Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World

This is a large reference atlas of the physical and political Earth. Double-page maps cover continents, oceans, and states at varying scales, with relief, roads, and place-names; thematic plates treat climate, population, resources, and time zones. A gazetteer indexes tens of thousands of towns, rivers, and mountains, and short country summaries give area, capital, and economic notes. Introductory essays explain map projection and how borders and names are chosen. The volume is a cartographic handbook for looking up the world as it is surveyed, not a travel narrative and not a history of exploration.

Quarter-bound in dark blue morocco with blue cloth boards and blue slipcase. No FS colophon.