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Dit handzame gidsje is een goed hulpmiddel voor het spotten van de sporen van meest voorkomende dieren in zuidelijk Afrika. Met kleurenfoto's, tekeningen van pootafdrukken en kaartjes van leefgebieden. The First Field Guide to Animal Tracks of Southern Africa will help to decipher the more common tracks encountered in southern Africa. The animal's spoor may vary according to its age, mass, sex and condition. It may also have a unique way of walking or a particular habit that distinguishes it from other individuals of the same species. People today are often not familiar with the immense variety of animal life that surrounds them, simply because most animals are rarely seen. To a 'spoor conscious' tracker, however, animal tracks may reveal the activities of a multitude of animals. Leopards, for example, are very elusive and thus hardly ever seen. They have the uncanny ability to live near human settlements, often on the periphery of large cities. Finding leopard tracks in unexpected pl…

The Insurance Industry is increasingly influenced by European rules. Insurance companies in the twenty first century are active on the European Market as a whole, and national boundaries are less important. However, opinions differ with regard to the results obtained since the 1990's.1 A truly 'level playing field' seems to be absent; insurers and insured still face many difficulties when entering into cross-border transactions. Awareness of the effects of the developments of the European Insurance Market and the 'rules of the game' is of the utmost importance for the Insurance Industry. From this perspective, the Master Insurance Studies of the UvA Amsterdam Business School, in co-operation with the Open University of the Netherlands, the Netherlands Association of Insurers and the Netherlands Journal of Commercial Law (NTHR) organised the symposium 'Insurance and Europe' on Friday 23 November 2007. Its contributors were: Prof. dr. J.G.J. Rinkes (University of Maastricht/Open

In dit nieuwe, prachtig uitgevoerde fotoboek laat Karel Tomeï ons Nederland zien zoals we het kennen maar nooit eerder hebben gezien.   In onze tijd lijkt, mede door ontwikkelingen als satellietfoto's, drones en Google Earth, de luchtfotografie haast een alledaags verschijnsel. Juist nu we zo gewend raken aan de blik van boven, zoals we dat met een muisklik op ons beeldscherm eenvoudig kunnen realiseren en juist nu we zo vertrouwd zijn met het zelf dagelijks fotograferen van onze directe omgeving, is een zorgvuldig samengestelde serie beelden als van Karel Tomeï zo waardevol. Het sluit aan op een eeuwenoude traditie, die terugvoert op de zeventiende-eeuwse prentseries van Hollandse steden en het appelleert tegelijkertijd aan het verlangen naar landschappelijk schoon zoals dat door tal van fotografen telkens opnieuw wordt vastgelegd. In dit boek komen deze systematische en esthetische benadering samen.   Tomeï maakte zijn eerste foto's al op vijfjarige leeftijd en specialiseerde zich i…

Jip and Janneke are the Netherlands' most famous preschoolers. They have lots of fun at home making pancakes and painting Easter eggs. Outside they ride bikes and scooters, follow Saint Nicholas through the streets, roll down dikes and jump in big puddles. But Jip and Janneke like to go further afield too. They visit beautiful places like farms, the beach and Amsterdam zoo. This collection of very Dutch Jip and Janneke stories is perfect for reading out loud. The stories are great fun and the colourful illustrations show the Netherlands at its most beautiful.

The Book of the Alps  the great illustrated book about the Alps.290 pages with over 1000 illustrations, graphics, and maps on geography, sports, history, culture, climate, environment and much more. Understand the Alps like never before.Created in cooperation with the Alpine clubs of Germany, Austria, and South Tyrol. CONTENTS The Book of the Alps has 46 chapters in seven subject areas: Geography   Flora and Fauna   Climate and Environment    Alpinism   Mountain Sports   Society and Economy   Arts and Culture   GEOGRAPHY Geological Formation Ice Age Mountains Valleys Mountain Passes Lakes and Rivers Glaciers The Alps are unique. How did they form and evolve? How do glaciers, passes, valleys, lakes, and rivers shape the landscape? Answers to these and many more questions can be found in the geography chapter.   FLORA AND FAUNA Biodiversity Plants Forests Animals National Parks The Alpine environment is fascinating. Alpine flowers such as the edelweiss and Alpine anima…

