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| | | |  | | | Product Details
 Format: Hardcover, 10th ed., 544 pages
Edition: 10TH
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group
ISBN: 081293265X
Release Date: Jan 11, 2000
Average Reader Review:    (Based on 3 reviews.)
| |  | | | In Brief
The Rolls-Royce of atlases—widely recognized as one atlas that serious map lovers will want to own and thoughtful gift buyers will want to give. 125 full-color maps. 125 color illustrations.
| | | | From The Publisher
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 creatingmaps 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.
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The 'Times' atlases only get better.
-- Jan-Willem van Aalst, see worldatlas.homepage.com, November 9, 2000
Also Recommended: The National Geographic Atlas of the World, 7th edition; the Rand McNally New International Atlas; the MacMillan Atlas of the world
The Finest Atlas Ever Made
-- Richard Burns, an avid Cartographer, March 18, 2002
Also Recommended: National Geographic Desk Reference, The Times Atlas of Archeology
World Trip-Tic
-- Robert Steinbeck, a computer consultant, August 1, 2000
| | | | The Reader's Catalog
Contains 125 full- and double-page maps and an additional 125 color plates, with satellite images of the earth. All the maps for this edition have been produced from digital databases and are the most recent images available in print. Includes an index with 225,000 place names.
| |  | | | Introduction To The Atlas
Map Symbols And Abbreviations
Images Of Earth
Oceania
Asia
Europe
Africa
North America
South America
Antarctica Stars And Planets
The Universe
The Planets
The Earth
The World In
Earthquakes And Volcanoes
The Oceans
Climate
Climate Types And Extremes
Land Cover
Population
Urbanization
Minerals
Energy
Economy
Communications
Mapping The World
The Evolution Of Mapping I
The Evolution Of Mapping II
Revolutions In Cartography
Geographical Information
Continents, Islands And Mountains
Oceans, Seas, Lakes And Rivers
States And Territories Of The World
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