Completely revised and updated, Hammond's venerable world atlas contains 20 more pages than the previous edition, new photos, and a font change at the same great price. This atlas contains full-color, accurate, easy-to-read world maps with striking physical relief and the latest country information.

Covers a wide variety of species of animals in the world, including mammals that fly, birds that laugh, fish that walk, and insects that consult over nesting options, to identify just a few of the amazing behaviors animals provide.

This Atlas is a magnificent gift volume. Contained within its deluxe padded leatherette cover are over 300 gilt-edged pages filled with easy-to-read maps. This atlas is designed to make information as easy to retrieve as possible. Facts on each country...topography, economy, agriculture, industry, vegetation and climate are located on the same or adjacent page; a unique presentation style.

Featuring more than six hundred maps, this reference combines the visual detail of an atlas with a comprehensive narrative of world history from ancient times to the present

Comprehensive world atlas including a world history atlas section and a local or internal index accompanies all country and state maps.