Essential World Atlas Barnes & Noble

by Various

More than 200 maps The latest cartographic data Over 35,000 place names 300 photos and illustrations Comprehensive regional maps Flags of the world Introductory world overviews Three-dimensional terrain maps

Genres: Reference, Nonfiction, Geography

192 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2002

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Reviews

[Philip · Rating 4 out of 5]

None of those artsy-fartsy "interpretive dance" abominations with demographics or pink and yellow political creations; these are your basic two-page spreads of rivers and mountains and obscure place names, like God intended.



Would have given it 5 stars, except that it lacks a separate map for Central Asia, so I am constantly flipping between Northwest Asia* and The Middle East in order to follow the paths of my various "Great Game" explorers - you can't just say "turn to page 46 to see the bottom half of Uzbekistan"! But other than that, this is a plain-and-simple atlas that gives me pretty much just what I was looking for.

* ("Northwest Asia"? Just what the fuck even IS that??)

[DW]

Mine has this exact cover but by Weldon Owen, not Barnes & Noble. Go figure.

[Thom Dunn · Rating 4 out of 5]

There are many books titled Essential Atlas of the World.