Solomon Islands 1:900,000 Travel Map (Travel Reference Map) [Map]

ITM Canada (Author)

Book Description

Series: Travel Reference Map | Publication Date: September 1, 2006

Folded travel map in color. Includes historical footnotes including the Solomon Islands' role in WW II, adventures of early European explorers, and tales of castaways. The map distinguishes main roads from other types of roads and tracks. Icons locate international and domestic airports, diving, caves, shipwrecks, hospitals, beaches, accommodations. Tints of color show elevations. Inset maps of Rennell Island, the Santa Cruz Islands, Guadalcanal and Honiara. Honiara map locates places to stay, museums, banks, churches, embassies, gas stations, important buildings, places of interest, post offices, restaurants, visitors’ bureaus. Index of place names. Scale 1:900,000. Legend in English.

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About the Author

ITMB Publishing (International Travel Maps and Books) of Vancouver, Canada, has published detailed reference and travel maps of countries, regions, and cities around the world since 1985. The company's titles include many that are unique or the first of their kind, including maps of Australia and New Zealand and Pacific islands such as Cook Islands, Fiji, New Guinea, Samoa, Tonga and also Antarctica.

Product Details

• Map: 1 pages
• Publisher: ITMB Publishing, Ltd.; 1 edition (September 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1553414039
• ISBN-13: 978-1553414032
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 4.2 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #776,649 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #21 in Books > Travel > Australia & South Pacific > South Pacific

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3.0 out of 5 stars It's a Map -- of the Solomons, July 28, 2007

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B. Dunn (SoCal, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Solomon Islands 1:900,000 Travel Map (Travel Reference Map) (Map)

And it's great that such a thing is available on Amazon. It's by no means a detailed map, however. Aside from showing where (most of) the islands are in relationship to one another and the names of various villages, well, it doesn't tell you a whole lot. The map includes a few paragraphs on it explaining a few historical significances (related to WWII), but these are kind of too sketchy to be interesting and don't really comprise the most important events that took place in the country.

I also would have liked a better inset detail of Guadalcanal and the Honiara area. Granted, there aren't a lot of roads to be drawn -- but what was there seemed minimal and certainly wouldn't help much for someone who was visiting SI.

bkd