World Political Reference Atlas

Product Description

There are Approx. 200 countries in the world but some of them usually are not shown on the maps due to uncertain political status. The World Reference Atlas provides information about all countries irrespective of their status as well as about 600 dependencies & autonomies which are generally based on ethnic, religious or other grounds, & it is here where it places itself above most other world atlases out there. This is the first world atlas covering all autonomous regions of the world. A reference chapter

Includes:: the most important information about 800 territories of the world – countries, self-proclaimed countries, dependencies, autonomies, overseas & territories with other special status. Reference chapter is illustrated with flags, many of them published for the first time. The atlas ends with index which contains more than 57 000 geographical names. The basic part of the atlas consists of regional political maps with highlighted administrative subdivisions & saturate with the latest information. Territories with broad autonomy are depicted in different colourings. To describe diversity of different countries better, the atlas

Includes:: thematic maps of continents & the world: physical, political, historical, population distribution, religion, ethnic & language maps (also map of official languages), map of writing systems, globalisation map & map of political organisations.