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Essential World Atlas - Softcover

DK Publishing

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9780789432506: Essential World Atlas

Synopsis

The DK Essential World Atlas is an authoritative new atlas showing political and state borders, population and administrative centers, communications and airports. Inside, find world overview maps showing the political world, the physical world, global economy, time zones, population, languages, climate, religions and disputed territories. State-of-the-art computer-generated maps with contour tints show land heights and population centers by size. And much more!

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Review

The times may be a-changin', but unfortunately last year's atlas isn't. What's a weary world citizen to do when confronted with news reports of Kosovo and Kazakhstan? Shrug shoulders and give up in despair, or bravely face the accelerating rate of world change with an up-to-date reference book in hand? DK's Essential World Atlas fills this niche and goes much further, providing a clear, concise guide to the world we share in 250 small pages.

Because it's brilliantly organized, one can easily find the location and physical, political, and demographic information for any major city, state, nation, or region. The illustrations are beautiful and informative, the index-gazetteer comprehensive and easy to use, and the at-a-glance guides to such world features as climate, population, and global conflict timely and important. Best of all for the info junkie on the go, DK includes map finders on the endpapers that can take you to the page you need in seconds. Accurate, lucid, and cheap, the Essential World Atlas is a millennial best buy. --Rob Lightner

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