Philip's Concise World Atlas - Hardcover

Inhaltsangabe

This atlas has 128 pages of digital world maps, with scales and prjections chosen to maximize legibility and minimize distortion over the largest regions. Each map is accompanied by a locator diagram and adjoining pages indicator. This edition includes 6 pages of detailed world statistical data. The 48-page "Earth from Space" section covers such topics as the Universe, stars and constellations, the Solar System and Earth, earthquakes and volcanoes, forces of nature, oceans and ice, atmosphere and climate, natural environments, population, international organizations, agriculture, energy and minerals, trade and commerce, world economics, travel and communications, and the world today. The index includes geographical features as well as towns and cities, with letter-figure references and latitude and longitude co-ordinates.

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