Planet Earth Macmillan World Atlas (Macmillan Atlases)

By Macmillan Publishing and Macmillan Publishers

Get the whole planet mapped in splendid detail and extraordinary color in this extremely competitive world atlas. With unmatched quality and content at a remarkably affordable price, this volume features superior coloration which adds new dimension to topographic features. These maps have been described as "innovative, modern, fresh, exciting, and comprehensive." 150 four-color photos. four-color maps.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0028612663
• ISBN13: 9780028612669
• Release Date: September 1996
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 415 Pages
• Weight: 4.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 12.0" x 1.2" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Hands down my favorite atlas

This atlas has one quality that I have yet to see in any other atlas, and that is that the scaling is the same on every page. You really get the sense of how big (or small) a country really is with this kind of scaling. It is true that the pages fall out with a lot of use, but really I have used this atlas obsessively. I'm already on my second one!

After shopping around, this is the best.

I needed a really good, accurate, no fluff atlas, and I looked very hard, at many books, and even compared to MUCH more expensive ones, this was obviously the best atlas on the market. I ESPECIALLY LIKED THAT THERE WAS A CONSISTANT SCALE USED FOR ALL THE MAPS, SO THAT CERTAIN PARTS OF THE GLOBE WERE NOT NEGLECTED THE WAY EVERY OTHER ATLAS LIKED TO LEAVE THEM. It is so very clear and simple, really easy to use. This atlas made better use of page space, was a more convienient size, and was not as distracting as other cluttered atlases that made maps secondary to photos of natives.

Good graphic and details.

I found this book is value for money. The map is colorful and accurate. The details of reservoirs, roads, national parks in my country are more accurate than any other atlas that I have seen.

Outstanding

This is the most beautiful atlas I have seen in a long time. I make maps for a living, and I find this atlas' use of color to correspond to the actual vegetation on the earth a very inspiring and informative bonus. Why should maps be colored by country when they can be colored by what's really on the earth? All of the maps except for the last section of special closeups of the United States are all the same scale, 1:5,000,000, so you can look at the Nile and flip to where you live and see how long it really is. The constant scale means with this atlas, maps of parts of the world that previously were shown as tiny places in other atlases are shown at last in beautiful color and plenty of detail. A hearty recommendation, an outstanding bargain.