Clear and Easy-to-Read Maps: This superb atlas contains over 60 clearly labeled regional maps showing all the world's countries in their entirety. Larger countries such as the US, China, and the Russian Federation are covered in greater regional detail. Combining the most important roads, railways, rivers, and settlements with DK's unique landscape modeling, this is an invaluable reference tool. Global Statistics and Detailed Indexing: The Index-Gazetteer of places and countries contains over 20,000 entries which makes searching quick and easy. Find out the essentials on any country in the comprehensive Factfile section which has statistical profiles on all 192 nations, along with their flags.
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* They are officially published under that name * They are traditional stories not attributed to a specific author * They are religious texts not generally attributed to a specific author
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I bought this book thinking that I was just getting a book of maps of the several countries of the world. But this tome is as much an encyclopedia as it is an atlas! One cannot look at one of its maps without taking away some cultural, political, historical, and even geological, pearls that add greatly to the understanding of the original inquiry.