Pages: 448

Publisher: National Geographic

Published: 2014

Edition: 10th

With a magnificent collection of world, continental, and regional maps that represent up-to-the-minute political and physical geography, this Tenth Edition showcases Earth in stunning detail. Throughout the Tenth Edition, state-of-the-art cartographic technologies deliver accuracy and exceptional quality. Innovative and engaging design makes the wide-ranging content easily accessible and user friendly. Topical world themes address the most compelling issues of today.

Discover: 

• The most stunning, current and comprehensive atlas of the world available, with tens of thousands of updates and an index of more than 150,000 place names providing readers with incredible detail and ease of navigation.
• Dozens of meticulously compiled world, continental, and regional political and physical maps fully covering every populated and remote area of the globe.
• A rich series of 20 topical world thematic spreads, addressing - and connecting - pressing global concerns such as urbanization, biodiversity, and interconnectivity as well as population, human rights, health, cultures, climate, technology, and much more.
• New maps and more pages than any previous National Geographic atlas, including the intricate geography of the Mediterranean Sea and the turbulent areas of northern Africa and the Middle East, as well as brand-new coverage of the British Isles, southern Africa and Australia.
• Unique coverage of all corners of the world and beyond, revealing new information from Mars, the moon, and the northern and southern night skies.
• Dramatic and specialized sections dedicated to the Poles, oceans, geographic superlatives and a captivating review of country flags and facts.