekking & Route Guides & Maps, & there are also mini village, town & city guides where appropriate. There is detailed advice & guidance on the route itself, practical information for the walker, budgeting, when to go, itineraries, what to take & getting to & from the route. in addition, informative sections on the environment, flora & fauna & walking safety seek to improve walkers’ experiences of the routes & get the most from their trip. A Minimum Impact Trekking section also informs readers of the economic, environmental & cultural impact of walking. Appendices give information on local language, health issues & a brief glossary of trekking terminology. ...

This pocket-sized guide describes 12 car tours & 55 different walking routes throughout Corsica. There is a fold-out touring map for motorists & walking maps at a scale of 1:50, 000. There are walks for all ages & abilities; some short ”picnic walks” are especially suitable for hot days & those with young children. Noel Rochford, who has written several Landscapes guides, found the Corsicans to be the friendliest people he encountered throughout his travels. But the landscapes enchanted him as well: ” No other Mediterranean island can boast such a wealth of natural beauty. Beaches to suit every taste: from long stretches of glaring white sand to pink rocky coves. Real mountains climbers` terrain
- that reach almost 3000m/9000ft. In these mountains you stumble upon a magnificent mixture of pine forests, beech woods, chestnut groves, & coppices of evergreen oaks. Streams bound down the mountainsides; rivers cascade through awe-inspiring gorges, leaving behind blue-green pools as clear as crystal. The pink granite hills & cliffs, normally conjured up only for an artist`s canvas, are real indeed on Corsica.”10 car tours (and accompanying touring map), 55 long & short walks (each illustrated with a 1:50, 000 topo map), 14 picnic suggestions. Free online update service with specific route change information on the publisher`s website, maintained daily. The ` Landscapes` series, with 50 destinations, has been dubbed `the blue Bibles` by the Sunday Times & led to Sunflower being one of only four publishers (from a field of 18) chosen as a Which? Recommended Provider of Guidebooks.REVIEWS: Once again I am writing to express our appreciation of the excellent series of walk books, this time for walking in Corsica. The guide book really brought the island to life for us & was an invaluable aid &, of course, really enjoyable to browse through before we went -- (SM, Abergavenny) Brilliant. This was our first Sunflower guide book & from now on for every walking holiday that series will be our first choice of walking guide. -- (W, Amazon)
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The island of Corsica has long been a popular destination for travelers in search of the European exotic, but it has also been a focus of French concerns about national unity & identity. Today, Corsica is part of a vibrant Franco-Mediterranean social universe. In this ethnographic study of a Corsican village, Matei Candea explores nationalism, language, kinship, & place. He traces ideas about inclusion & exclusion through these different realms, as Corsicans, ` Continentals`, tourists, & the anthropologist make & unmake connections with one another in their everyday encounters. Candea`s evocative & gracefully written account provides new insights into the dilemmas of understanding cultural difference & the difficulties & rewards of fieldwork. ...

Corstorphine area of Edinburgh in 1893 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 Corstorphine, just west of Edinburgh. Features include NBR railway with Corstorphine station, Broom House, Corstorphine village, Dunsmure, churches, Convalescent Hospital, South Gyle, The Stank, etc. There was little development in the area at the time. On the reverse is a small section of the 1905 revision of this map. 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. ...

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. ...

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. ...