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	• Oxford Atlas of the World, 14th Edition Oxford University Press, USA, 2007 - 476 pages average customer review:based on 56 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Oxford Atlas

Wonderful, really. There are so many good things about this atlas, that it is difficult to cover them. The maps are great -- though, the one criticism I have is that every country's map in in the names of things in that country's language. Well, not speaking a hundred different languages, I often haven't the slightest idea what I am looking at. A few times, the add the English in parenthesis, but not as much as is needed. I would encourage them to discard the multicultruism and just print everything in English. Things are going to go that way, eventually, any way, as the Anglosphere is getting tired of multiculturalism. Anyway, there are terrific satellite pictures of different cities, many city maps. I wish they would add better maps of the oceans, though. Also, the ocean bottoms would be interesting, like the National Geographic Society has made. I would have liked more maps of little islands, as I have lived on such and would have liked that to see. Anyway, still a fantastic effort. Worth every penny. I bought it for reference, and it has helped me already.

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Atlas of the World, 12 Edition

The presentation, and paper are really good, for this a give a 100%
I liked the topics, that the book explores. However, some of them are not very realistic, because are not updated, or fictitious, for example it says in there that Mexico has a political unrest, and the truth is that a very small fraction of Chiapas, one out of 32 states of Mexico has problems, like many countries in the world have, and they dont have that piece of information.
Gisela Ramirez

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Not the gold standard - but the best value for money

This is the best atlas you can get in this price category. The gold standard of world atlases - The Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World - will cost you three times as much as this one.

The features of the Oxford University Press's "Atlas of the World" are quite similar to the Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World. It has the same user-friendly overview over the maps contained in the atlas ("Key to the World/European Map Pages") on the insides of the front and back hardcover. And it has the same comprehensive index of names in the back, featuring not only the location of a certain place on the grid of a map, but also the place's longitude and latitude. As a bonus, there are 16 pages with stunning satellite pictures of - among others - cities like Los Angeles, New York, Tokyo, Sydney and Naples with Mount Vesuvius.

The main difference is the size of the two atlases: The Times Atlas is 19 by 13.3 inches, the Oxford Atlas is 15 by 11.3 inches. The bigger-sized maps of the Times Atlas allow greater detail.

If you still have small kids in the house who love to thumb through your books, this atlas will be your best choice. In its price category it is absolutely a 5-star book.

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World Atlas

I browsed through most of the currently available atlases and found this one to more comprehensive than any other. I was surprised at the amount of information it contains, the way the info is presented and the wonderful graphics.

Arm Chair Travel

Very nice, well laid out. Good map explanations. I like the City maps feature

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