The Children's World Atlas [Hardcover] Norman S. Barrett, Elisabeth Sackett, Hannah Kate Jones

This volume is illustrated throughout with dramatic satellite images, state-of-the-art digital maps, flags, photographs & eye catching artwork. Each country shows fact files with population, land areas, capital cities, languages spoken, dates of independence & currencies. Every continent or region is preceded by an introductory spread of the countries featured in that section, setting the stage for the detailed information that follows. The full-color photographs have been carefully selected to illuminate the unique geography and culture of a region.