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Essential World Atlas
by Oxford University Press, DK Publishing, Corporate Author
With superbly crafted maps covering the entire globe, the Essential World Atlas, Fifth Edition highlights the best aspects of Oxford's atlas line in a handy and affordable paperback format. In addition to a unique city-mapping program that takes the viewer deeper into the workings of urban spaces, this edition offers several new and innovative features. The inclusion of numerous maps of islands in the South Pacific and the Caribbean distinguishes this atlas from its competitors, and it features dozens of thematic maps, charts, and graphs explaining many fundamental concepts in human geography.
The new Fifth Edition also contains hundreds of up-to-the-minute political and topographical changes since the last edition including:
New national parks in Norway, Turkey, South Africa, Uganda and Costa Rica
New international airports added in Congo, Cape Verde Islands, Philippines, Korea, and India
New high speed rail lines in China
New Kosovo and Iraq flags
New rail link joining North and South Korea
New Lotschberg rail tunnel in Switzerland
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Essential World Atlas
by Oxford University Press, DK Publishing, Corporate Author
With superbly crafted maps covering the entire globe, this new edition of Oxford's Essential World Atlas offers thorough geographical coverage at an affordable price. In addition to topographic and political maps, city maps, and satellite imagery, the Essential Atlas features dozens of thematic maps, charts, and graphs that explain many fundamental concepts in human geography. The new Eighth Edition has been updated to show the latest transportation information, administrative boundary changes, new flags, name changes, national parks, major tourist sites, and historical places of interest.
The Essential World Atlas is packed with information, including statistics on the area, population, and annual income of every country in the world. Metro maps of 70 cities provide detailed information on tourist sites, transportation hubs, and other aspects of interest to the traveler. Enhancing its utility, the maps are fully indexed, allowing for quick reference. The atlas also features a selection of stunning satellite images that provide an impression of our world from above, offering insight into how cities expand and rivers create life in the desert, with cities including Canberra, Kingston, Philadelphia, Shanghai, Tehran, Toronto, and Venice. Finally, the atlas includes a thematic "World in Focus" section, with maps and diagrams exploring topics such as Climate, Energy, Oceans, Population, Travel and Tourism, and Quality of Life.
Meticulously crafted and thoroughly updated, the Eighth Edition of Oxford's Essential World Atlas is an indispensable resource for students, teachers, armchair travelers, tourists, and anyone else curious about all corners of the globe.
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Essential World Atlas
by Oxford University Press, DK Publishing, Corporate Author
With one hundred pages of superbly crafted maps covering the globe, the Essential World Atlas highlights the best aspects of Oxford's atlas line in a handy and affordable paperback format. Now in its fourth edition, the Atlas has been expanded to include island maps of Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, St. Lucia, the Virgin Islands, Barbados, the Whitsunday Islands, Singapore, Pinang, Ko Phuket, Ko Samui, and Bali. New to the Atlas is the World in Focus thematic section, which contains 32 pages about our planet's human and natural systems. In addition, the Atlas has been redesigned with a new cover, and a fresh interior layout, making it more user-friendly than ever. The locator maps have been improved and tabs indicating adjacent map pages have been included to make cross-referencing more efficient.
Meticulously crafted and thoroughly updated, the Essential World Atlas Fourth edition continues to be an indispensable resource.
Features · A 32-page World in Focus section, highlighting the world's human and natural systems · New island maps of exotic locations such as Bali, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Whitsunday Islands · Improved locator maps and adjacent map tabs · Easy-to-use indices with letter-figure grid references and full geographic coordinates · World statistics, survey data and colorful representations of flags from around the world · International in scope, with fully updated coverage of every part of the world
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Essential World Atlas
by Oxford University Press, DK Publishing, Corporate Author
Revised with all recent border, place-name and flag changes around the world, this guide helps find the location and physical, political, and demographic information for any major city, state, nation, or region. Original.
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