Specialty & Regional Atlases

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	Atlas of Exploration  •   Oxford University Press REFERENCE •  2008 •  HARD COVER The Atlas of Exploration, now in an updated Second Edition, is a splendidly illustrated and authoritative history of these bold adventures. With a vivid and informative text, supported by nearly 100 specially drawn maps and 300 photographs and illustrations, it traces these journeys of discovery from the earliest recorded trips, ranging from the time of the Phoenicians' voyages in the North Atlantic through the launch of the first Pluto explorer. We follow Cortes in Mexico, La Salle on the Mississippi, Darwin in the Galapagos Islands, James Cook in the Antarctic, and many others. In each section, graphic relief maps highlight the main routes of exploration, while photographs, paintings and engravings brilliantly capture the variety of terrain through which these courageous men and women passed. Also included are maps from different historical periods which reveal cartographers' growing knowledge of the shape of the world's continents and oceans. The final section of the atlas, thoroughly updated and expanded, covers many of the discoveries of the last decade. The Second Edition also contains new biographical details on many great explorers, geographers, and cartographers, plus a revised time chart which summarizes the history of exploration over 5000 years (EXP63, $50.00)
	The Encyclopedia of Earth, A Complete Visual Guide  •  Michael Allaby REFERENCE •  2008 •  HARD COVER  • 608 PAGES This impressive tome will reward all readers, with 1,700 exquisite pictures, a variety of maps, charts and easy-to-read summaries as well as more in-depth articles on cosmology, natural history, volcanology, etc. by a team of experts. (GEO54, $39.95)
	Atlas of the World's Religions  •  Frederick Denny  •  Ninian Smart RELIGION •  2007 •  HARD COVER  • 272 PAGES Three hundred illuminating color maps show the growth of religious thought and influence across the globe in this illustrated, authoritative geography of faith. With hundreds of photographs, extensive text and chapters on the Hindu world, Buddhism, Pacific and East Asian traditions, the Ancient Near and Middle East, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Africa, and indigenous religions, it is an outstanding visual reference for intellectually curious travelers. (WLD123, $110.00)
	What the World Eats  •  Peter Menzel CULTURAL PORTRAIT •  2008 •  HARD COVER  • 160 PAGES • FAMILY D'alluisio and Menzel, authors of the poignant Material World, chronicle diverse families in this portrait of global nutrition. The 25 featured clans, each strikingly photographed surrounded by a week's worth of food, range from hunters in Chad to subsistence farmers in Ecuador to abundantly well-fed Americans. This engrossing read raises the issue of world food supply. Includes recipes. (GEN478, $22.99)
	One Thousand Languages, Living, Endangered, and Lost  •  Peter Austin REFERENCE •  2008 •  HARD COVER  • 288 PAGES A beautifully illustrated survey of the world's thousands of languages, where they are spoken and how they are interrelated. This visually appealing and thoroughly fascinating book also addresses extinct languages from all over the globe. It's a marvelous introduction to the diversity, evolution and history of languages. (WLD146, $29.95)
	The World Atlas of Wine  •  Hugh Johnson  •  Jancis Robinson FOOD •  2007 •  HARD COVER  • 352 PAGES An invaluable, illustrated guide and atlas, covering wine-producing regions around the world. This revised fifth edition takes in new grapes, new wines and new wine-producing regions. Although France is given emphasis, California, Spain, Italy, South America, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and other regions are also well covered. With hundreds of color photographs, illustrations and excellent full color maps (which vary in scale according to region). (GEN244, $50.00)
	The World Factbook  •   Central Intelligence Agency REFERENCE •  2009 •  PAPER  • 864 PAGES An essential, frequently revised source of information and statistical data on 250 countries and territories around the world as compiled by researchers at the CIA. With 269 maps. You can find it online at http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook. (TVL26, $14.95)
	The Map Book  •  Peter Barber REFERENCE •  2006 •  HARD COVER  • 360 PAGES A history of maps and mapping as told through 175 spectacular examples spanning ten centuries, from prehistoric rock art to the London Underground. With accompanying essays and 175 color plates. Barber, Head of Map Collections at the British Library, organizes the book chronologically, showing the development of cartography from Bronze Age scribbles through the latest satellite imagery. (MAP19, $47.50)
	Ocean, An Illustrated Atlas  •  Sylvia Earle REFERENCE •  2008 •  HARD COVER  • 320 PAGES Pioneering oceanographer and conservationist Sylvia Earle contributed to this dazzling visual resource by National Geographic, featuring spectacular maps of sea floor bathymetry, 200 color photographs, satellite images and diagrams, along with timely commentary on exploration and new exploration technologies, global warming and conservation. (OCE133, $65.00)

	Hammond 100 Great Journeys  •  Ke Lye   • REFERENCE • YOUNG ADULTS  •  Follow in the footsteps of famous travelers in history, literature and mythology with this terrific compendium of full color annotated maps. (TVL480, $24.99)
	Ski Atlas of the World  •  Arnie Wilson   • GUIDEBOOK  •  In 1994 the author of this lavish compendium, skied every day for a year, visiting 240 resorts in 13 countries and entering the Guinness Book of World Records. Here Arnie Wilson focuses on 80 of the best places to ski, mostly in Europe, the United States and Canada, including such famous resorts as Val d'Isere, Zermatt, Aspen, and Whistler. Each gets a double-page map, photographs and facts. (WLD153, $50.00)
	The Atlas of Climate Change, Mapping the World's Greatest Challenge  •  Thomas E. Downing  •  Kirstin Dow   • REFERENCE  •  Fifty innovative color maps illuminate current changes in climate, weather, temperature, environmental funding, emissions and a host of related facts as compiled by geographers Kirstin Dow and Thomas Downing. (REF16, $21.95)
	The State of the World Atlas  •  Dan Smith   • REFERENCE  •  A new edition of this absorbing atlas, which presents major economic, political and evironmental trends in bold, graphic maps. The book features dozens of colorful maps of the world, devoted to topics including human population, distribution of forests and wetlands, per capita energy consumption, species loss, and use of pesticides. (GEN87, $22.00)
	The Illustrated Longitude  •  Dava Sobel  •  William J.H. Andrewes   • HISTORY  •  A special edition of Sobel's classic book on the age-old problem of determining longitude. (HSC02, $28.00)
	The World's Protected Areas: Status, Values, and Prospects in the Twenty-first Century  •  Stuart Chape   • SCIENCE  •  A comprehensive overview of the world's 60,000 parks, nature reserves and other protected areas, illustrated with maps, photographs and graphcis. (CON34, $54.95)
	World Atlas of Coral Reefs  •  Edmund P. Green  •  Corinna Ravilious  •  Mark D. Spalding   • SCIENCE  •  With 84 full-page color maps, charts and 200 color photographs of corals and reef fishes, this beautiful atlas is an authoritative survey of coral reef habitats, their distribution and abundance, health and diversity. (OCE60, $65.00)

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