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| | | |  | | | Product Details
 Format: Hardcover, 7th ed., 280 pages
Publisher: National Geographic Society
ISBN: 0792275284
Release Date: Jan 6, 1998
Average Reader Review:  (Based on 1 review.)
| |  | | | In Brief
This is a revision of the sixth edition of this atlas which was published in 1990. It "begins with a series of thematic and world maps, accompaniedby text, that cover such topics as food, minerals, climate, energy, and population. The back of the atlas includes a section that provides brief profiles,including flags, of U.S. states, Canadian provinces, and the nations of the world. Other sections focus on geographic comparisons, climate, and populationof selected places around the world. The concluding item for the atlas is the 150,000-entry index, which includes 14,000 changes since the atlas was last published." (Booklist) For previous editions see BRD 1963, 1964, 1976, 1982,and 1983.
| | | | From The Publisher
When National Geographic published its first Atlas of the World more than 35 years ago, the world was indeed a different place. In order to cover today's world—including its oceans, stars, climate, natural resources, and more—National Geographic has published its seventh edition of the Atlas of the World. With each new edition, National Geographic strives to make its atlas more than just maps. You'll learn that the coldest place in the world is the Plateau Station in Antarctica, where the average daily temperature is minus 56.7 degrees Celsius; the most populated continent is Asia, with more than 3.6 billion people, or 60.8 percent of the world's population; the driest place on earth is the Atacama Desert in Chile; a flight from New Delhi to Rio de Janeiro covers 14,080 kilometers; life expectancy in the Republic of Zambia is 37 years; and the literacy rate in Turkmenistan is 98 percent.
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—134pages—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. In the end, though, the atlas is still mostly about maps. Pages and pages of maps. Maps that force us to see how wonderful and dynamic our world is. Maps that remind us of where we've been and where we'd still like to go.
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 | | | | | Number of Reviews: 1 Average Rating:
The World Never Looked Better
-- A reviewer, January 14, 2002
| |  | | | - Plate
- 1: How to Use This Atlas
- 2: Revolutions in Mapping
- 3: Round Earth, Flat Paper
- 4: Earth
- 5: Continents Adrift
- 6: World Tectonics
- 7: World Land
- 8: World Oceanography
- 9: World Climate
- 10: World Biosphere
- 11: World Biodiversity
- 12: World Population
- 13: World Cultures
- 14: World Economy
- 15: World Food
- 16: World Energy
- 17: World Minerals
- 18: Worlds Beyond
- 19: The Moon
- 20: The Solar System
- 21: The Heavens: Northern Sky
- 22: The Heavens: Southern Sky
- 23: The Milky Way
- 24: The Universe
- World Maps
- 25: The Political World
- 26: The Physical World
- 27: The Satellite World
- 28: North America
- 29: North America
- 30: North America, Physical
- 31: United States
- 32: United States, Physical
- 33: North America Flags and Facts
- 34: North America Flags and Facts
- 35: North America Flags and Facts
- 36: North America Flags and Facts
- 37: Northwestern U.S.
- 38: Southwestern U.S.
- 39: Four Corners
- 40: North Central U.S.
- 41: South Central U.S.
- 42: Great Lakes
- 43: Southeastern U.S.
- 44: Middle Atlantic
- 45: New England
- 46: Alaska
- 47: Hawaii
- 48: Canada
- 49: Western Canada
- 50: Central Canada
- 51: Eastern Canada
- 52: Mexico and Central America
- 53: Central America
- 54: West Indies
- 55: Islands; Middle American Cities
- 56: U.S. Cities
- 57: U.S. Cities
- 58: U.S. and Canadian Cities
- 59: South America
- 60: South America
- 61: South America, Physical
- 62: South America Flags and Facts
- 63: Northwestern South America
- 64: Eastern South America
- 65: Southern South America
- 66: South America Cities
- 67: Europe
- 68: Europe
- 69: Europe, Physical
- 70: Europe Flags and Facts
- 71: Europe Flags and Facts
- 72: Europe Flags and Facts
- 73: British Isles
- 74: England and Wales
- 75: Ireland, Scotland
- 76: France, Belgium, The Netherlands
- 77: The Low Countries, Denmark
- 78: Spain and Portugal
- 79: Scandinavia
- 80: Germany
- 81: Italy
- 82: Switzerland, Austria, and Northern Italy
- 83: Poland, Lithuania, Czech Republic, and Slovakia
- 84: The Balkans
- 85: Greece and the Aegean
- 86: European Russia
- 87: Europe Cities
- 88: Europe Cities
- 89: Asia
- 90: Asia
- 91: Asia, Physical
- 92: Asia Flags and Facts
- 93: Asia Flags and Facts
- 94: Asia Flags and Facts
- 95: Eastern Russia
- 96: Middle East
- 97: Eastern Mediterranean
- 98: Southwestern Asia
- 99: Southern Asia
- 100: Southeastern Asia
- 101: Indochina
- 102: China
- 103: China Coast
- 104: Japan and Korea
- 105: Asia Cities
- 106: Asia Cities
- 107: Africa
- 108: Africa
- 109: Africa, Physical
- 110: Africa Flags and Facts
- 111: Africa Flags and Facts
- 112: Africa Flags and Facts
- 113: Northwestern Africa
- 114: Northeastern Africa
- 115: Southern Africa
- 116: Africa Cities
- 117: Australia and New Zealand
- 118: Australia
- 119: Australia, Physical
- 120: Australia/Oceania Flags and Facts
- 121: New Zealand, New Guinea, Cities
- 122: Antarctica
- 123: Antarctica
- 124: World Oceans
- 125: Atlantic Ocean Floor
- 126: Atlantic Ocean
- 127: Pacific Ocean Floor
- 128: Pacific Ocean
- 129: Islands of the Pacific
- 130: Indian Ocean Floor
- 131: Indian Ocean
- 132: Arctic Ocean Floor
- 133: Arctic Ocean
- 134: Ocean Floor Around Antarctica
- 135: Geographic Comparisons
- 136: Temperature and Rainfall
- 137: World Cities; Foreign Terms
- Abbreviations
- Index
- Library of Congress CIP Data appears on page 134
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