- highly cartographic with large, up-to-date relief maps - superb illustrations and stimulating photographs - divided into fifteen regions each featuring people and places, nature, farming, and industry - extensive datafiles on population and statistics - fascinating key facts - presented in an accessible way - a comprehensive gazetteer and index helps readers find their way around the world Organized on a spread-by-spread basis, fifteen major regions are each covered by three main themes: people and places, nature, and farming and industry. Each section includes: - special selected photographs showing regional life - a grid of letters, numbers and blue and white border cross-references with the gazetteer - prominent headings - national flags - detailed maps - locator globes - compass point - data files
