Packed with more than 640 high-definition maps and over 950 illustrations and diagrams, this is the ultimate world atlas. Fully revised and updated edition to encompass recent world events, this extensive atlas is an invaluable reference for home, school, and office. The opening section provides a fascinating introduction to our world with a series of maps that illustrate its physical, political, economic, and demographic geography. The main section is a series of beautifully clear and concise maps that give a superb overview of the world's continents. Each page contains a wealth of extra information that helps to separate this atlas from so many others, including inset maps, photographs, and text to help give a real flavour of the geography and culture of a region. New information in this edition includes everything from revised country names to updated country statistics and population numbers. A fully cross-referenced index contains 80,000 place names.