The Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World (Times Atlas)

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The book’s unique arrangement, with the maps organized in complimentary or contrasting pairs, reveals how the history of our attempts to make flat representations of the world has been full of beauty, ingenuity and innovation. Description: This alluring read includes 40 locations that are rife with disaster, chaos, paranormal activity, and death. World atlases are more than just books of maps. Most contain a large amount of information, as well. This may include geopolitical histories, charts and graphs on climate change, cultural facts, studies on human migration, and more. They make a nice change to looking up stuff on the internet, as you know all of the information in the book has been vetted for accuracy. That being said, some atlases do have more of a focus on a visual representation of the world and may contain a large number of high-quality maps and images with less accompanying information. If you are in the market for one of these, we recommend the National Geographic Visual Atlas of the World and Oxford New Concise World Atlas. They make excellent coffee table books and would be ideal for anyone who enjoys studying maps and looking at stunning imagery.

Description: Imagine a world without maps. How would we travel? Could we own land? What would men and women argue about in cars? Scientists have even suggested that mapping—not language—is what elevated our prehistoric ancestors from ape-dom. Or perhaps you need a world atlas that teaches you how to make maps, or one that fascinates your 10-year-old with beautiful pictures of Mount Fuji and the Leaning Tower of Pisa.The Atlas features some 450 vivid full-color maps illustrating the major themes and events of world history, 100 photographs, 60 diagrams and hundreds of thousands of words of explanatory text. Insets: Continuation Yucatan, Campeche, Quintana Roo & British Honduras; Continuation Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, & Costa Rica] Description: This book of maps is a visual feast for readers of all ages, with lavishly drawn illustrations from the incomparable Mizielinskis. The Times Survey Atlas of the World (1920) was the first Times Survey Atlas with maps prepared by the Edinburgh Geographical Institute of John Bartholomew & Son Ltd. It included 112 colour maps (each measuring 42 x 55 cm., on sheets 46 x 59 cm.) all specially compiled for the Atlas over the previous 5 years. Following an initial General Section of world and thematic mapping, the maps are grouped into five main geographic regions, as listed below.

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. There are tasting notes on single malts from Aberfeldy to Tormore, Yoichi (and coverage of the best of the blends). Six specially created ‘Flavour Camp Charts’ group whiskies by style, allow readers to identify new whiskies from around the world to try.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. Presents a one-of-a-kind taxonomy of cities that looks at their origins, development, and future prospects Truly international in scope, created with meticulous care, and reflecting the very latest political developments and census information, Oxford’s New Concise World Atlas, Fifth Edition achieves the highest standard among international map resources. This engaging and affordable resource is second to none in the superb quality of its maps, the breadth of its coverage, and its easy-to-use convenience. Probably because it can be consulted more easily (and more often), the legend on the Times Comprehensive’s bookmark is much more detailed. There are different type sizes and symbols for cities depending on their population. Unlike other atlases, these are defined. A city of between one and five million people will appear exactly the same on every map in this atlas (national and administrative capitals are also distinguished by a coloured symbol; national capitals are also in all caps), regardless of where you are on the map. The bookmark is a pledge of consistency. Many of you may recognize this map as the one that adorned your classroom wall in grade school. Behold, the Mercator projection--the most well-known yet least accurate world map of them all in terms of scale!