Who Owns the World: The Surprising Truth about Every Piece of Land on the Planet

by Kevin M. Cahill and Rob McMahon

Book Overview

You don't have to be a student of geography or cartography to have an interest in the world around you, especially with globalization making our planet seem smaller than ever. Now you can IM someone in Alaska, purchase coffee beans from Timor-Leste, and visit Dubai. But what do we really know about these lands?

Who Owns the World presents the results of the first-ever landownership survey of all 197 states and 66 territories of the world,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0446581216
• ISBN13: 9780446581219
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"