Every family has a history. Most people in Britain & Ireland are able to trace their ancestry back through a dozen generations (or more) discovering along the way a pageant of forebears
- rich & poor; heroic & tragic; bad & ugly. In this new enlarged & updated edition, the authors describe how, step by step, the history of a family may be discovered & a pedigree drawn up. This book shows how the framework of a family three may be constructed from the accessible official records of birth, batptism, adoption, marriage, divorce, death & burial. From these bare branches the family tree blossoms into life with biographical information gleaned from the archives of church, state & local administration.
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The life story of a house is told by the stones, bricks, timber, tiles & thatch that make up its walls, floors & roof. This book describes how different structural techniques adopted by house builders down the centuries may provide clues to the date of construction. An unfolding story of alteration, improvement, extension (and occasional dilapidation) may be read in the layout f rooms or the style of features, fixtures & fittings. The history of an old house is also discovered in manuscripts & printed books, in archives & public libraries. These crucial sources are described & explained with the help of apt"ations & old documents & reproductions of maps, plans & pictures. Separate chapters unravel the intricacies of old title deeds, place-names & on-site survey methods. ...

A build your own set, the globe comes with everything you need to construct your own stand & axis, plus two different globe maps representing day & night for you to fix & slot into place. The `day` map features a standard map of the Earth, with all the world`s major landmarks labelled. The `night` map is based on the night sky, & features the major star constellations accurately portrayed & labelled. Both maps are easy to assemble, with double sided tape & instructions provided. ...

Pocket magnifying glass. Solid bronze surround with durable glass. Our Discovery Glass allows detailed examination of maps, coins, & other wonders. If we do not have this item in stock we will order it for you from our supplier. Delivery generally takes 3 weeks within the UK. For overseas delivery queries please email sales@stanfords.co.uk ...

Make your own globe & discover more about the people & places on it with this stylish kit, containing all the pieces for an easy-to-make spinning model plus a highly-illustrated atlas. The sturdy card globe features icons labelling everything from natural wonders to famous faces, topics which can then be explored in more detail in the atlas. As well as referring closely to the model globe, the atlas covers a variety of themes including the Earth`s biomes, animals & World Heritage sites, providing a fascinating introduction to the world, its people & places. This beautifully-designed kit has everything any armchair adventurer needs to begin exploring their very own globe. ...

I am going to cycle around the world. For something so major the words came out surprisingly easily. Time is ticking away. I have to do something now before my spirit is sucked out of me entirely. Discovery Road tells the story of Tim Garratt & Andy Brown s attempt to be the first people to mountain bike unsupported across the three southern continents in one year. They cross the vast deserts of Australia, the dangerous bush lands of Africa & finally the awesome Andes of South America, the continent where they had been assured they would meet their doom. It is a fast-moving, inspirational tale of self-discovery, full of adventure, conflict, humour, danger & a multitude of colourful characters. Much more than a travelogue, it proves that ordinary people can chase great dreams & has acted as inspiration for many searching for their adventure. ...

Discovery Walking Guides’ guide books cover day walks & long distance trails, with a depth of information giving you all you need for your walk, including map extracts, difficulty ratings & full-colour photos or illustrations. Most guides include GPS waymarked walking points, an extensive introduction provides information on the routes themselves, when to go, flora & fauna, tourist sites, & more. There is also useful guidance about map & walking information including details of walk location regional maps & using GPS. Each walk uses colour keys indicating difficulty, times, total distance, vertigo risks, ascents & descents & if refreshments are available on route. Appendices provide walkers with a summary of GPS Waypoints Lists (also available for download from the publishers` website), useful telephone numbers & addresses, transport timetables & relevant websites. Thorough walk descriptions are accompanied by detailed map extracts mapping the route & GPS waypoints at every key point on the walk as well as colour photographs illustrating some of the highlights of each walk covered in each guide. ...

About this series Circular walks along the less well-trodden paths of a county. The route of each walk is clearly shown on a sketch map & cross-referenced to Ordnance Survey maps. Black & white photographs are included & the descriptions clearly separate the background information from the directions. ...

In the seventeenth century, a map of the plague suggested a radical idea-that the disease was carried & spread by humans. In the nineteenth century, maps of cholera cases were used to prove its waterborne nature. More recently, maps charting the swine flu pandemic caused worldwide panic & sent shockwaves through the medical community. In ” Disease Maps”, Tom Koch contends that to understand epidemics & their history we need to think about maps of varying scale, from the individual body to shared symptoms evidenced across cities, nations, & the world. ” Disease Maps” begins with a brief review of epidemic mapping today & a detailed example of its power. Koch then traces the early history of medical cartography, including pandemics such as European plague & yellow fever, & the advancements in anatomy, printing, & world atlases that paved the way for their mapping. Moving on to the scourge of the nineteenth century-cholera-Koch considers the many choleras argued into existence by the maps of the day, including a new perspective on John Snow`s science & legacy. Finally, Koch addresses contemporary outbreaks such as AIDS, cancer, & H1N1, & reaches into the future, toward the coming epidemics. Ultimately, ” Disease Maps” redefines conventional medical history with new surgical precision, revealing that only in maps do patterns emerge that allow disease theories to be proposed, hypotheses tested, & treatments advanced. ...

Disentis/ Mustér, map No. 256, in the standard topographic survey of Switzerland at 1:50, 000 from Swisstopo, i.e. without the special overprint highlighting walking trails, local bus stops, etc, presented in Swisstopo’s hiking editions of the 50K survey. Highly regarded for their superb use of graphic relief & hill shading, the maps give an almost 3-D picture of Switzerland`s mountainous terrain. Contours are at 20m intervals. All the maps have a 1-km grid with the Swiss national coordinates. This standard version of the 50K survey covers the whole country on 78 small format sheets, with special larger format maps published for several popular tourist destinations. Small format sheets cover an area of 35 x 24 km (21 x 15 miles approx) & have map legend in the language of the area covered by the map. The special larger sheets cover 50 x 35 km (31 x 22 miles approx) & have no map legend, but a separate leaflet can be provided instead.PLEASE NOTE: the hiking editions of the 1:50, 000 Swisstopo survey are listed on our website in a separate series. ...