Pages: 1216
Publisher: Facts on File, Inc. (September 1, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0816057869
ISBN-13: 978-0816057863
Encyclopedia of World Geography is an authoritative three-volume set profiling everything from the Fulda Gap to the Hudson River. Approximately 750 entries describe pioneers in geography and mapmaking; regions, boundaries, and places; and tools and terminology of geography and cartography. This accessible resource includes appendixes, such as world rankings and a complete world atlas, and almost 200 maps and photographs. Some 100 scholars and experts in the field contributed entries to the text, and a senior academic served as editor. An invaluable reference, Encyclopedia of World Geography is a complete and comprehensive guide to the history and practice of geography and cartography.