| Times Atlas of the World : Comprehensive Edition | 
 enlarge | Author: London Times
Publisher: Crown
Category: Book
List Price: $250.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  24 reviews
Sales Rank: 552775
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 10
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 544
Shipping Weight (lbs): 12.3
Dimensions (in): 18.5 x 13.2 x 2.2
ISBN: 081293265X
Dewey Decimal Number: 912
EAN: 9780812932652
ASIN: 081293265X
Publication Date: October 13, 1999
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Product Description
For more than three decades, The Times Atlas of the World has earned international renown for the beauty and legibility of its mapping and its unparalleled detail for coverage of all parts of the globe. As Lord Shackleton, former president of the Royal Geographical Society, said of an earlier edition, it is "the finest reference atlas ever published." Now, The Times Atlas of the World, Tenth Comprehensive Edition, the first completely revised edition since The Times Atlas of the World debuted in 1967, establishes an even higher standard among all reference atlases, and a new benchmark in its own unparalleled tradition.
The Tenth Comprehensive Edition opens with stunning satellite images of the continents and the oceans as they appear from space. This preliminary section continues with a series of graphics, photographs, maps, tables, and charts reviewing the cosmos, the natural world, and humanity's interaction with our home planet. Next is a comparative list of Earth's physical features, from rivers to mountains to islands to deserts, and a complete statistical guide to the states and territories of the world. This opening section concludes with a fascinating chronicle on the evolution of world mapping, beginning with our first attempt to map the world more than a thousand years ago.
The central section of The Tenth Comprehensive Edition, with 248 pages of breathtakingly detailed reference maps, provides the most accurate and up-to-date visual presentation of geographical knowledge in any atlas today. Each map, drawn with generous scale and projection, has been entirely redesigned since the last edition, using the latest digital technology. While creating maps of optimum accuracy, these new methods also provide enhanced clarity and greater legibility than ever before, even for an atlas that was already legendary for the readability of its maps. In addition to recording the new states and republics created by political upheaval in this last decade before the millennium, The Tenth Comprehensive Edition includes a multitude of renamed towns and cities, along with many revised national borders.
The revised and expanded index, covering more than 200,000 place names, is the largest index ever found in a single-volume atlas, virtually ensuring that any location a reader may be looking for will be included in the book. The index is also unique in scope, giving the name, description, regional and country locations, the map grid reference, page number, and latitude and longitude. No other atlas comes close to providing such an index, either in sheer numbers or in reference value.
In the last three decades, The Times Atlas of the World has been in the vanguard of a revolution in the science of cartography, replacing maps formerly created on hand-etched copper plates with maps that are computer-generated. The Times Atlas of the World, Tenth Comprehensive Edition, represents the fullest flowering yet of this remarkable revolution in cartography. It is the finest atlas ever published, sure to be treasured by students, scholars, armchair travelers, global sightseers, and anyone seeking better understanding of our dynamic planet.
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 I'm humbled but I need your help April 7, 2006
0 out of 13 found this review helpful
I have not bougght this atlas. Maybe I will BUT WHAT I REALLY WANT IS SOMETHING of superb detail that is on a DVD. Does ANYBODY make such a thing?
I have the Oxford World Atlas and I'm still looking for something that I can do a look up and get 'detailed' maps of my inquiry.
 The formation of Arabian Gulf? December 8, 2004
9 out of 49 found this review helpful
National Geographic Atlas has always been a great informational source. However, I was quite shocked by what I saw in the last edition (the 8th). I am sure most of those who have bought this Atlas or had a chance to look at it by now, have noticed the formation of a new gulf that never existed before, Arabian Gulf! It's sad how money can replace names even in the map (Arabian Gulf instead of Persian Gulf!) What National Geographic hasn't noticed yet is how its credibility has dropped among the intellectual crowd and many others are enraged by this act. I never thought history can be distorted, but with what I saw from National Geographic, which has lost it's credibility among those that understand the impact of this change, I am not so sure any more. It's unfortunate and humiliating what money can do!
 Persian Gulf instead of Arabian Gulf November 19, 2004
11 out of 59 found this review helpful
It seems like Arabs money have been able to buy even these people from national Geographic. So the editors of the book has changed the name Persian Gulf which has been used for thousands of years to Arabian Gulf. WOW. I do not call this just a mistake. It is nothing but a bribary scandle to editors of the :Times Atlas of the World" and they should correct this intentional mistake quickly and withdraw all copies from the bookstores shelves as soon as possible.
 Excellent, but not the most current edition.... October 9, 2004
36 out of 37 found this review helpful
Just as a point of information, while this is a superb work, a newer edition has been available for the last year in the UK and elsewhere. The newer edition, the 11th, was released in October 2003 and I do not believe it is yet available in the United States. If you are looking to spend this much money on an atlas (and if you like atlases, I highly recommend this one), you should order the 11th Edition from Amazon Canada (and of course, not receive free shipping). You will be happy to have the most up-to-date edition (with all the new features and political changes incorporated). The ISBN of the new edition is 0007157207.
[Update 28 December 2004] The 11th Edition is now available from Amazon.com (USA site)! Search on the ISBN above.
Heavy, Expensive and with lots of small print . . . April 12, 2003
14 out of 50 found this review helpful
You will need a magnifying glass for the very small print. I nearly strained my back lifting the book after it was delivered. But, the world is a heavy thing. I like the book because I can look up back-water places in every puny little country in every nook and cranny on this old Earth of ours. It is also a good prop-up under my old feather pillow, as I need something large and firm. Plus, it's kind of nice to know the world in right underneath my pillow. I sometimes dream of far away places that I visited as a boy. My father was a traveler who inherited a great deal of money and little common sense. He lugged us three kids around while my mother complained about food, coarse bed linens and bugs.
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