The Most Complete Guide to the World's Countries, Cultures and Peoples.
Here are fascinating facts about the world we live in - its land masses, its climates, its peoples, their cultures and their many different ways of life. This is no ordinary atlas. It is the only comprehensive, country-by-country, cultural atlas of its kind.
The encyclopedia is divided into six sections: Europe - Africa - The Americas - Asia - Australia and the Pacific Islands - World statistics and Ready Reference.
Features:
- Over 200 beautifully rendered relief maps showing the main physical features, transport links and political borders for each independent country.
- Lines of longitude and latitude plus a grid reference system make place-finding a simple exercise.
- Locator maps help put each country in its global context.
- Completely up-to-date flag and official crest for each country.
Special features include:
- Traditional foods
- Examples of simple words and phrases from many different languages
- Animals under environmental threat
- Some of the world's best photographs
- Illustrations by over 50 expert cartographers and landscape artists
- Facts and figures on each individual country
- Comparative world statistics in a detailed ready reference section
- Collaboration of expert authors, editors and consultants to convey the very experience of visiting a country, seeing its landscapes and getting to know its people.
