john g h fenwick (1 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 2nd Edition. A classic Hippie Trail map with "current information on western Asian Highway network, distance chart, currency table, petrol and diesel points, climatic maps, medical and repair services, etc". Tony Wheeler rated it as "the best map for the Asian overlander" (Across Asia on the Cheap, 3rd Ed, p36). Folding down into wraps 22x13cm illustrated with camel caravan, coverage map, and publisher's price sticker dated Apr 75 to the front. Cartography by LH Fryer and Co, edited by John GH Fenwick, and printed by Higginson Harris Group, London. Very good with light wear to the edges. Scale 1:7,000,000 / 1cm to 70km / 1" to 133 miles. The first edition appeared in 1973. The Publisher's Note to this Second Edition updates on road and rail developments, the Burma Situation (due to present unrest "a land transit of Burma is thus for the time being out of the question"), By-passing Burma, and Singapore to Fremantle passenger shipping advice. Text boxes identify dangerous tollgates in Afghanistan (unlit at night), advise on rail developments between Kerman and Bandar Abbas in Iran, and caution about sticking to the A roads in Saudi Arabia. Seven inset maps show January and July temperatures, Winter and Summer rain, time changes, population, and The Far East. Tables cover distances, currency, visas and vaccinations, and Notes and Recommendations (mechanical, medical, food and accommodation, petrol, reading, monsoon). A label laid inside the wraps provides further advice.