Superbly crafted, this indispensable reference has the finest digital cartography! In addition to the atlas, with relief maps arranged by continent, region, and country, there's a brand-new Gazetteer of Nations. An A to Z, country-by-country directory, The Gazetteer comes illustrated with flags, locator maps, charts, and diagrams, and includes text on the solar system, the Earth's structure, the environment, population, resources, economics, politics, and other topics. Bonus: a color map highlighting some of the key hot spots in our world today. 188 pages (all in color), 9 1/4 x 12 1/2.