Philip's world atlas & gazetteer - George Philip

PHILIP’S WORLD ATLAS & GAZETTEER

Key Features

• 96 pages of clear, detailed relief maps by continent, region and country

• Political maps for every continent

• 48-page gazetteer The World of Nations

• 32-page Introduction to World Geography

• 35,000 name index using local spellings

PHILIP’S WORLD ATLAS AND GAZETTEER provides balanced coverage of the world at well-chosen scales, plus an information-packed gazetteer, The World of Nations — ideal for home reference or school project use.

Classic Relief Maps From Philip’s

• SCALE BAR: allows you to measure distances accurately in both miles and kilometres and gives the scale of each map.

• LOCATOR MAP: shows the exact coverage of each page and indicates the page numbers for maps of neighbouring regions.

• LAYER-COLOURING: altitude is shown by colour-banding and hill-shading to give a stunning visual impression of the Earth’s surface.

• LETTER-FIGURE GRID: complements latitude and longitude, and makes name-finding via the index as simple as with a road atlas.

Additional Map Types

• POLITICAL MAPS: for each continent show national boundaries, highlight the size of each country in relation to its neighbours, and mark provincial centres and capital cities.
  
  
• THEMATIC MAPS: diagrams, charts, graphs and tables explain the fundamentals of human geography and compare nation with nation on key themes such as population, language, religion, politics and environment.
  
  
• INDEX: uses local spellings, and includes geographical features such as lakes, deserts and mountains, as well as towns, cities, provinces and countries.