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Subject:        [ANZMapS] new book: Railway Atlas of Thailand/Laos/Cambodia
Date:   Fri, 27 Aug 2010 02:53:29 +0000
From:   Brendan Whyte <[log in to unmask]>
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To:     AMC <[log in to unmask]>, mapsL <[log in to unmask]>,
Carto-soc <[log in to unmask]>



At the risk of tooting my own train whistle, may I announce the publication of

THE RAILWAY ATLAS OF THAILAND, LAOS AND CAMBODIA
by B. Whyte
(White Lotus, Bangkok, 2010)
280 pp., 40 pp. illus., 16 illus. in col., 32 pp. maps in col., 210 x 270 mm., pbk. Weight 0.900 Kg
Code : E22637
Retail price : US$43.00 (or 1250 THB)

details at  http://www.whitelotuspress.com/bookdetail.php?id=E22637

orders can be placed through the publisher, or through Asian or railway specialist bookshops, or good bookshops in Thailand such as Asia Books, Kinokuniya, Chula books, etc.

The atlas maps and describes all train, tram, monorail and cablecar routes, including the Australian tin company lines in southern Thailand 1920s-1940s, the two Japanese death railways towards Burma, the British/French/Danish teak tramways in northern Thailand, and the 40km long cablecar from Vietnam to Laos 1920s-1940s.



Dr Brendan Whyte
Assistant Map Curator
Map Section
National Library of Australia
Parkes
ACT 2600
AUSTRALIA