The Intrepid Traveller » Visual World http://theintrepidtraveller.com Tue, 08 Mar 2011 19:14:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 National Geographic Visual Atlas of the World (Hardcover) http://theintrepidtraveller.com/national-geographic-visual-atlas-of-the-world-hardcover.html http://theintrepidtraveller.com/national-geographic-visual-atlas-of-the-world-hardcover.html#comments Sat, 24 Oct 2009 07:01:27 +0000 http://theintrepidtraveller.com/?p=14 National Geographic Visual Atlas of the World

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*Starred Review* A major publisher of geographic sources has produced an atlas with a twist. It has the usual atlas features but emphasizes the more than 850 UNESCO World Heritage Sites. In 1987 National Geographic published Our World’s Heritage, describing the sites at that time. They now celebrate in more detail “the great cultural, natural and human diversity of the planet.” In appearance, the atlas is reminiscent of DK atlases. Double-page spreads of regi (more…)

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