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Hammond Ambassador World Atlas

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This atlas is remarkably well designed. For me, being able to very quickly find the country you want is the most important feature of an atlas, and unlike most other atlases I have seen, this atlas lets you easily and immediately find the country you want as soon as you open the front cover. This feature alone is worth a lot, but there are other great features here. The use of colour and well defined borders in the political maps (let's face it, most of use these maps more often than we use physical relief maps) make this atlas the easiest the use. You see exactly the country you want, because it is prominent on the page, and you are not hindered by poorly defined borders. The main physical features etc. are shown on smaller maps to great effect on the same few pages as the political map. Flags are shown for the region, and there is an index of places on these same pages. No need to leave your country section to go to the boring index at the back. All in all, the Ambassador World Atlas by Hammond is great for the family, and I love it! Even my Father uses it!

This atlas is remarkably well designed. For me, being able to very quickly find the country you want is the most important feature of an atlas, and unlike most other atlases I have seen, this atlas lets you easily and immediately find the country you want as soon as you open the front cover. This feature alone is worth a lot, but there are other great features here. The use of colour and well defined borders in the political maps (let's face it, most of us use these maps more often than we use physical relief maps) make this atlas the easiest the use. You see exactly the country you want, because it is prominent on the page, and you are not hindered by poorly defined borders. The main physical features and country data are shown on smaller maps to great effect on the same few pages as the political map. Flags are shown for the region, and there is an index of places on these same pages. No need to leave your country section to go to the boring index at the back. All in all, the Ambassador World Atlas by Hammond is great for the family, and I love it! Even my Father uses it!