The Bottom Line
This is an affordable atlas that provides good coverage of the world along with amazing satellite photos and a significant amount of text about geographical topics for everyone.
Pros
- Stunning Satellite Photos
- Thematic Material
- DK-Style Illustrations
Cons
- Maps Similar to What You've Seen Before
- Coverage is Adequate
- City Limits in Red is Distracting
Description
- 64 pages of thematic material covers a plethora of aspects of physical and cultural geography.
- 48 pages of satellite photos reveal key physical features of the earth in brilliant color.
- The atlas measures 11 inches by 14.25 inches.
- This fourth edition atlas includes 110,000 place names in its gazetteer.
- 113 plates cover the world in adequate detail.
- The map plates are very nice phyical maps with great use of color.
- DIstracting bright red is used to show city limits versus the urban area.
Guide Review - Review of Hammond World Atlas - Fourth Edition
The latest edition of Hammond's flagship atlas is a worthwhile option as an atlas for a family that enjoys learning about the world. Most impressive are the 64 pages of thematic information about so many aspects of physical and cultural geography with stunning color, DK-style illustrations. The thematic section includes short "chapters" on the history of time zones, climate, hazards, world population, and much more.
The next best features is the 48 pages of stunning satellite photos of such features at the Nile, the Bosporus, Arctic, Hurricane Andrew, and the impact of humans on the earth.
The map plates provide good coverage of the populated earth and the gazetteer is quite thorough with over one hundred thousand place names.
