Product Description

This is a fully revised new edition of this major world atlas in the leading 'Times' range. Whether planning a vacation, keeping in touch with world news, solving quizzes and crosswords or just exploring the world, this atlas has all the information you need. A completely updated edition of this major atlas in the prestigious 'Times' range making it a valuable addition to any reference collection. 260 pages of mapping provide an amazingly detailed view of the world, and the illustrated thematic content covers the most important geographical issues of the day. The reference mapping, produced in the beautifully clear and distinctive 'Times' style, has been completely revised with thousands of changes reflecting recent geopolitical and geographical changes around the world. Updated plans of 32 of the world's great cities are included on the reference maps of the country in which they are located for easy reference. All thematic and statistical information in the introductory section has been reviewed and updated, with new information reflecting current geographical and global issues. The section includes detailed information on such topics as world population, cities, climate, the environment and telecommunications as well as updated details of all the world's countries. The comprehensive index illustrates the scope of this atlas. It contains over 130,000 place names which are fully cross-referenced with alternative and former names.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #119122 in Books
• Published on: 2006-10-02
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 416 pages

Customer Reviews

Times atlas of the World - but which to buy?
There is a whole host of books called "Times atlas of the world", and I was terminally confused. Until I did a bit of homework, and came up with the following: (all prices quoted from Amazon, August 2008)

The biggest is called COMPREHENSIVE, costs £75 , is 47x32 cm, has 125 map plates (not pages, as most spread over 2 pages) and a 217-page index.

The next is the CONCISE, costs £37, is 37x27 cm, has 105 plates on 198 map pages, and a 140-page index to 130,000 names. And 32 city maps, which is something the biggest lacks!

The next is the UNIVERSAL, costs £ 33, is 32x27 cm, has 170 pages of maps (not plates - probably 90 plates), an index to 50,000 names, and 32 city maps.

The next is the REFERENCE, costs £19, has 104 pages of maps (not plates - probably 60 plates), an index to 45,000 names, and 46 city maps.

The next is DESKTOP, costs £ 11, 25x19 cm;
then the COMPACT, costs £ 7, 21x15 cm;
then the MINI, costs £ 5, 15x11 cm.

Are those names logical, or what? I don't think so - but I hope this little guide helps. I got myself the CONCISE (that is, number two) and am well-pleased. Beautiful clear mapping, and it just fits into the bookcase; the largest one is very beautiful, but will have to live permanently on some large, weight-bearing surface!

Review of the Times Atlas of the World Concise Edition
For those who cannot afford the money or the space for the Times Atlas of the World Comprehensive Edition, then the Concise Edition is the next Times Atlas down in order of size and price. At this price and size, it will compete with the Philip's Atlas of the World. Unlike the Philips which uses many of the same maps in its different atlases, Times have a completely different set of maps from their larger work.

Europe is well mapped in the Times Concise, but much of the rest of the world is poor. For example, whereas Europe has 5.7 square metres, Asia only has only 2.44 square metres. By comparison, the Times Comprehensive has 8.74 square metres of mapping for Europe and 6.72 square metres for Asia.

A good atlas to complement the Times Concise Atlas would be the AA World Atlas (see seperate review). As this atlas maps the whole world at the same scale, it devotes only 1.79 square metres to Europe, but 4.86 square metres to Asia.

There is one area where the Concise Atlas is better than the Comprehensive, and that is in the inclusion of a good range of town plans.

Andrew Taylor

Worsley, Manchester

Brilliant
This Atlas is truly fantastic. It contains very detailed maps, all of the pages are up to date, detailed stats including future climate in the (2080s) and the population graphs are all up to date. It also includes detailed maps of cities and a very, very detailed index. For me It's all I ever wanted.