Compact Atlas of the World

by D.K. Publishing

Compact Atlas of the World offers a wealth of gorgeous detail in this handsome volume, now updated in its fourth edition. At the heart of this book are 60 clear, beautifully detailed maps, featuring improved landscape modeling marked with key roads, railways, rivers, and settlements. Politically colored overview maps off a wider perspective to contextualize each nation, while 25 large-scale insets zoom in on major cities and smaller countries. Compact Atlas of the World also includes fact files with statistical profiles of each nation and an index-gazetteer lists 20,000 geographical names for easy reference. The informative and insightful "World Today" section summarizes political, geographical, and world issues of the modern age.

Truly encyclopedic, yet accessible and affordable, Compact Atlas of the World deserves a place on every bookshelf.

Genres: Reference, Nonfiction, Geography, Travel

192 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1996

About the author

Dorling Kindersley (DK) is a British multinational publishing company specializing in illustrated reference books for adults and children in 62 languages. It is part of Penguin Random House, a consumer publishing company jointly owned by Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA and Pearson PLC. Bertelsmann owns 53% of the company and Pearson owns 47%.

Established in 1974, DK publishes a range of titles in genres including travel (including Eyewitness Travel Guides), arts and crafts, business, history, cooking, gaming, gardening, health and fitness, natural history, parenting, science and reference. They also publish books for children, toddlers and babies, covering such topics as history, the human body, animals and activities, as well as licensed properties such as LEGO, Disney and DeLiSo, licensor of the toy Sophie la Girafe. DK has offices in New York, London, Munich, New Delhi, Toronto and Melbourne.

Source: Wikipedia.

Reviews

[Paul Trusten · Rating 5 out of 5]

I bought this book thinking that I was just getting a book of maps of the several countries of the world. But this tome is as much an encyclopedia as it is an atlas! One cannot look at one of its maps without taking away some cultural, political, historical, and even geological, pearls that add greatly to the understanding of the original inquiry.

[Theat · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is just what I was looking for except the images should have been centered

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[Annie · Rating 4 out of 5]

i would have liked more detailed maps, but its still a good one