Description
From tiny San Marino or sophisticated Monaco to the vast plains of the USSR and prairies of the United States of America, every independent nation in the world and their dependencies are described in this pictorial Atlas. Now oceans are no barrier to travel; and increasingly inexpensive air-fares mean that soon few parts of the world are unexplored by eager young people. It is almost as common now for a child to fly the Atlantic as it used to be for a child to play in his local park.
With this thirst for adventure comes the need to know more about the countries before they are reached. Their climate, chief resources, vegetation, physical features and animal life must be known. This book tells it.
Because the politics of the nations matter, and some background at least to their history - why the nations are as they are-both also must be given. The separate articles for each nation outline all these things.
The book is divided up by Continent and alphabetically, for ease of reference. Each Con- tinent section, from Africa to Europe, begins with a lengthy article, where all the strands are gathered together - showing how the coun- tries inter-relate.
Statistics too, are not neglected, and the longest river, highest mountains, largest lakes and largest towns are listed.
Most countries have individual, fully up-to- date maps, and each Continent has a large map of its own, and, where it has been considered necessary, individual regions also are shown - the Caribbean, West Africa, Indonesia for example.
