AA Atlas of the world.

By: Automobile Association Developments Limited [author.].

Contributor(s): Hema Maps (Firm).

Material type: materialTypeLabel

MapPublisher: Basingstoke, UK : Automobile Association Developments Ltd., 2007Edition: 1st edition.Description: 1 atlas (192 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 32 cm.ISBN: 9780749553067 (hardback with slipcase); 0749553065 (hardback with slipcase); 9780749550950 (hardback); 07495550953 (hardback).Other title: Atlas of the world.Subject(s): Atlases, British

DDC classification: 912

Contents:

Europe -- Asia -- Africa -- Oceania -- North America -- South America.

List(s) this item appears in: Dr. Raymond Fielding Collection

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Lending	MTU National Maritime College of Ireland Library Lending	912 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		00163814

Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Covering the planet from pole to pole, this fully accurate and accessible atlas contains both political and physical maps for every continent. An educational reference section with each country's flag as well as useful facts and statistics is provided for accurate, accessible, and attractive coverage of the whole world. An informative introductory section covering a wide range of topics--from the solar system to the history of mankind to plate tectonics--and a full index complete this informative resource.

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"Copyright Ã Hema Maps Pty Ltd."--T.p. verso.

Includes indexes.

Europe -- Asia -- Africa -- Oceania -- North America -- South America.

Reviews provided by Syndetics

Library Journal Review

The Automobile Association (AA) in the UK produced this moderately sized atlas. Its illustrated introduction includes the essays "Our Star and Our Neighbors" (predating Pluto's demotion to "dwarf planet" status), "The Earth and the Moon," "A World in Motion," "Shaping the World," "Contrasting Conditions," "Peopling the Globe," and "The Population Explosion." It also features an alphabetically arranged "Country Facts & Flags" section, providing for UN member states, Taiwan, and Vatican City basic information (official flag, capital, area, population, currency, main religion, main languages, international dialing code, and map page). The atlas proper contains 103 pages of full-color, computer-generated political and topographical maps of the world, continents, and regions (by Hema Maps, Brisbane, Australia), which reflect the most recent geopolitical changes as of 2007. The detail of coverage varies by continent: There are 12 regional maps for Europe and Asia, seven for North America, five for Africa, and two for Oceania and South America. The terrain modeling is detailed and dramatic. BOTTOM LINE The AA atlas is similar in size, format, and currency with the somewhat larger Oxford New Concise World Atlas (2006; 2d. ed.). The maps and texts in both works reflect the separation of Montenegro from Serbia. However, Oxford's atlas includes the demarcation of de facto states such as Nagorno-Karabakh and Somaliland, as well as preindependence Kosovo as a province of Serbia. Unfortunately, the flags for Iraq and Lesotho have changed since the publication of the AA atlas. [Available in print only; this same edition without updates will be distributed in the United States by Independent Publishers Group in November 2008.]--Edward K. Werner, St. Lucie Cty. Lib. Syst., Fort Pierce, FL (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.