Sunday, December 6, 2009

Streetwise Charleston Map Laminated City Center Street Map of Charleston South Carolina Folding Pocket Size Travel Map or Great American Motorcycle Tours

Streetwise Charleston Map - Laminated City Center Street Map of Charleston, South Carolina - Folding Pocket Size Travel Map

Author: Streetwise Maps

2007 UPDATED Streetwise Charleston Map - Laminated City Center Street Map of Charleston, South Carolina - Folding pocket size travel map

This travel map covers the following areas:
Main Charleston, South Carolina Map 1:19,000
Historic Charleston Map 1:9,500
Charleston Regional Map 1;780,000
Charleston Area Map 1:220,000
North Charleston Map 1:39,000

Charleston is where history lives. Some areas still reflect the three hundred year old history of this coastal city. For example, Charleston’s Historic District encompasses over 2000 historic buildings. The surrounding areas contain old plantation homes, some active today.

The STREETWISE® map of Charleston, SC will enable you to experience the rich history and culture of this quintessential Southern city. Our detailed Historic Charleston inset map identifies all the important historic homes and buildings which you will want to see during your walking tour.

The main city center map of Charleston helps you navigate into and out of the city center. It also expands on the number of sites featured including hotels, shopping, educational institutions and neighborhoods.

The Charleston map's backside features two additional maps: the Charleston Regional Map covers the geography between Savannah, Georgia and Charleston, South Carolina. The Charleston Area Map helps to navigate around the perimeter of the city to such notable places as The Boone Plantation, Drayton Hall and the Charleston International Airport. A complete index of streets, hotels, points of interest, shopping, education, culture, and parks is clearly listed.

Our pocket size map of Charleston is laminated for durability and accordion foldingfor effortless use. The STREETWISE® Charleston map is one of many detailed and easy-to-read city street maps designed and published by STREETWISE®. Buy your STREETWISE® Charleston map today and you too can navigate Charleston, South Carolina like a native. For a larger selection of our detailed travel maps simply type STREETWISE MAPS into the Barnes & Noble search bar.

About STREETWISE® Maps

STREETWISE® 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.

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"Don't leave home without STREETWISE."

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"STREETWISE is an absolute travel essential."



New interesting book: Poles Jews and the Politics of Nationality or The End of Alliances

Great American Motorcycle Tours

Author: Gary McKechni

You're a rider . . . an independent spirit who's reluctant to follow someone else's road map. But there are millions of miles of road to travel, and you could spend months searching for the best ones.

Don't waste your valuable two-wheeled vacation on ordinary routes. Instead, let Gary McKechnie be your guide. He's spent years exploring the nation by bike, and he gives you his top 20 rides, from the rocky New England coast to the wide-open West.

In this detailed update of his best-selling guide, McKechnie includes: tips on side trips, scenic stops, and watering holes; advice on packing, equipment, road conditions, rider-friendly attractions, and lists of conveniently-located motorcycle shops along the routes; on-the-road photographs and hand-drawn maps; and an extensive appendix featuring essential websites that help riders find rallies, rental and touring companies, and motorcycle clubs.



Table of Contents:
Why I Ridevii
Introduction1
White Mountains--Blue Seas Run: Littleton, New Hampshire to Camden, Maine6
Berkshires--Central Vermont Run: Lenox, Massachusetts to Stowe, Vermont28
Related Side Trips: Vermont
Hudson River Valley Run: Tarrytown/Sleepy Hollow to Saratoga Springs, New York52
Cape Cod Run: Sandwich to Provincetown, Massachusetts78
Amish Country Run: New Hope to Intercourse, Pennsylvania94
Related Side Trips: Maryland
Civil War Run: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania to Fredricksburg, Virginia110
Related Side Trips: Virginia; West Virginia
Blue Ridge Parkway Run: Mount Airy to Hendersonville, North Carolina130
Related Side Trips: North Carolina
Southern Comfort Run: St. Augustine, Florida to Charleston, South Carolina150
Related Side Trips: Georgia
Tropical Paradise Run: Miami Beach to Key West, Florida174
Blues Cruise: Memphis, Tennessee to New Orleans, Louisiana194
Related Side Trips: Arkansas; Louisiana; Mississippi; Tennessee
Wisconsin Thumb Run: Milwaukee to Door County, Wisconsin218
Related Side Trips: Wisconsin; Michigan
Black Hills Run: Deadwood to Custer State Park, South Dakota236
Related Side Trips: Minnesota; Nebraska
Wild West Run: Livingston, Montana to Jackson, Wyoming250
Mighty Montana Run: Missoula to Bozeman, Montana268
Related Side Trips: Idaho
Wild Colorado Run: Durango to Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado286
Land of Enchantment Run: Taos to Santa Fe, New Mexico306
Red Rocks Run: Sedona, Arizona to Zion National Park, Utah320
Las Vegas--Yosemite Run: Las Vegas, Nevada to Yosemite National Park, California344
Washington State Run: Seattle to Port Townsend, Washington364
Related Side Trips: Oregon
Pacific Coast Run: Calistoga to Carmel, California378
Appendix400
Helpful Information404
Chain Hotel Guide405
General Index406
Accommodations Index414
Restaurant Index417

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