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Sent: 27 August 2010 14:45
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Subject: new book: Railway Atlas of Thailand/Laos/Cambodia
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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
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