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258 pages : colour illustrations, colour maps ; 18 cm + 1 folded map.
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English
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Lonely Planet's Experience Hawaii is your guide to unforgettable experiences and local surprises. Stoll through Honolulu's Chinatown, hike the Kalalau Trail, and see the sunrise at Haleakala - all guided by local experts with fresh perspectives. Uncover Hawaii's best experiences and get away from the everyday!
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xi, 289 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 28 cm
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English
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In the United States, the art form flourished during the 1920s to the 1970s, when thousands of innovative maps were mass-produced for use as advertisements and decorative objects the golden age of American pictorial maps. Picturing America is the first book to showcase this vivid and popular genre of maps. Geographer and collector Stephen J. Hornsby gathers together 158 delightful pictorial jewels, most drawn from the extensive collections of the...
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344 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 23 cm.
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English
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DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Belgium & Luxembourg will lead you straight to the best attractions these countries have to offer. Packed with photographs, illustrations, and maps of Belgium and Luxembourg, the guide includes in-depth coverage of the region's best attractions, from fine art in Brussels to the canals of Bruges, the battlefields of Flanders and the best castles, museums, and architecture in between. Illustrated food features highlight local...
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224 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 33 cm
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English
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"...the history of the railroad in North America, from its origins in Britain in the 1820s and short lines connecting Eastern Seaboard rivers in the 1830s to Amtrak and the modern intermodal freights driving today's railroad revival."--Jacket.
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xix, 521 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm
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English
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"A fascinating look at twelve maps-from Ancient Greece to Google Earth-and how they changed our world In this masterful study, historian and cartography expert Jerry Brotton explores a dozen of history's most influential maps, from stone tablet to vibrant computer screen. Starting with Ptolemy, "father of modern geography," and ending with satellite cartography, A History of the World in 12 Maps brings maps from classical Greece, Renaissance Europe,...
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