Createdforallglobalcitizens,thisuniversallyrespectedvolumeofworldmapshasbeencompletelyrevisedandupdatedwithfascinatingvisualizationsofinternationaltrendsandglobalconditions.NationalGeographic’sflagshipAtlasoftheWorld,nowinits11thedition,providesauthoritativemapsofeverycountry,ocean,andregionoftheworld,aswellasthematicmapsandaccompanyinggraphicsshowingimportantpopulation,environmental,andeconomicpatterns.Organizedbycontinentandreflectingtoday’spoliticalboundariesandidentities,thisauthoritativeatlasisanindispensablereferenceforschoolsandlibraries,aswellasthelatestresourceforhomebrowsingandstudy.Athematicallyorganizedopeningsectionusescurrentdatatovisualizeurgentconcerns,suchasEarth’slastwildplaces,changingfreshwateravailability,humanmigrationandrefugeemovement,andhumanrightsconditionsglobally.Thebackofthebookcontainsbasicfactsandflagsofeverycountry,aswellasacomprehensiveindexcross-referencingmorethan150,000placenames.Athought-provokingforewordbyAlexanderM.Tait,TheGeographerofNationalGeographic,beginsthebook.
ATLAS environmental NATIONALGEOGRAPHIC NATIONAL WORLD
