The renowned authority in cartographic information for more than 90 years unveils its most comprehensive and compelling portrait of the world yet. Combining state-of-the-art cartographic technology with dynamic and diverse cultural content, 'National Geographic: Atlas Of The World', 8th edition, is the most accurate and interesting record of the world to date. This series of more than 400 maps and charts begins with three all-new, stunning full-spread world maps: once created by satellite imagery, one highlighting the Earth's physical features, and a political map representing all 192 countries and their largest populated places. What follows are newly designed and researched spreads that organize the world thematic topics into two groups. The physical and natural world section covers core topics, such as evolution of the Earth, climate and weather, oceans and the biosphere and biodiversity. The human activities section explores broad, topical subjects including population, conflict and terrorism, economy, health, and education. An exciting new section devoted to the world's cities - Earth's most influential man-made environments - includes sixty new maps, pictures, and fact boxes that discuss today's burgeoning urban growth. Another new and unique feature is that every major map spread links to its own on-line web page giving readers the ability to print up-to-the-minute pages or even customize their maps. And this is the only atlas on the market with the unique Ehlermann binding, that allows the atlas to open completely flat, so that no information is lost in the gutter. Published with the highest production quality and protected by an elegant, embossed slipcase, this is the most accurate - and most thorough - volume of its kind.