Atlas of the World (Atlas of the World, 9th ed) | 
 enlarge | Creator: George Philip & Son
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 1499434
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 9
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 304
Shipping Weight (lbs): 8.3
Dimensions (in): 14.4 x 11 x 1.7
ISBN: 0195218485
Dewey Decimal Number: 912
EAN: 9780195218480
ASIN: 0195218485
Publication Date: November 15, 2001
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Product Description
When Oxford's Atlas of the World debuted, it was widely praised for the incredible beauty and accuracy of its maps and for its wealth of geographical information. The New York Times Book Review called it "a veritable encyclopedia of geographic and demographic information, profusely illustrated with multicolored maps and graphs." Building on the strength and authority of its first edition, the Atlas stands at the forefront of essential geographic resources.
Now in a new Ninth Edition, it remains the finest top-of-the-line atlas available, with hundreds of dramatic full-color, large-format maps produced by Europe's finest cartographers. The Ninth Edition has been thoroughly updated and it boasts several new features. A 32-page Gazetteer of Countries is a quick reference section offering information such as country summaries, flags, and economic data. Forty new island maps, from Bermuda to Bali, have been added for a close-up look at some of the world's smaller land masses. And detailed explanatory captions now accompany the section of full-page satellite images that Library Journal called "stunning." The heart of the book is still the 176-page section of outstanding world maps, enhanced by relief shading and layer-colored contours. The Atlas boasts 66 maps of major metropolitan areas worldwide, charting the key urban centers of each continent, from Cairo to New York City, and a colorful 48-page Introduction to World Geography section--beautifully illustrated with color maps, charts, and graphs--provides a wealth of information on such topics as climate, the greenhouse effect, plate tectonics, agriculture, population and migration.
Providing the finest global coverage available, Atlas of the World is the benchmark by which all other international atlases are measured.
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 Well done! September 21, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I haven't bought a new one in years. This has amazing detail and information. Glad I purchased this one. The whole office has been using it.
 I'm torn between this one and its junior brother September 13, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is certainly a beautiful volume, and I bought it solely for its price: I had paid $40+ for its junior brother a few years ago in the bookstore, so why not upgrade for free, as it were? The maps are lovely, and the front matter is largely helpful--I say largely. For one thing, the city "maps" are all but useless: one is hard-pressed to find a street identified by a name rather than by a generic route number (viz., within a national highway system); arbitrary pieces of cities are selected for presentation; and one finds suburb A peculiarly mislabeled as suburb B, or a leg of freeway C misidentified as freeway D. Then, there's the overall size of the work. Not that this is anywhere near as large or heavy as the London Times atlas--a work for which it is, quite literally, an ordeal to look up a city in the voluminous index and then hunt for it with a magnifying lens on the proper square of the proper page--but it's still awfully large. Given that large size, you'd think the publisher could do a better job of presenting the world's time zones. (Mind you, its "junior brother" didn't show time zones at all, but this atlas is scarcely better, offering a sketchy, fraction-of-a-page map that's all but useless given the numerous +00:15 and such quirks of the world's time zone allotments.)
All those criticisms having been leveled, the maps are glorious. Truthfully, I haven't seen nicer ones anywhere--even in, yes, the London Times atlas, which has been the standard-bearer for eons (though I guess its staff would refer to them as aeons). The colors are a delight to the eye, providing the perfect balance of legibility and topographic cues: you can actually see, e.g., Tibet straining upward off the page, reaching for the sky. Also, this atlas contains some vital maps that its junior sibling lacks: important among these are close-ups of central Honshu, Korea, the U.K., and so forth. Surprising omissions include better detail of Israel and Turkey: come to think of it, anywhere the borders are of intricate fractal dimension--say, Greece, Maryland, Denmark--a better job could have been done. I'd also like to see flags, let alone clear and more consistent indication of sub-national borders, be they of oblasts, denes, pradeshes, estados, etc. But let's look at the overall equation: for under $50, you get gorgeous maps; a plethora of very useful charts; mellifluous essays that don't hurt; lovely satellite photos that are, again, entirely harmless; and even a handy wall map to keep your kid brother occupied until his new Mega Space Zork Wars arrives in the mail.
A Very Nice Book June 24, 2008
We purchased this book as one of the graduation gifts for our daughter. She just got her Masters Degree and will probably be teaching Geography. She was extremely happy with the book. The quality of the book, along with the price, was outstanding and we are very happy with our purchase. We will certainly return to Amazon.com for any future book purchases. Thank you.
A clear and comprehensive atlas. April 15, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The main virtue of the Oxford Atlas of the World is its clarity. It may not be as detailed as the larger and more expensive competitors (eg National Geographic Atlas of the World) but the maps as plentiful and very readable.
 U S States April 15, 2008
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
Oxford Atlas of the World, 14th Edition. I had hoped for more towns listed on U S States, otherwise Atlas is very useful for other areas of world.
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