Streetwise Great Britain Map - Laminated Country Road Map of Great Britain - Folding Pocket Size Travel Map
2009 UPDATED Streetwise Great Britain Map - Laminated Country Road Map of Great Britain - Folding pocket size travel map\ This map covers the following areas:\ Main Great Britain Map 1:2,000,000\ London Area Map 1:970,000\ Major City Distance Chart\ Great Britain is the land of language: evocative, lyrical, precise, and above all, valued. Whether spoken or on paper, the 1 million words in the English language are exercised like thoroughbreds. Listen to the language while traveling through the...
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2009 UPDATED Streetwise Great Britain Map - Laminated Country Road Map of Great Britain - Folding pocket size travel mapThis map covers the following areas:Main Great Britain Map 1:2,000,000London Area Map 1:970,000Major City Distance ChartGreat Britain is the land of language: evocative, lyrical, precise, and above all, valued. Whether spoken or on paper, the 1 million words in the English language are exercised like thoroughbreds. Listen to the language while traveling through the country and you’ll encounter a prodigious range of accents: from the brogue of Scotland, to the sing song rhythms of Wales and the crispy Received Pronunciation, better known as BBC English.The culture of literature is especially strong. Any visit to Great Britain can be planned along the lines of what you like to read. Follow a trail of authors as you make your way from one end of the British Isles to the other. Start in the South East of England in the county of Kent. The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer are the accounts of adventure, romance, lust and greed told by a group of pilgrims on their way to the shrine of Thomas Beckett at Canterbury Cathedral. Composed in poetry and verse between 1387 and 1400, these stories of human nature are still relevant. Today, pilgrims continue to make their way to the cathedral seeking the site where Becket, the Archbishop, was murdered and to see the religious stories told in the medieval stained glass, still intact and incredible.The Lake District is a magnet for walkers with fells (treeless mountain landscapes) and dales (valleys) undulating between sparkling lakes. Beatrix Potter created / encountered Peter Rabbit at her homehere and the Romantic poet William Wordsworth penned his Poems, In Two Volumes at Dove Cottage in Grasmere, near Ambleside. This is actually the wettest part of England and is largely populated by sheep - wet sheep at that.Edinburgh is where one of the most successful literary characters ever invented took form: Harry Potter. His creator (and third most successful author of all time), J. K. Rowling, has become the first billionaire to have made her fortune as a writer. Edinburgh became famous simply for being her home and the city where she composed Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone while nursing a cup of coffee at Nicholson’s Café (no longer there). Harry Potter fans may seek out the tiny streets of York that served as the inspiration for Daigon Alley, or visit Alnwick Castle in Northumberland, the architectural actor playing the part of Hogwarts.Our STREETWISE® Great Britain Map gives you all the information you need to plan your literary exploration. Easy to read and easy to use, this map of England, Scotland, and Wales includes a mileage chart for thirty cities. An inset map of the area surrounding London shows major highways, the M25 and the five major airports serving London, making it easy to get in and out of the city. Motorways, divided highways, primary, secondary and minor roads are clearly depicted and the map is fully indexed with cities, towns and villages. Scenic routes, points of interest and ferry routes are also indicated on the map.Our pocket size map of Great Britain is also laminated for durability and accordion folding for effortless use. The STREETWISE® Great Britain map is one of several detailed and easy-to-read country road maps designed and published by STREETWISE®. Buy your STREETWISE® Great Britain map today and you too can navigate Great Britain like a native. For a larger selection of our detailed travel maps simply type STREETWISE MAPS into the Barnes & Noble search bar.About STREETWISE® MapsSTREETWISE® is the first map to be designed with modern graphics and is the originator of the laminated, accordion-fold map format. We've set the standard that every map company has imitated but never duplicated. Our mission is to make you feel comfortable, to make you feel safe in a place where you've never been before and to enable you to experience a familiar place more fully.The company was founded in 1984 by Michael Brown, who had been in international publishing for many years, setting up subsidiaries for textbook publishers. In the 1970's, Brown traveled extensively throughout Africa, India, the Middle East and Southeast Asia. Brown would take a large paper map, cut out the city center, folded it up and slip it into his pocket, thus preventing him from looking like a tourist in areas where discretion is the better part of travel. This was his tool for surviving.After many years on the road, Brown settled back in New York and decided to start his own business, based on the adaptations he had made to maps in his travels. His goal was to give someone the ability to navigate easily in unfamiliar terrain.He started with a new map format: the accordion fold. Such a simple idea, but at the time it was revolutionary. No more struggling to fold an awkward, oversized paper map. This new format would enable the user to blend in like a native, instead of stick out like a tourist. Brown then added lamination to ensure that the map would be a lasting tool.More important than the format was the design of the map itself. It had to be a map that not only succeeded above and beyond any map he had used, but was esthetically appealing as well. The look of it had to be as striking as the functionality. Color was introduced in a way that was never seen before in a map - vivid purple for water, soothing gray for the background of street grids, gold to highlight elements of the map. Clarity, conciseness and convenience in a very stylish package.Building the business was a 24 hour job. Brown sold the maps during the day, zipping around Manhattan making deliveries on his Harley Davidson. At night he packed the orders and did the design work. More titles were added, each title requiring months of research and design.Today, STREETWISE® produces over 130 titles for major destinations, regions and countries throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia, Europe, the United Kingdom and Asia. We have grown from the back of a motorcycle to selling millions of maps around the world.Yet each title is still painstakingly researched and updated. STREETWISE® is one of the only, if not THE only map company that conducts research by walking or driving an area to ensure accuracy. After all, what good is the map if what you hold in your hands doesn't match what you see on the street sign? This lengthy fact checking results in superior accuracy; in effect, we've done the work, now you have the adventure.In the end, it's not about the map, it's about getting out and finding your own authentic experience wherever you go. It's about being in a city or a region and discovering things that you never thought you would find. You can do this if you have confidence and you have confidence if you have a great map. STREETWISE® is the great map that you need. Travel + Leisure Magazine "STREETWISE is an absolute travel essential."
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