Vancouver can boast a rags-to-major-map-publisher-riches story ( subtitled “How to outmaneuver the pompous European cartographic establishment”) in the form of Jack Joyce and his International Travel Maps and Books (530 West Broadway, Central Vancouver, 604-879-3621; and 539 West Pender Street, Downtown, 604-687-3320, www.itmb.com). Suffice it to say that this gregarious man over-came incredible odds to publish almost 200 professional and popular maps of the world’s more remote countries, regions, and cities — and plans to map the entire planet by 2010. Whether you want up-to-date detail of the Queen Charlotte Islands, Hokkaido, Harare, or Kosovo, make your way to ITM and look over the fine collection now sold worldwide (much to Europe’s chagrin).
Another resource for the travel enthusiast is Wanderlust (1929 West 4th Avenue, Kitsilano, 604-739-2182). An all-round travel store with luggage, mosquito nets, pouches, and so forth, it particularly excels with its continent-by-continent selection of travel guides and litera¬ture. A smaller but well-stocked outlet is The Travel Bug (3065 West Broadway, Kitsilano, 604-737-1122).
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