Atlas of the World |  | Author: Oxford University Press
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
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Pages: 400
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Dimensions (in): 18.1 x 12 x 1.9
ISBN: 0195209559
Dewey Decimal Number: 912
EAN: 9780195209556
ASIN: 0195209559
Publication Date: November 12, 1992
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Product Description
Produced by Europe's finest cartographers, Oxford's fully up-to-date Atlas of the World is an authoritative, comprehensive, and easy-to-use reference. Truly international in focus, this outstanding resource provides thorough, in-depth coverage of all areas of the globe.
Oxford's Atlas of the World incorporates all the changes in names and boundaries that emerged from the collapse of Communism in Europe and the USSR, as well as the latest worldwide census and survey data. Hundreds of outstanding full-color maps provide thorough political and topographical information, enhanced by attractive relief shading and layer-colored contours. Carefully selected map scales and projections ensure maximum legibility and accuracy, and allow finely detailed coverage with a truly global scope, from Hokkaido in Japan to the Hawr al Hammar marshes of Iraq to the Imperial Valley in California. Towns, roads, rivers, canals, airports, mountains, ocean depths, and more are located in clear, sharp focus. A special section of 66 city maps charts the key urban centers of each continent, and the 75,000-entry index offers easy, convenient access to specific locations. In addition, a forty-eight page introduction--beautifully illustrated with maps, charts, and diagrams--takes a systematic look at world geography, covering climate, the greenhouse effect, plate tectonics, agriculture, health, population and migration, international organizations and conflicts, and much more.
Created with meticulous care and reflecting the latest political developments and survey and census information, Oxford's Atlas of the World achieves a high standard among international map references. Distinguished in its accuracy, map quality, detailed coverage, helpful organization, and truly global focus, the Atlas is an indispensable resource for the 1990s.
FEATURES:
* Includes the latest changes in national boundaries and names worldwide
* Attractive full-color maps provide detailed political and topographical information, enhanced by relief shading and layer-colored contours
* Truly international, with thorough, balanced coverage of every part of the globe
* 160 pages of physical and political maps
* 66 city maps, from Prague, Istanbul, and Lagos to Bombay, Singapore, and New York--covering every continent
* An attractive, colorful 48-page introduction to world geography, exploring engaging and timely topics such as the greenhouse effect, population, international organizations and conflicts, agriculture, economic issues, and much more
* Comprehensive indexing of 75,000 names, including geographical features as well as cities and towns, with full latitude and longitude coordinates
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 Atlas of the World January 6, 2009
The Atlas of the World provides a current update of the planet, its people, countries and weather conditions.
This is awesome! December 24, 2008
This is totally as described. It's a big huge book filled with maps! Who doesn't love maps? Big jerkfaces.
Don't be a jerkface. This atlas is awesome. It has lots of topical maps and city maps and region maps and a big map for your wall.
Unlimited Geography December 12, 2008
This product hides its outstanding value in an innocuous title. This is far more than just an Atlas! The collection of information is truly astounding. Add to that the sattelite views of differing earth locations and the comprehensive maps and political history and you have an encyclopedia of the world second to none!
Well done! September 21, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I haven't bought a new one in years. This has amazing detail and information. Glad I purchased this one. The whole office has been using it.
 I'm torn between this one and its junior brother September 13, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is certainly a beautiful volume, and I bought it solely for its price: I had paid $40+ for its junior brother a few years ago in the bookstore, so why not upgrade for free, as it were? The maps are lovely, and the front matter is largely helpful--I say largely. For one thing, the city "maps" are all but useless: one is hard-pressed to find a street identified by a name rather than by a generic route number (viz., within a national highway system); arbitrary pieces of cities are selected for presentation; and one finds suburb A peculiarly mislabeled as suburb B, or a leg of freeway C misidentified as freeway D. Then, there's the overall size of the work. Not that this is anywhere near as large or heavy as the London Times atlas--a work for which it is, quite literally, an ordeal to look up a city in the voluminous index and then hunt for it with a magnifying lens on the proper square of the proper page--but it's still awfully large. Given that large size, you'd think the publisher could do a better job of presenting the world's time zones. (Mind you, its "junior brother" didn't show time zones at all, but this atlas is scarcely better, offering a sketchy, fraction-of-a-page map that's all but useless given the numerous +00:15 and such quirks of the world's time zone allotments.)
All those criticisms having been leveled, the maps are glorious. Truthfully, I haven't seen nicer ones anywhere--even in, yes, the London Times atlas, which has been the standard-bearer for eons (though I guess its staff would refer to them as aeons). The colors are a delight to the eye, providing the perfect balance of legibility and topographic cues: you can actually see, e.g., Tibet straining upward off the page, reaching for the sky. Also, this atlas contains some vital maps that its junior sibling lacks: important among these are close-ups of central Honshu, Korea, the U.K., and so forth. Surprising omissions include better detail of Israel and Turkey: come to think of it, anywhere the borders are of intricate fractal dimension--say, Greece, Maryland, Denmark--a better job could have been done. I'd also like to see flags, let alone clear and more consistent indication of sub-national borders, be they of oblasts, denes, pradeshes, estados, etc. But let's look at the overall equation: for under $50, you get gorgeous maps; a plethora of very useful charts; mellifluous essays that don't hurt; lovely satellite photos that are, again, entirely harmless; and even a handy wall map to keep your kid brother occupied until his new Mega Space Zork Wars arrives in the mail.
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