Book Description
Flip through
the pages of this impressive book and you will feel as though
the world is literally at your fingertips. Full-page spreads
are devoted to more than 75 political and physical maps (political
maps show borders; physical maps show mountains, water, valleys,
and vegetation). There are many new touches to be found in
this edition, including increased usage of satellite images,
an especially helpful feature when researching the most remote
regions of the earth; more than 50 updated political maps
that record the impact of wars, revolutions, treaties, elections,
and other events; and the use of the latest research on topics
such as tectonics, oceanography, climate, and natural resources.
The sheer size of the atlas's index--134 pages--offers insight
into just how much information is packed into 260-plus pages.
The book is so physically large, in fact, that when it's open,
the reader is staring at three square feet of information,
a surface area larger than many television screens. The potential
uses of this book for a family are vast, from settling a friendly
argument to completing a school report.
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