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The Times Atlas of the World
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The Times Atlas of the World
Tenth Comprehensive Edition
Reference | Times Books | Hardcover | October 1999 | $250.00 | 0-8129-3265-X
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For more than three decades, The Times Atlas of the World has earned international renown for the beauty and legibility of its mapping and its unparalleled detail for coverage of all parts of the globe. As Lord Shackleton, former president of the Royal Geographical Society, said of an earlier edition, it is "the finest reference atlas ever published." Now, The Times Atlas of the World, Tenth Comprehensive Edition, the first completely revised edition since The Times Atlas of the World debuted in 1967, establishes an even higher standard among all reference atlases, and a new benchmark in its own unparalleled tradition.

The Tenth Comprehensive Edition opens with stunning satellite images of the continents and the oceans as they appear from space. This preliminary section continues with a series of graphics, photographs, maps, tables, and charts reviewing the cosmos, the natural world, and humanity's interaction with our home planet. Next is a comparative list of Earth's physical 

*  features, from rivers

*  to mountains to islands to deserts, and a

*  complete statistical guide to the states and

*  territories of the world. This opening section concludes with a fascinating chronicle on the evolution of world mapping, 
beginning with our first attempt to map the world more than a thousand years ago.

The central section of the Tenth Comprehen-sive Edition, with 248 pages of breathtakingly detailed reference maps, provides the most accurate and up-to-date visual presentation of geographical knowledge in any atlas today. Each map, drawn with generous scale and projection, has been entirely redesigned since the last edition, using the latest digital technology. While creating maps of optimum accuracy, these new methods also provide enhanced clarity and greater legibility than ever before, even for an atlas that was already legendary for the readability of its maps. In addition to recording the new states and republics created by political upheaval in this last decade before the millennium, the Tenth Comprehensive Edition includes a multitude of renamed towns and cities, along with many revised national borders.

The revised and expanded index, covering more than 200,000 place names, is the largest index ever found in a single-volume atlas, virtually ensuring that any location a reader may be looking for will be included in the book. The index is also unique in scope, giving the name, description, regional and country locations, the map grid reference, page number, and latitude and longitude. No other atlas comes close to providing such an index, either in sheer numbers or in reference value.
In the last three decades, The Times Atlas of the World has been in the vanguard of a revolution in the science of cartography, replacing maps formerly created on hand-etched copper plates with maps that are computer-generated. The Times Atlas of the World, Tenth Comprehensive Edition represents the fullest flowering yet of this remarkable revolution in cartography. It is the finest atlas ever published, sure to be treasured by students, scholars, armchair travelers, global sightseers, and anyone seeking better understanding of our dynamic planet.


"The Times Atlas of the World is the best, most comprehensive, accurate and up-to-date single-volume atlas now available."--The New York Times

The Times of London Concise Atlas of the World
Eighth Edition

Reference | Crown | Hardcover | May 2001 | $100.00 | 0-609-60890-8



The Times of London Atlas of the World has long been famous for its authority and for setting the standard in world reference atlas publishing. This eighth concise edition is a completely new atlas in that tradition, redesigned, updated, and expanded.

* The 260 pages of mapping, with new reference maps that are completely up to date, include even more information at larger scales than previous editions.

* Employing the latest technology, each map is individually designed to use the optimum parameters of scale and projection for maximum legibility, clarity, and accessibility while providing detailed information on the physical and human landscape.

* Each map has been carefully selected to provide balanced coverage of all regions of the world with larger scale mapping of more populous areas.

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Atlas of the World $150.00 Supersize: 12" x 18 1/4". 280 pp. 7th Edition ©1999

Brand-new and completely revised for the millennium! Want to check which countries have adopted the euro? Planning a vacation to China? It's time to update your atlas collection! Our new atlas helps you plan travels, complete school-work, and follow the news! More than a book of maps, it covers world climate patterns, population and economic trends, and world cultures. Features the cartographic excellence that is the hallmark of National Geographic. With highly accurate political, urban, regional, thematic, and ocean-floor maps, plus satellite images. Index has more than 155,000 place-names.

NEW for 2002 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Family ReferenceAtlas of the World $65.00 10 1/4'' x 13 1/2''. 352 pp. (c) 2002

This new atlas continues the great tradition of the National Geographic Society in the art of map and atlas making. The Family Reference Atlas of the World contains more than 450 full color maps, illustrations and photographs that show our world and how we affect it. Included are maps showing space, climate, weather, biodiversity, world religions, economies and technological development. This atlas is the perfect addition to any family’s library.

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Satellite Atlas $50.00 Hardcover. 10 1/4" x 13 1/42". 220 pp.  © 1998.Satellite Atlas

Through the years you've enjoyed breathtaking pictures of our Earth captured by National Geographic photographers such as Chris Johns. Satellite Atlas of the World offers you a stunning new visual perspective—detailed satellite views of every continent, cities and regions taken from 22,000 miles above the Earth! You'll track El Nino on weather satellites, learn how thermal infrared images show oceans' temperatures, even survey mountain ranges in 3-D satellite images. Includes 400 satellite images and maps of the Earth, each with a fascinating story.

Atlas of America
Reader's Digest editors
$40.00
Book: Hardcover | ISBN 0762100729 | Aug 1998 | Reader's Digest

The Houghton Mifflin Dictionary of Geography
Places and Peoples of the World

Written by From the Editors of American Heritage® Dictionaries

The Houghton Mifflin Dictionary of Geography is a comprehensive, fully up-to-date dictionary of geographic place names that also includes the major peoples, ethnic groups, and languages of the world. Based on The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition, this handy reference work puts the world and its peoples at your fingertips with more than 10,000 entries. Definitions are concise and informative, providing capsule histories of nations, regions, empires, and cities from ancient to modern times - the perfect companion to the daily newspaper and the nightly newscast.

Features include:

• The most current population figures available for every state and country
• Convenient locator maps for all nations of the world
• 8-page full-color map insert with detailed, up-to-date maps of Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and North and South America
• Full pronunciations and syllable divisions
• Updated world currency table plus lists of the highest mountains, longest rivers, and largest cities

Title: The Houghton Mifflin Dictionary of Geography: Places and Peoples of the World
Available: Now
Category: Reference
Pages: 464
Size: 6 x 9 1/4
ISBN: 0-395-86448-8 Price: $22.00 Format: Cloth

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