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| Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World, Eleventh Edition (Times Atlas of the World Comprehensive Edition) | 
 enlarge | Author: Harpercollins Uk
Publisher: HarperResource
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Media: Hardcover
Edition: 11
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Pages: 544
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Dimensions (inch): 18.5 x 13.2 x 2
ISBN: 0007157207
Dewey Decimal Number: 912
EAN: 9780007157204
Publication Date: August 1, 2005
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 Others do not compare November 21, 2008
I have read the other criticisms and they are valid. But when you compare this atlas to the competition, it has to receive 5 stars or the many of the others would not receive any stars. I used Goodes Atlas for years and hated every minute of it. It is so poorly done. The main problem you will have with this atlas is being able to pick it up. It is that large and that heavy.
There are 125 plates. There is a graphical index (world map) to the map plates inside the front cover so with one quick glance at the index you can find the plate you are looking for. It even tells you the scale of the maps on the index. Most of the maps are at a reasonable scale, but unfortunately not all. For example Alaska is at 1:12,500,000 appended on to northern Canada and Greenland. Another criticism is that some of the feature names are very difficult to read, some rivers especially. They are printed in italics. The index indexes towns and also most geographical features. It does not index national parks though. The index is almost half the book.
 Great and the best ... but not complete ! July 15, 2008
2 out of 2 found this comment useful.
This is beautiful atlas !
This is the more complete !
But compare from the others , this is less accurate for several regions :
- no map for Alaska
- many maps of small islands are ridiculous ( comparing others atlases )( carribean, mediterranean, and pacific islands have a scale too low )
- maps for India are "too smalls"
- Balkan's region isn't enough accurate
- this is the same thing for the scale of Madagascar
You can appreciate :
- scale of maps of Africa
- scale of maps of Europe
- scale of maps of South America
- scale of maps of Russia
- scale of maps of Australia
- scale of maps of China and Central Asia
A gr8 atlas, such a shame I haven't got it January 27, 2008
1 out of 6 found this comment useful.
I believe sending me a request to review this GR8 Atlas (I have had one before), is Amazon's staff way of being sarcastic. The Atlas has still not been delivered after one month and a request for a replacement has resulted in a credit for only half the amount paid, due to somebodies inability to identify that I had been charged US$174 (88 British Pounds, which is the currency of my card) and that the amount credited should also be the equivalent of $174 NOT US$88. Sorry to put this up against the best Atlas on the market, but perhaps sometime in the future Amazon will realise their mistake over this comedy of errors.
Judgment suspended April 22, 2007
13 out of 14 found this comment useful.
I wanted to update my 25-year-old Rand McNally International Atlas, and based on various reviews, it seemed that the Times Comprehensive 11th ed was the top of the line, so I purchased it. Imagine my disappointment when the first thing I looked up in it was missing. A friend had taken a recent trip to see the temples at Bagan, Myanmar, which is that country's number one tourist destination. However, none of the 7 plates in the Times Comprehensive 11th ed that depicted the central Myanmar region where Bagan is located actually showed that important site. By contrast, my old Rand McNally atlas has only one plate depicting Myanmar, but Bagan is on it. Based on this initial disappointment,and given its high price, I would need to gain a lot more positive experience with the Times Comprehensive 11th ed before I would recommend it unreservedly to others.
Disappointing but still the Best March 18, 2007
18 out of 20 found this comment useful.
I bought this edition to replace our family copy of the 5th edition, which dated from the 80s, and preceded the collapse of the Soviet Union, the new boundaries of Eastern Europe, etc. and so was due for replacement. In terms of quality of the maps, and the detail of the information they convey, this edition is inferior to its predecessor. However, considered in isolation, without reference to its superior predecessors, this Atlas is a wonderful work of art and reference.
I get the sense that there was an effort to produce the work to a 'price point' and I wish the publishers had aimed a little higher, since if I only buy one of these things every 20 years or so, I can afford to pay up. Like an encylcopedia, since the explosion of the internet an atlas is an odd form of reference work. It is bought out of very mixed motives. I suspect the genre will be re-engineered one of these days, and volumes like this one will seem as antiquidated as an oil painting.
I could have met my basic needs with something cheaper, but wanted something better. I am not a map junkie the way some of the reviewers of this volume, and I would defer completely to their superior knowledge (or, at least, passion). But compromise in luxury goods is a dicey proposition, and that's what this is.
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