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An electronically produced atlas introduces the Bartholomew System of digital production, offering readers vibrant maps and clearer typefaces and new sections on city plans, star charts, and geographical comparison charts. 12,500 first printing.
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Quite simply the best (and one of the biggest 10.5x14.5"), cited in BCL3, Sheehy , and see particularly General Reference Books for Adults in the Bowker Buying Guide Series. This edition, actually the seventh Concise, presents the first completely new set of maps since the first Concise Edition was published in 1972. Other new features include 32 more map pages, clearer international boundaries, redesigned internal boundaries, modern typefaces, type keyed to reflect population, improved color scheme, vastly increased coverage of Africa and South America, 16 more world data pages, a new section of world city maps, and a handsome slipcase. It merits a warning label: This atlas is addictive. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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