Essential World Atlas by Oxford University Press

Essential World Atlas by Oxford University Press

With superbly crafted maps covering the entire globe, this new edition of Oxford's Essential World Atlas offers thorough geographical coverage at an affordable price. In addition to a unique city-mapping program, the Essential Atlas features dozens of thematic maps, charts, and graphs that explain many fundamental concepts in human geography. The new Seventh Edition also includes coverage of up-to-the-minute political and topographical changes.

Essential World Atlas is packed with collateral information, such as statistics on the area, population, and annual income of every country in the world. Metro maps of dozens of cities provide detailed information on tourist attractions, public transportation, and other aspects of interest to the traveler. Enhancing its utility, the map section is fully indexed, allowing for quick reference. The Atlas also boasts a selection of stunning satellite images that provide an impression of our world from above, offering insight into how cities expand and rivers create life in the desert. Finally, the atlas includes a thematic World in Focus section, easy-to-use indices, survey data, and colorful illustrations of flags from around the world.

Meticulously crafted and thoroughly updated, the Seventh Edition of Oxford's Essential World Atlas is an indispensable resource for students, teachers, armchair travelers, tourists, and anyone else curious about the far-flung corners of the globe.

A historical lexicographer, having previously worked on the 4th edition of the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, Elizabeth Knowles has had a long association with Oxford Quotations Dictionaries. As well as the 7th edition of the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (2009), her editorial credits include the Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (2nd edition, 2005), the Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations (3rd edition, 2007), and What They Didn't Say: A Book of Misquotations (2006).

Susan Ratcliffe is an Associate Editor for Oxford Quotations Dictionaries, and over the last twenty years has edited several titles including the Oxford Dictionary of Phrase, Saying and Quotation (3rd edition, 2006), the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (5th edition, 2006), and Oxford Dictionary of Quotations by Subject (2nd edition, 2010).

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ISBN 13	9780199971558
ISBN 10	0199971552
Title	Essential World Atlas
Author	Oxford University Press
Series	Essential World Atlas
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	OUP India
Year published	2012-12-01
Number of pages	208
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