Includes a large (25" x 38") foldout terrain & transport map of the Baltic nations of Lithuania, Latvia & Estonia, a bulwark of democracy and freedom on the frontier of tyranny and oppression (the three countries share an eastern border and a history of conflict & occupation with Russia) (from Bartholomew, 1993); and a wonderful foldout street map, museum & art gallery guide for Riga, Latvia’s stately, gracious capital and the largest city in the Baltics (with a population of 600,000), noted for its Art Nouveau & 19th-Century wooden architecture and a UNESCO World Heritage Site (from Live Riga, 2011).