Presents more than four hundred reproducible historical maps spanning the dawn of civilization through the modern era, arranged according to region, covering political, military, and economic topics, with one-third of the collection devoted to American history.
This atlas is packed with maps of early Earth and more than 40 profiles of dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals. Stare down a T-Rex in North America. Watch out for Velociraptors' slashing claws in the Gobi Desert. Trek across the Siberian tundra and discover a woolly mammoth. This stunning book uses breathtaking computer-generated imagery to make every animal come to life. Using specially created maps, this dinosaur atlas also shows you what the world looked like millions of years ago. A modern 3D globe next to each map helps you understand the arrangement of the continents over time and why we find fossils where we do. You can see what paleontologists have dug up on each continent and learn how they put together a picture of the past from a puzzle of ancient clues.
Readers get the chance to travel the globe in this informative guide to Earth's continents. The text was expertly created to help young readers learn key points about maps as well as the continents. Each page is filled with a map labeled with key places noted in the accompanying text. Colorful photographs of landforms and people from around the world are sure to draw in even reluctant readers. A handy chart allows readers to compare the size and populations of each continent.
Introduces the geographical, cultural and economic features of the various countries and regions of the world. Suggested level: primary, intermediate, junior secondary.
Presents a brief history and key facts about each country including its size, geographical features, wildlife, and how its people live, work, and play.
Simple, colorful maps, bold pictures, and accessible text present basic geography, continent by continent, to spark preschoolers' curiosity about the planet we inhabit.
A world atlas including statistical information on planets, continents and islands, mountains, volcanoes and earthquakes, bodies of water, climate, population, and the countries of the world.
