A visual atlas that brings the world and its people to life with modern mapping, pictures, facts, and stories, perfect for kids ages 8-12, and fully revised and updated. Using modern mapping based on the latest seamless, cloud-free satellite image data, Children's Illustrated World Atlas takes kids on the ultimate round-the-world trip, from the Americas to Australasia and Oceania. Each detailed map is accompanied by pictures and stories that explore the society, culture, and history of each region, giving young readers an immediate sense of place not conveyed in standard atlases. Bite-size, country-by-country facts and stats are included at the start of each chapter for additional knowledge, and a place-name index identifies 7,500 locations around the world. Kids will even learn about popular discussion topics such as globalization, the environment, and the communication revolution in a contemporary introduction section. Together with facts, maps, satellite images, and local stories, this fully updated and revised Children's Illustrated World Atlas is a global yet personal experience and brings together views from all over the world - from Bolivia's bustling markets to carnival in Venice.

Essential World Atlas, 9th Edition provides an unbeatable visual reference to the world's continents, regions, and countries with more than 90 maps and detailed fact files on every nation. See many different views of the globe through a series of thematic maps detailing the political and physical world, time zones, the global economy, populations, languages, climates, and regional conflicts. Look up key statistics using data profiles, stay in the know with a glossary of geographic terms, and easily find the information you need with an index comprised of more than 20,000 entries. Now fully revised and updated to reflect recent geopolitical changes, Essential World Atlas, 9th Edition is a reference perfect for work, home, or school that truly lives up to its name.

The Illustrated World Atlas takes an integrated approach, combining essential reference and cartographic information with stimulating artwork and photos that reflect the fifteen major regions around the globe. Organized on a spread-by-spread basis, three main themes are covered in each region: -- people and places -- nature -- farming and industry This makes comparative information easy to find and the book a joy to use. -- highly cartographic with large, up-to-date relief maps -- superb illustrations and stimulating photographs -- divided into fifteen regions each featuring people and places, nature, farming, and industry -- extensive datafiles on population and statistics -- fascinating key facts -- presented in an accessible way -- a comprehensive gazetteer and index helps readers find their way around the world -- National flags -- Prominent headings -- Special selected photographs show regional life -- A grid of letters, numbers and blue and white boarder cross-references with the gazetteer -- Detailed maps -- Locator globes -- Compass point -- Data files

Discover a truly in-depth portrait of our planet, in this lovingly illustrated and recently updated World Atlas Reimagined and completely updated to encompass recent world events, this large-format reference atlas offers an encyclopedic view of the whole world. It will delight and inspire any cartophile or map lover! This stunning visual atlas of the world reveals our planet in more detail than ever before! It includes: • More than 640 high-definition world maps based on the latest digital mapping and satellite data and over 950 high-quality illustrations and diagrams • 3D terrain models that reveal physical features • A comprehensive index that contains more than 80000 place names This indispensable atlas book opens with a wonderful introduction to our world with a series of maps that illustrate its physical, political, economic, and demographic geography. As you continue to turn the pages, you’ll soon discover that this world atlas is unlike any other. An ever engaging home learning resource, this Atlas delivers superb cartography through beautifully designed and incredibly informative maps, diagrams, and photographs to provide accurate coverage of the whole world. It also contains a wealth of fascinating facts that help give a real flavor of the geography and culture of a region. New information in this edition includes everything from revised country names, such as Eswatini for Swaziland, to updated country statistics and population numbers. It’s the perfect addition to any school or family library or for geography students!

The State of the World Atlas is an accessible, unique visual survey of current events and global trends, highlighting the international scope and complexity of many challenges facing the humanity today. With a bold new design, this distinctive atlas presents the latest statistics on international trade and migration, the globalization of work, aging and new health risks (up to and including the COVID-19 pandemic), food and water, energy resources and consumption, literacy, gender equality, wars and peacekeeping, and more. And for the newest edition, special attention has been brought to the way that all of these issues are affected by the ongoing climate crisis. Fascinating, troubling, and surprising, this is an important resource for anyone who seeks to better understand the world around them.

Welcome, all you globetrotters! Take the ultimate round-the-world trip with this spectacular atlas, showcasing more than 640 maps and a wealth of information about every nation on Earth. Travel across the world from the British Isles to Australasia with Reference World Atlas to learn about our diverse planet. The introduction section provides an insight into how our physical world took shape and life emerged across the planet. Take a look at world climate and population trends, and then follow the continent-by-continent guide to expand your understanding of each region or country. Along with detailed physical and political maps, Reference World Atlas also contains terrain models, cross-sections, and cultural and economic information. This book features huge 3-D maps and more than 750 photographs that showcase some of the most jaw-dropping locations on our planet. With more than 80,000 index entries, this revised 10th edition of Reference World Atlas is an essential educational tool for homes and schools.

From the vast Sahara desert to the smallest European cities, and with over 65 maps using the latest digital mapping, the Essential World Atlas 9th Edition brings you the Earth in more detail than ever before. The Essential World Atlas 9th Edition is the indispensable guide to our fascinating planet, mapping the political and physical world, the global economy, time zones, population, languages, climate, region, and global conflict with information, photographs, and diagrams, Explore data profiles of each country with detailed facts, key statistics and time zones from across the globe. Delve further into the geography of our planet with a full index of over 20,000 entries, making the Essential World Atlas 9th Edition the perfect reference for business, home or school. Previous edition ISBN 9781409366096