Oxford Atlas of the World, 14th Edition

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	Oxford Atlas of the World, 14th Edition Oxford University Press, USA, 2007 - 476 pages average customer review:based on 58 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Oxford quality

When you make use of a product from Oxford University Press, you assume a high standard in content, presentation, and physical quality.

OUP's Atlas of the World hits the mark in all three categories.

This handsome, large, and pleasingly *heavy* volume sits in an easily accessible place in my den where it is frequently pulled off the shelf for family consultation.

The maps are of course splendid, but that hardly bears comment. What *is* surprisingly helpful is the 'geographical glossary' and the sheer quantity and detail of the 'index to world maps'. If you can't find your city or region in this index, it's got to be 'blink-or-you'll-miss-it' size.

I haven't decided yet whether the love of maps is born into a person or if it can be acquired.

It doesn't really matter. If you've got it, you'll love the Oxford Atlas of the World. Don't plan on taking it with you, though. It's not meant for mobility. It *will* prove an invaluable and informative ornament to your home and, if it gets its due, be a frequent helper in finding that remote place Uncle Harry's car burnt up in.

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Arm Chair Travel

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

Atlas of the World, 12th Edition

Maps and other information is highly detailed, colorful, current, and informative. Most would be pleased to own this valuable piece of reference material.

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.

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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