OUDE DRUK   There is no happier cyclist than a Dutch cyclist. This is not only because The Netherlands is mainly flat, but also because the Dutch enjoy the most extensive cycle network in the world. With our guidebook, we present you the very best routes in the cyclist’s paradise!   Amsterdam is famous for its cyclists and with our guidebook you’ll cycle on those routes the locals love themselves. Whether you are a novice cyclist, want to give children a safe and fun cycling experience, want to do some serious mileage or want to embark on a study trip to experience the Dutch cycling infrastructure, our second and fully revised edition of our book caters for all!   Our book Cycling in Amsterdam and The Netherlands – The very best routes in the cyclist’s paradise features 1,064 kms (656 miles) of routes, so you can truly have up to three weeks of cycling fun; the perfect companion for one or multiple excellent cycling holidays!   The routes in the book have full connectivity with all…

Gaze back through 185 million years of history as you explore the Jurassic Coast or go wildlife spotting in the South Dorset countryside. Sweeping golden beaches and spectacular cliff scenery await you on the Purbeck Peninsula as the South West Coast Path takes you from Chesil Beach to Europe’s largest natural bay at Poole.   - Hunt for fossils and dinosaur tracks on the unique Jurassic Coast beaches of Kimmeridge Bay, Lulworth Cove and the iconic sweeping shingle ridge of Chesil Beach - Discover the world-famous Sandbanks Beach in Poole, climb Europe’s largest Iron Age hillfort at Maiden Castle and relax in sunny Weymouth, home of the sailing at London 2012 - Explore the Purbeck Peninsula with its chalk cliffs, the magnificent ruin of Corfe Castle, Victorian pier at Swanage and Brownsea Island Een van de beste detailkaarten die er op de wereld gemaakt worden: zeer gedetailleerd, prachtig helder kleurgebruik, veel topografische aspecten en - zeer belangrijk - allerlei toeristische …

The Galapagos archipelago is one of the most famous destinations on Earth for lovers of natural history. Straddling the equator in the Pacific Ocean c. 1000 km west of Ecuador lies ‘the world’s natural laboratory’ with its large radiations of mockingbirds and Darwin’s finches. These remote islands of volcanic origin have been colonized by a remarkable and diverse wildlife, many of the animals being quite fearless of man. With 33 endemic bird species plus 12 endemic subspecies, and six endemic mammals, the islands are unsurprisingly popular with birders and general naturalists alike. This comprehensive field guide covers all of the birds and mammals known to occur, providing the latest insights on field identification and taxonomy for challenging groups such as pelagic birds, Darwin’s finches, and cetaceans. The Galapagos is also known for its vagrants, which too are covered in detail, including several new records not published previously. Many hypothetical and potential species have …

Our classic wall map of France, Belgium, and the Netherlands shows political boundaries, major highways and roads, cities and towns, and a wealth of other incredibly accurate geographic detail.  n France the map shows the division of the country into regions, with a list of their names and regional capitals (curiously, Corsica is not included on the map – what would Napoleon think of that?). The map also provides plenty of names of both geographical features (Pyrenees, Cevennes, etc) and the country’s traditional historical regions (Gascony, Maine, Bourbonais, etc). National parks are highlighted.   Within Belgium the map indicates the division into Flanders, Wallonia and the Brussels Region and in the Netherlands boundaries of the country’s administrative provinces are marked.   Topography is shown by relief shading and within the Netherlands the areas below the sea level are also indicated. The map shows the network of main road and rail connections, local airports, as well as ferry…

Sarrabus is a territory that is not known by everybody yet. Here lies its charm and this has made possible to keep this environmental area out of big building speculations and also out of history. In fact it preserves little traces of the past, and paradoxically the remains from the prehistoric age are more meaningful than those back to more recent times. We can find traces from the most remote past not far from the State Road SS125, that from Muravera goes to Costa Rei, by visiting the nuraghe Murtas, the nuraghe S’Aqua Secis and the megalithic complexes of Scalas and Cuili Piras. They are about ten menhirs, almost fully intact, arranged in groups and fixed in the ground in the original orthostatic position. They have been put in relation with the position of the sun and the moon, at dawn and at sunset. In fact they were used as a very precise astronomic calendar but also for religious purposes since they represented both the masculine divinity and the fertility according to the wors…