From the world's premier cartographic authority comes a condensed essential guide to understanding the peoples and places of our planet! Featuring over 300 state-of-the-art maps, charts, graphs, flags, and illustrations, it includes up-to-date political and physical maps of each continent; plus new thematic maps covering Earth's structure, tectonics, climate, oceans, population, religion, energy, and economy. Belongs on every desk beside the dictionary and thesaurus! 128 pages, softcover.
