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Pan American Highway Travel Atlas (Northern Part) ITMB Essentially, this atlas covers six regions mapped by ITMB folded maps and adds 14 insets with street plans of central cores of 14 cities. Scale varies, the level of detail is identical with ITMB's folded maps; this is a handy and money-saving product for those wishing the convenience of information in a book format, with no loss of detail. The atlas size is 21 x 14 cm / 8''x 5.5'', 128 pages, paperback, place name index included. Street plans are provided for central Whitehorse, Watson Lake, Victoria, Vancouver (BC), Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Tijuana, Mexicali, Ensenada, La Paz, Cabo San Lucas and San Jose del Cabo. Stretching from the Arctic Ocean at Prudhoe Bay south to the famous Alaska Highway, then east into Canada's Yukon, the Panamericana takes a westerly route along the coast and an easterly route through Edmonton and south to Texas. The western route is more interesting, in that much of it runs through pristine mountain wilderness. Therefore, the western route was chosen for this atlas, following the Pacific Coast as closely as possible through BC, Washington / Oregon / California to Tijuana. From here, the route can follow south through Baja California or head east and south along the eastern side of the Gulf of Colorado, past Mazatlan and Acapulco to join the original Pan-American at the Guatemala border. From Guatemala south to Panama, the Panamericana North (or Norte) is the original and well-maintained Pa-Am. The Darien Gap still prevents the North and South segments from joining, but this is more a political issue than a technical one. This is an epic atlas covering an epic journey.