| Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World, Eleventh Edition (Times Atlas of the World Comprehensive Edition) | 
 enlarge | Author: Harpercollins Uk
Publisher: HarperResource
Category: Book
List Price: $250.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 252082
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 11
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 544
Shipping Weight (lbs): 12.4
Dimensions (in): 18.5 x 13.2 x 2
ISBN: 0007157207
Dewey Decimal Number: 912
EAN: 9780007157204
ASIN: 0007157207
Publication Date: August 1, 2005
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Great and the best ... but not complete ! July 15, 2008
This is beautiful atlas !
This is the more complete !
But compare from the others , this is less accurate for several regions :
- no map for Alaska
- many maps of small islands are ridiculous ( comparing others atlases )( carribean, mediterranean, and pacific islands have a scale too low )
- maps for India are "too smalls"
- Balkan's region isn't enough accurate
- this is the same thing for the scale of Madagascar
You can appreciate :
- scale of maps of Africa
- scale of maps of Europe
- scale of maps of South America
- scale of maps of Russia
- scale of maps of Australia
- scale of maps of China and Central Asia
 A gr8 atlas, such a shame I haven't got it January 27, 2008
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
I believe sending me a request to review this GR8 Atlas (I have had one before), is Amazon's staff way of being sarcastic. The Atlas has still not been delivered after one month and a request for a replacement has resulted in a credit for only half the amount paid, due to somebodies inability to identify that I had been charged US$174 (88 British Pounds, which is the currency of my card) and that the amount credited should also be the equivalent of $174 NOT US$88. Sorry to put this up against the best Atlas on the market, but perhaps sometime in the future Amazon will realise their mistake over this comedy of errors.
Judgment suspended April 22, 2007
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
I wanted to update my 25-year-old Rand McNally International Atlas, and based on various reviews, it seemed that the Times Comprehensive 11th ed was the top of the line, so I purchased it. Imagine my disappointment when the first thing I looked up in it was missing. A friend had taken a recent trip to see the temples at Bagan, Myanmar, which is that country's number one tourist destination. However, none of the 7 plates in the Times Comprehensive 11th ed that depicted the central Myanmar region where Bagan is located actually showed that important site. By contrast, my old Rand McNally atlas has only one plate depicting Myanmar, but Bagan is on it. Based on this initial disappointment,and given its high price, I would need to gain a lot more positive experience with the Times Comprehensive 11th ed before I would recommend it unreservedly to others.
Disappointing but still the Best March 18, 2007
18 out of 20 found this review helpful
I bought this edition to replace our family copy of the 5th edition, which dated from the 80s, and preceded the collapse of the Soviet Union, the new boundaries of Eastern Europe, etc. and so was due for replacement. In terms of quality of the maps, and the detail of the information they convey, this edition is inferior to its predecessor. However, considered in isolation, without reference to its superior predecessors, this Atlas is a wonderful work of art and reference.
I get the sense that there was an effort to produce the work to a 'price point' and I wish the publishers had aimed a little higher, since if I only buy one of these things every 20 years or so, I can afford to pay up. Like an encylcopedia, since the explosion of the internet an atlas is an odd form of reference work. It is bought out of very mixed motives. I suspect the genre will be re-engineered one of these days, and volumes like this one will seem as antiquidated as an oil painting.
I could have met my basic needs with something cheaper, but wanted something better. I am not a map junkie the way some of the reviewers of this volume, and I would defer completely to their superior knowledge (or, at least, passion). But compromise in luxury goods is a dicey proposition, and that's what this is.
The most complete February 26, 2007
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
I own various atlases and periodically I buy a new one for the updates.Previously I bought both the Oxford and the DK Millenium edition. While investigating for an updated version I came across this atlas and based on the reviews at Amazon and my comparisons I bought it.
This is the best by far even though it is pricey. The quality of the print, the details, and the fact that the middle of the page does not affect the maps make a huge difference. The only observation is that there are not the flags of the nations which could make it even more complete.
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