The World, Afghanistan to Zimbabwe

By: Rand McNally and Company

Book Overview

The heart of this atlas is a 280-page gazetteer of the countries of the world, with an overview of maps, text, photos, flags, charts, and graphs touching on the history, politics, land, economy, and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0528837737
• ISBN13: 9780528837739
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Rand McNally
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 4.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 11.4" x 15.1"

Customer Reviews

Great source book

We have several world atlases - this is nearly always the first one we turn to when we want basic maps, facts (population, size, income,...) and a bit of cultural and political history. I hope they soon come out with an updated version as this one is nearly 10 years old (but we still rely on it heavily).

Own it, love it.

Everything that the previous reviewer said is absolutely true. This is a wonderful resource with rich photographs and helpful information. I recommend it to anyone interested in nations of the world.

Adams

This is a wonderfully concise reference book. The book offers "at a glance" facts which give a quick overview as well as text synopsis of the people, economy & land and history & politics. Each contry is represented with at least one map, most also offer scenic pictures,and population & ethnic group pie charts. To be complete, the book begins with facts, pictures and graphs about the solar system, the earth, continents, volcanoes, lakes, population, etc. Of course, there are also detailed maps of the world and each continent. Our family has found this book usefull for writing school reports, planning vacations, and just enjoying learning more about the world. It's a very complete book I recommend for every household library.