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A new edition of the world’s most prestigious reference atlas, featuring 250 pages of updated detailed mapping and a specially commissioned 72 page introductory section presenting a comprehensive picture of the world today.
The Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World is universally recognised as the world's most prestigious and authoritative reference atlas. Since it's first edition in 1967 it has sold over 1 million copies. Its detailed and beautifully created mapping represent the perfect blend of tradition, authority and style which set this atlas apart.
The 10th edition, published in 1999, was the first completely new edition of the atlas since its introduction. Now this fully revised 11th edition brings all the reference maps and detailed thematic information completely up to date.
The preliminary section is introduced by unique satellite images of the continents and continues with a series of maps, images, photographs and graphics which present a detailed picture of today's physical world and man's interaction with it. The section also includes an account of the evolution of world maps and of significant developments in cartography, and concludes with detailed geographical information on the world's physical features and the world's states and territories.
The reference maps, produced in the distinctive and authoritative Times style, present the most accurate and up-to-date representation of our knowledge of the earth today. The areas shown, and the scale and map projection of each plate, have been specifically chosen to give the best representation of each geographical area. The maps now include a brand new map of the world’s physical features.
The gazetteer-index to over 200,000 place names and geographical features illustrates the unique scope of the atlas. It includes full cross-referencing with alternative and former names, geographical coordinates of every settlement shown on the maps, and a comprehensive glossary of geographical terms.
The atlas includes:
o 72 page introductory section
o 250 pages of reference maps of continents, countries and oceans
o 224 page gazetteer index to over 200,000 place names and geographical features
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136 of 138 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Editions One to Eleven of the Times Atlas of the World used copper engraved plates taken from the famous 5 volume Mid Century Edition. Edition Ten onwards used brand new computer produced digital plates. This Eleventh Edition is an update of the Tenth Edition.
The Old Edition of the Times Atlas aimed to cover the whole world at a minimum scale of 1:5,000,000 using maps from the 1954 Russian Atlas Mira to fill in Siberia at this scale. The present atlas falls a long way short of this goal, and as well as loosing these fantastic Russian plates, also looses the 1:5,000,000 Alaska plate. Other plates to go are those of Switzerland, The Low Countries and The Holy Land at 1:500,000. No longer can we locate Gangelt in the Netherlands where Mercator lived and worked. Also to go are all of the town plans.
The new Edition instead offers more maps at intermediate scales such as better maps of Eastern Europe, Eastern China, Korea, Central Japan, Central South America and South East Australia. Some of the new maps such as that of Poland seem overly detailed. Even with the aid of a magnifying glass, I cannot make out the name of Oswiecim, the location of Auchwitz, as it is too small and cramped to read.
The style of the maps has also changed. I prefer the old copper plate maps as the contour lines have been omitted from the new digital maps giving a blotchy appearence to the hill colouring. just compare the maps of Sicily from the old and new editions to see how in the old edition, Mount Etna seemed to stand out from the page.
Despite this, the latest Edition of the Times Atlas is in my opinion the best World Atlas currently available. This is due to the sheer breadth and detail of world coverage as well as the quality of the mapping. The index contains 200,000 place names which is greater than any other world atlas available in book form.
Other World Atlases to consider at this size and price are the Rand McNally International World Atlas and the National Geographic World Atlas. They are both American publications. The Rand McNally is better for urban areas but not as good as the Times for general world coverage, and the National Geographic is a large format political atlas very good for North America but not as good for Europe or Asia as the other two. However, if I had to choose my favourite world atlas of all time then it would have to be the Old copper-plate Edition of the Times Atlas of the World.
Andrew Taylor
Worsley, Manchester
The Old Edition of the Times Atlas aimed to cover the whole world at a minimum scale of 1:5,000,000 using maps from the 1954 Russian Atlas Mira to fill in Siberia at this scale. The present atlas falls a long way short of this goal, and as well as loosing these fantastic Russian plates, also looses the 1:5,000,000 Alaska plate. Other plates to go are those of Switzerland, The Low Countries and The Holy Land at 1:500,000. No longer can we locate Gangelt in the Netherlands where Mercator lived and worked. Also to go are all of the town plans.
The new Edition instead offers more maps at intermediate scales such as better maps of Eastern Europe, Eastern China, Korea, Central Japan, Central South America and South East Australia. Some of the new maps such as that of Poland seem overly detailed. Even with the aid of a magnifying glass, I cannot make out the name of Oswiecim, the location of Auchwitz, as it is too small and cramped to read.
The style of the maps has also changed. I prefer the old copper plate maps as the contour lines have been omitted from the new digital maps giving a blotchy appearence to the hill colouring. just compare the maps of Sicily from the old and new editions to see how in the old edition, Mount Etna seemed to stand out from the page.
Despite this, the latest Edition of the Times Atlas is in my opinion the best World Atlas currently available. This is due to the sheer breadth and detail of world coverage as well as the quality of the mapping. The index contains 200,000 place names which is greater than any other world atlas available in book form.
Other World Atlases to consider at this size and price are the Rand McNally International World Atlas and the National Geographic World Atlas. They are both American publications. The Rand McNally is better for urban areas but not as good as the Times for general world coverage, and the National Geographic is a large format political atlas very good for North America but not as good for Europe or Asia as the other two. However, if I had to choose my favourite world atlas of all time then it would have to be the Old copper-plate Edition of the Times Atlas of the World.
Andrew Taylor
Worsley, Manchester
46 of 47 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is a well-nigh perfect atlas, well designed, up to date and comprehensive. The introductory material putting the Earth in its planetary context is particularly good (although the recent demotion of Pluto to a 'dwarf planet' means that this section will now be out of date until the next edition), while the geology section, explaining the dynamics of various geophysical phenomena such as tectonic plates, earthquakes and volcanoes, does the job of a dozen specialist text-books. The map pages themselves are a model of cartographic clarity, and the index is consistently reliable. All in all, this is the best atlas on the market.
28 of 29 people found the following review helpful
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I spent some time looking at a few atlases with the aim of getting a good one. The Times was the best I saw overall and I am very pleased with it. For me the maps in an atlas must not only be accurate and informative, but beautiful to look at too. The maps in the Times are some of the best I have seen in the atlases available on the market at the moment. The Collins shows relief more clearly, but the maps are not as beautiful. The whole look and feel of the book is of very high quality and its size is impressive. You will always get the spine of the book getting in the way by nature of atlas construction, but by having such a large format the maps are uncluttered and lovely to look at. The other information in the front of the atlas is interesting and wide ranging. For my money the Times is the best Atlas in general circulation at the moment and I highly recommend it.
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The Rolls Royce of atlases, I remember being astounded by its size when I first saw one. I always wanted to own one myself and bought this version a few years back. Read more
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Simply the best, clearest atlas you will ever set eyes on. A fantastically made book with beautifully in depth detail.
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of course this atlas gets five stars - it's simply the best atlas there is. detailed index, up-to-date cosmology pages, interesting articles on "mapping the world", fascinating... Read more
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Bestest atlas i have ever come across. Something im sure the great british empire (strongest militay empire in history i might add) could have done with.
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I just received this atlas. I live in the United States and this edition is not published or sold in the North American market. Read more
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