Atlas of the World

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Content Scope: This atlas focuses on the state of the world as it is today with up-to-date information about all countries around the world. It offers many visual representations of the information, and goes in-depth with country and region details.

Author Judith Schalansky used historic events and scientific reports as a springboard for each island, providing information on its distance from the mainland, whether its inhabited, its features, and the stories that have shaped its lore. Description: It is perhaps the eighth wonder of our world that despite modern mapping and satellite photography our planet continues to surprise us. Most galaxies, however, have no obvious structure at all. Galaxies also vary enormously in size, from dwarf galaxies only 2,000 light-years across to great assemblies of stars 80 or more times larger.

Flipping through this book is a lush experience, with new satellite imagery and more maps and graphs than you thought imaginable. Reading the Atlas is a little trip around the globe." gressively larger atoms were forged in stellar furnaces, and the Galaxy’s range of elements, once restricted to hydrogen and helium, grew larger. About 9 billion years after the Big Bang, a star formed on the outskirts of our Galaxy with enough matter left over to create a retinue of planets. Nearly 5 billion years after that, human beings evolved. The Sun is one of more than 100 billion stars in the Home Galaxy alone. Our Galaxy, in turn, forms part of a local group consisting of approximately 30 similar structures, mostly small “dwarf” galaxies but a few large ones, and one – the Andromeda Galaxy – larger than our own. There are at least 100 billion galaxies in the Universe, many of which are members of huge galaxy clusters. This extrensively updated and extended edition features new material on burgeoning areas, including detailed coverage of many recently opened US craft distilleries, new distilleries in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, and discussion of the growing whisky scene in Latin America. Using stunning info-graphics, maps, charts, tables, and photographs, the Atlas of Cities is a comprehensive overview of the patterns of production, consumption, generation, and decay of the twenty-first century’s defining form.

A veritable encyclopedia of geographic and demographic information, profusely illustrated [...] Extraordinary." In Atlas of Lost Cities, Aude de Tocqueville tells the compelling narrative of the rise and fall of such notable places as Pompeii, Teotihuacán, and Angkor. She also details the less well known places, including Centralia, an abandoned Pennsylvania town consumed by unquenchable underground fire; Nova Citas de Kilamba in Angola, where housing, schools, and stores were built for 500,000 people who never came; and Epecuen, a tourist town in Argentina that was swallowed up by water. Description: National Geographic’s classic atlas for kids is now fully revised and updated, with a reduced trim that makes it easy to carry and easy to browse. Complete with geo-themed games, crosswords, picture puzzles and more, this is the atlas for today’s young explorers, as well as the perfect homework reference source. Updates and expansions to World Geography section including new maps and diagrams covering the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as updates to charts and maps on issues related to global public health, such as maternal mortality, malnutrition, and government health expendituresBeautiful, original artwork shows the location of the lost cities and depicts how they looked when they thrived. The atlas provides an in depth look at nations all around the world. There are many different types of maps in large format demonstrating many aspects and features of regions across the world. This resource will enable students to learn information about different regions from a variety of perspectives. Urbanization is a global phenomenon, but the way cities are developing, the experience of city life, and the prospects for the future of cities vary widely from region to region. The Atlas of Cities presents a unique taxonomy of cities that looks at different aspects of their physical, economic, social, and political structures; their interactions with each other and with their hinterlands; the challenges and opportunities they present; and where cities might be going in the future. George Philip & Son., Oxford University Press., & Octopus Publishing Group Limited. (2014). Oxford atlas of the world.

Description: In an exclusive partnership with National Geographic, Wiley offers a powerful resource that is affordable, compact, and authoritative. It puts our world in your students’ grasp, presenting 25 global themes, from tectonics, the biosphere, and energy sources to population, health, literacy, and more, along with such timely topics as environmental stress and flash points for conflict and terror. Accurary/Authority/Bias: This atlas is updated annually to increase accuracy. This is the 19th edition of the resource. Oxford University Press publishes worldwide and is a department of the University of Oxford, a highly-respected institution. New images in the popular satellite imagery section, including Baghdad, Brussels, Guangzhou, Helsinki, Himalayas, Karachi, Lisbon, Manila, Mt. Fuji, and Tahiti Arrangement/Presentation: The different maps are visually appealing and contain a great deal of information. Many additions to the contents result in an updated atlas with current information. Content/Scope: This atlas has new census information, dozens of city maps, gorgeous satellite images of Earth, and a geographical glossary. It has a completely updated Gazetteer of Nations provides an invaluable A-Z reference of concise country profiles, including statistics on economies, politics, and historical profiles.Description: More than half the world’s population lives in cities, and that proportion is expected to rise to three-quarters by 2050. The only atlas to be updated annually • Fascinating features including world statistics tables, in-depth opening sections on Will the World Run Out of Food and The Future of the Oceans, an Introduction to World Geography, and an A-Z Gazetteer of Nations • Stunning satellite imagery and sophisticated digital mapping • Well-designed interior for heightened accuracy and easy locating • Sophisticated digital mapping showing detailed political and topographical information with exceptional brightness and clarity • Comprehensive index with thousands of historical names, geographical features, and cities with full latitude and longitude coordinates