----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Another new map this time of Laos, published by ITMB publishing has appeared today. The following review and others are stored at our WWW site http://www.WorldofMaps.com LAOS ITM # 928 ISBN 0921463928 Scale 1: 1,200,000 Date: 1st Edition, June 1996 Size: 35 x 27 inches or 90 cm x 70 cm Printed in full colour on one side Price $ 9.95 Canadian dollars Laos has often been lumped together with Vietnam and Cambodia on travel maps at the expense of detail to this interesting country. Now the country is slowly opening up to tourism this map will be of great value. Hypsometric tints of colour are used to show elevations together with spot elevations. The road and rail network is shown with distances between tagged locations, places of interest, provincial boundaries and border crossings are all clearly shown. An inset map of central Vientiane at scale 1:10,000 is included in the lower left corner of the map measuring 9 inch square it includes hotel, restaurant, bank, temple and museums. The French and US embassy locations are also indicated. ========= WORLD OF MAPS ========= 118 Holland Ave. Ottawa,ON, Canada, K1Y 0X6 Thousands of maps, atlases, travel books, satellite posters Telephone (613) 724-6776 Fax (613) 724-7776 or 1-800-897-9969 http://www.worldofmaps.com/ or email: [log in to unmask]