Essential World Atlas

This beautifully designed world atlas, packed with clear and detailed maps, is the perfect companion for discovering our planet. Published in 1997, the Essential World Atlas, now in its tenth edition, includes all recent changes to borders, place names, and flags around the world, including the new nation of South Sudan and the annexation of Crimea. A series of 12 thematic world maps covering diverse topics, such as ocean currents and languages, provide a general introduction to the world today. This is followed by the Main Atlas, which includes more than 60 full-color regional maps, showing political and state boundaries, major population and administrative centers, and more. In addition to these maps, this clear, informative, and affordable atlas also includes a fully cross-referenced index of 20,000 places and data profiles for each country, as well as a glossary of geographical terms, making it the perfect reference tool for distilling the mass of information in today's world into the essential facts needed to help understand our ever-changing planet.