Philip's World Atlas and Gazetteer - Hardcover

Fully revised for 2002, with digital world maps, this atlas has been designed for home reference use. The 32-page "World in Focus" and 48-page A-Z country-by-country gazetteer contain colourful maps, charts, diagrams and flags, together with information on population and land area for the countries of the world. This atlas also includes a special "World Cities" section, which provides urban area and city centre maps marking tourist sites for 67 of the world's most important cities, backed up with an index and full-page satellite images for 9 of the cities featured. The 96 pages of physical and political maps aim to give a balanced coverage of the world. Each map is accompanied by a locator and adjoining pages indicator. The 35,000-name index includes geographical features as well as towns and cities, with both letter-figure grid references and latitude and longitude co-ordinates.