Reference World AtlasPenguin, 2013 M10 1 - 408 pages A beautifully clear, detailed, and fully revised and updated guide, DK's Reference World Atlas gives a superb overview of all the world's regions. Providing a detailed reference map set, the atlas also features computer-generated terrain-modeled maps and the landscapes, bringing an all-new dimension to cartography. This ninth edition of DK's respected Reference World Atlas includes all recent border, place name, and flag changes from around the world, including the emerging state of South Sudan. |
Contents
NORTH AMERICA 1 | 1 |
PHYSICAL NORTH AMERICA 23 | 2 |
POLITICAL NORTH AMERICA 45 | 4 |
NORTH AMERICAN RESOURCES 67 | 6 |
Canada 89 | 8 |
Western Provinces 1011 | 10 |
Eastern Provinces 1213 | 12 |
Southeastern Canada 1415 | 14 |
The Italian Peninsula 106107 | 106 |
The Alpine States 108109 | 108 |
Central Europe 110111 | 110 |
Southeast Europe 112113 | 112 |
Bulgaria Greece 114115 | 114 |
Romania Moldova Ukraine 116117 | 116 |
The Baltic States Belarus 118119 | 118 |
The Mediterranean 120121 | 120 |
United States of America 1617 | 16 |
Northeastern States 1819 | 18 |
MidEastern States 2021 | 20 |
Southern States 2223 | 22 |
Texas 2425 | 24 |
South Midwestern States 2627 | 26 |
Upper Plains States 2829 | 28 |
Great Lakes States 3031 | 30 |
North Mountain States 3233 | 32 |
California Nevada 3435 | 34 |
South Mountain States 3637 | 36 |
Hawaii Alaska 3839 | 38 |
Mexico 4041 | 40 |
Central America 4243 | 42 |
The Caribbean 4445 | 44 |
SOUTH AMERICA 4647 | 46 |
PHYSICAL SOUTH AMERICA 4849 | 48 |
POLITICAL SOUTH AMERICA 5051 | 50 |
SOUTH AMERICAN RESOURCES 5253 | 52 |
Northern South America 5455 | 54 |
Western South America 5657 | 56 |
Brazil 5859 | 58 |
Eastern South America 6061 | 60 |
Southern South America 6263 | 62 |
The Atlantic Ocean 6465 | 64 |
AFRICA 6667 | 66 |
PHYSICAL AFRICA 6869 | 68 |
POLITICAL AFRICA 7071 | 70 |
AFRICAN RESOURCES 7273 | 72 |
North Africa 7475 | 74 |
West Africa 7677 | 76 |
Central Africa 7879 | 78 |
East Africa 8081 | 80 |
Southern Africa8283 | 82 |
EUROPE 8485 | 85 |
PHYSICAL EUROPE 8687 | 86 |
POLITICAL EUROPE 8889 | 88 |
EUROPEAN RESOURCES 9091 | 90 |
Scandinavia Finland Iceland 9293 | 92 |
Southern Scandinavia 9495 | 94 |
The British Isles 9697 | 96 |
The Low Countries 9899 | 98 |
Germany 100101 | 100 |
France 102103 | 102 |
The Iberian Peninsula 104105 | 104 |
The Russian Federation 122123 | 122 |
Northern European Russia 124125 | 124 |
Southern European Russia 126127 | 126 |
ASIA 128129 | 128 |
PHYSICAL ASIA 130131 | 130 |
POLITICAL ASIA 132133 | 132 |
ASIAN RESOURCES 134135 | 134 |
Turkey the Caucasus 136137 | 136 |
The Near East 138139 | 138 |
The Arabian Peninsula 140141 | 140 |
Iran the Gulf States 142143 | 142 |
Kazakhstan 144145 | 144 |
Central Asia 146147 | 146 |
Afghanistan Pakistan 148149 | 148 |
South Asia 150151 | 150 |
Northern India the Himalayan States 152153 | 152 |
Southern India Sri Lanka 154155 | 154 |
Mainland East Asia 156157 | 156 |
Western China 158159 | 158 |
Eastern China 160161 | 160 |
Northeastern China Mongolia Korea 162163 | 162 |
Japan 164165 | 164 |
Mainland Southeast Asia 166167 | 166 |
West Maritime Southeast Asia 168169 | 168 |
East Maritime Southeast Asia 170171 | 170 |
The Indian Ocean 172173 | 172 |
AUSTRALASIA OCEANIA 174175 | 174 |
POLITICAL AUSTRALASIA OCEANIA 176177 | 176 |
AUSTRALASIAN OCEANIAN RESOURCES 178179 | 178 |
Australia 180181 | 180 |
Southeast Australia 182183 | 182 |
New Zealand 184185 | 184 |
Melanesia 186187 | 186 |
Micronesia 188189 | 188 |
Polynesia190191 | 190 |
The Pacific Ocean 192193 | 192 |
Antarctica 194195 | 194 |
The Arctic 196197 | 196 |
Geographical comparisons 198199 | 198 |
Countries of the world including The time zones 200207 ... | 200 |
Geographical glossary 208210 | 208 |
Geographical names 211 | 211 |
Index 212349 | 212 |
Acknowledgements 350 | 350 |
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