Get ready to travel worldwide with the 5th edition of National Geographic Kids Beginner’s World Atlas, the complete atlas for young adventurers looking to learn more about the incredible planet we inhabit. Besides purpose-created maps, archival maps from Allied and Axis nations offer unique insights into historical events. There are also timelines to assist you in following the story as it opens, while historical overviews describe the political, economic, social, and technical progress at the time. Captivating, large-scale images present themes such as the Blitzkrieg, Holocaust, kamikaze combat, and code-breaking. As you ascend mountains, zip-line over woods, and dip into oceans, this atlas is your passport to a world of undercover wonders illustrated by beautiful art. Most regional maps run between 1:2,500,000 and 1:5,500,000, depending on the continent; almost all the large-scale maps (1:1,000,000 to 1:1,500,000), with few exceptions, are in Europe. So it’s a bit eurocentric, yes, though the foreword takes pains to emphasize the atlas’s edition-by-edition trend away from eurocentricity. In this new edition of the atlas, the map professionals at National Geographic have worked with a geography educator to provide the following:

The first book of its type, this gorgeous atlas showcases America’s breathtaking park system from coast to coast, richly decorated with an inspiring and informative atlas of maps, illustrations, and photos. Each atlas chapter starts with a map and visual timeline to set the stage for the events, emphasizing when, where, and why things occurred and transformed history as they did. The last section of the atlas features commemorations that took place one hundred years after the world war and memorials around the world created to honor those who perished in the conflict. A new thoroughly contemporized reference atlas in the thrilling Collins world atlas range. Excellent value and contains all the world maps you require in a budget atlas for family, study, and business use. This significantly updated and expanded edition highlights new material on burgeoning areas, including full coverage of many recently opened new distilleries in the United States, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Authoritative reference maps, superbly designed to present detailed information with outstanding clarity'Richly complex images by Lucy Letherland bring every adventure to life, and some bizarre characters hide among all the excitement.

The index now has over 100 000 entries, and is fully cross-referenced with alternative and former names. Comprehensive reference mapping with 155,000 place names providing an amazingly detailed view of the world, and the illustrated thematic content covers the most important geographical issues of the day, making this atlas a valuable addition to any reference collection. It’s a reference tool, but not in the same way it was before online maps and reference tools were a thing. This is not something to look things up on. A big paper atlas is about browsing and it’s about context: big printed maps allow the eye to wander, to see connections. To stumble across places you weren’t looking for. The reference mapping has been completely revised and up-dated, and redesigned to be in the same style as the Millennium Edition of The Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World. There are additional large scale maps, including central Asia, Japan, southeast Australia, and eastern United States. The Times Atlas of the World' has long been famous for its authority and for setting the standard in world reference atlas publishing.For curious children, this is the opportunity to embark on the voyage of a lifetime—and see how remote nations have more in common than you might expect. Hopscotch from country to country in a chain of linking attractions: Examine Mexico’s glittering cave of crystals, then see the world’s largest cave in Vietnam. Peer over a 355-foot waterfall in Zambia, then comprehends how Antarctica’s Blood Falls got their bizarre color. Or visit mysterious mummies in Japan and France, then magnificent ice caves in Argentina and Austria.