"Encyclopaedia Britannica" is proud to bring you a comprehensive atlas of our planet - the "Encyclopaedia Britannica World Atlas" - complete with the full benefit of satellite imaging, laser measurement, and other modern and accurate mapping techniques. This 392-page atlas, with an extensive, analytic 26-page introductory section, The World Today, contains 218 pages of maps, including 14 pages of satellite photographs, and provides a comprehensive picture of our 21st-century world with clarity, detail, and precision. The maps are organised by region: Europe, Africa, North America, South America, Asia, Oceania, and Oceans and Poles. Each section begins with a beautiful double-page satellite image of the continent followed by comprehensive and up-to-date physical and political maps of its countries. The extensive index has over 130,000 place-names from the reference maps. Cross-referencing to alternative and former names is also possible, and many of these names appear...