ESSENTIAL WORLD ATLAS :THE COMPREHENSIVE COMPANION TO OUR PLANET

Discover the world with this beautifully designed atlas, packed with maps, flags and country profiles all wrapped up in a handy, compact package. The first section contains a series of 12 global thematic maps on subjects as diverse as Ocean currents and languages give a general introduction to the World today. These are followed by the main atlas which includes over 60 full colour regional maps featuring political and state borders; main population and administrative centres; main lines of communication, ports and airports. In addition to these maps this clear, informative and affordable atlas also includes a fully cross-referenced index-Gazetteer featuring 20,000 places, plus data profiles of each country including flags and key statistical indicators, making it the perfect reference tool to distil the mass of information in today's world into the essential facts needed to help understand our ever-changing planet.