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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 912 EAN: 9780528853395 Edition: 21 ISBN: 0528853392 Label: Rand McNally & Company Manufacturer: Rand McNally & Company Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 371 Publication Date: June 30, 2006 Publisher: Rand McNally & Company Studio: Rand McNally & Company Editorial Review: Product Description: The trusted and comprehensive Goode's World Atlas has been the standard in educational atlases for more than 75 years. The latest edition features fully updated content, with nearly 250 pages of maps. Features include: political maps of the continents, the U.S. and Canada; thematic maps that cover environments, world wildlife distribution, forests and many other subjects; 30,000 entry pronunciation guide and 109 page index. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - ShippingThis is an update to my first review, which reflected my unhappiness with the vendor regarding the length of time in shipping the textbook purchased. Subsequent to the first review, the vendor contacted me and credited the entire amount of the purchase with an apology. While a credit of the shipping charge which was unsolocited would have sufficed, I wanted to make potential buyers aware that this particular vendor went out of his way to address the matter and he would be someone I would use again ... Read More Rating:  - Amazing PurchaseI purchased this book off Amazon due to its expensive price elsewhere. Amazon offered it for half the price and brand new at that. It was delivered befoe my next class and looked amazing. Trust me this is one great purchase so don't stutter to try it for yourself. Rating: - You're going to love this atlasTaking a Geography/Anthropology class? Looking for an atlas that 1) won't break the bank, 2) is small and portable enough that its convenient, 3) is easily navigable and well organized, and 4)is comprehensive with very detailed and up to date maps? Then this is it. Covering every region of every continent, including global and regional thematic maps (ex. mineral production, trade of natural resources, etc.), this atlas really offers a lot to its readers (so much so that one of my geography teachers ... Read More Rating: - An essential acquisition for college and public librariesRand McNally is a premiere publishers of useful resources providing reliable maps and atlases of information, instruction and general interest for the traveler. "Goode's World Atlas: 21st Edition" under the expert editorship of Howard Veregin is an visually pleasing and easy to follow world atlas. Featured in this new edition are world, continental and regional population density maps that have been recreated using LandScan, a digital population database, several new world thematic maps including HIV Infection, ... Read More Rating:  - Is Goodes Good?Goode's atlas is lacking in cohesiveness. The maps often are bound so far into the page it is difficult to find a map item that is close to the inside edge of the page. A map of a country often does not have the same detail for a bordering country on the same page (example: I would expect to see the area surrounding Basel, SW on the maps of Germany or France). I would also have liked to see a single map devoted to an single country for most countries (a map of Spain and Portugal is common, but a map of Italy ... Read More |
