A popular series of guidebooks for the modern-day traveler offering information on cities and countries around the world continues, presenting up-to-date backgrounds and descriptions, detailed maps, hundreds of photographs, and much more, including walking and driving tours, visitor information directories, and cultural sidebars.
Explored by the Danish naturalist Peter Lund in 1834, it is considered the birthplace of Brazilian paleontology. Diamantina: Set 174 miles (280 km) north of Belo Horizonte at the entrance to the Jequitinhonha Valley, Diamantina sticks ...
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Presents information on Cambodia's culture, history, and people; offers walking and driving tours enhanced by color-coded maps; and suggests excursions off the beaten path.
Michael S. Durham Patricia Shaw, Matt Hannafin. 35th Ave. at 36th St., Queens 718/777-6888 ... Famous Players-Lasky (later Paramount Pictures) was the first to film at Astoria Studios, in 1920. The property transferred to the U.S. Army ...
Presents information on New Zealand's culture, history, and people; offers walking and driving tours enhanced by color-coded maps; and suggests excursions off the beaten path.
A tour of Alaska's history, landscape, geography, and culture includes photographs, illustrated sidebars, little-known facts, and maps as well as travel tips and practical recommendations for visitors to the forty-ninth state.
"Plan where, when, and how to plot your adventure with National Geographic's worldwide network of travel experts and insider tips from locals"--Cover.
A large map shows every location covered in the book, and each entry has a locator map depicting the city and country. Both entertaining and informative, this book is an invaluable resource and inspiration for a lifetime of travel.
Previous edition published as National Geographic guide to national parks of the United States.
A classic compilation of travel and adventure writing from the pages of National Geographic brings together fifty tales of exotic locales in works by Robert Peary, Amelia Earhart, Teddy Roosevelt, and other notables, all accompanied by ...