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THE PENGUIN ATLAS OF WORLD HISTORY: V. 2 (REFERENCE BOOKS)

9 reviews
WERNER HILGEMANN, HARALD BUKOR (ILLUSTRATOR), RUTH BUKOR (ILLUSTRATOR), E.A. MENZE (TRANSLATOR) HERMANN KINDER

PENGUIN BOOKS LTD, 1977

Invaluable reference in a compact format
This is one of the best histroical atlas available, given its compact size for quick desktop reference. Despite the small size, the maps and diagrams are carefully prepared to convey a lot of relevant information. Together with the text, this provides both an outline (in choronlogical order) as well as quite a lot of details on what has happened around the world. Very impressed, since I bought an ...

Dtv-Atlas Weltgeschichte
Hermann Kinder, Werner Hilgemann

Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag GmbH & Co., 2002

The Anchor Atlas of World History, Vol. 2 (From the French Revolution to the American Bicentennial)

21 reviews
Hermann Kinder, Werner Hilgemann, ...

Anchor, 1978

Should be republished
These enjoyable little pocket books take a Cliff Notes approach to history. In a highly abbreviated text, the authors summarize everything from the Cambrian explosion to the Stamp Act of 1763. No important detail is left out. Now this level of historical detail is available in many formats. What really sets the Anchor Atlases apart is the superb maps and diagrams. The power structure of ...

Anchor Atlas of World History Vol. 1, The : From the Stone Age to the Eve of the French Revolution (Anchor ...

1 review
Herman; Hilgemann, Werner; Menze, Ernest A. (translator) Kinder

Doubleday Publishing, 1974

A great little book
This fantastic little reference tome contains 4 millenia of world history in an easy to use format. Every other page contains a map or chart of a region or era. The opposite page has a brief description of the events depicted on the chart. Although it is essentially a compendium of just dates, facts, maps and charts, there is a surprising amount of information in here. Moreover, in this age of ...