Hammond Historical World Atlas [Paperback]

Hammond World Atlas Corporation (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 2000 | ISBN-10: 0843713917 | ISBN-13: 978-0843713916 | Edition: Rev Exp

This newly revised edition takes a comprehensive look at the most significant periods and major events in civilization's history. Through the 118 full-color maps (arranged chronologically) and the 8-page time chart with a graphic history of mankind, students can better understand the events and cultural forces that shaped world history. It also includes detailed graphs of infant mortality rates, population, world food supplies, and gross national product to expand their knowledge. This latest edition was expanded to include 16 additional pages with an emphasis on Asian and African history.

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About the Author

Since 2000. Hammond, American Map, Langenscheidt Dictionaries, Insight travel Guides, Delorme - the famous names in the Langenscheidt family. These represent the most authoritative, up-to-date, and extensive travel and reference products available. In January 2003, the renowned Berlitz Publishing became part of the Langenscheidt Group. The Langenscheidt Publishing Group, the premier group of map and travel companies, offers over 4,000 North American and international street maps, road maps, atlases. language-learning, bilingual dictionaries, and travel-related products covering countries, cities, and languages in every continent.

Product Details

• Paperback: 72 pages
• Publisher: Hammond World Atlas Corporation; Rev Exp edition (September 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0843713917
• ISBN-13: 978-0843713916
• Product Dimensions: 12.3 x 9.3 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #378,028 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #16 in Books > Education & Reference > Atlases & Maps > Historical

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT resource!, March 27, 2007

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This review is from: Hammond Historical World Atlas (Paperback)

The Hammond Historical World Atlas is quite a bargain! It was just revised in 2007. I purchased one as a household reference/homework help, one for a friend who is a serious history buff (he can't put it down!), and one for my son's 4th-6th grade class. Everyone is very impressed with it. One of the big pluses of this atlas over other ones is that it includes a historical timeline of civilization around the world. You can trace what countries formed from others and the relative power of each at a given point in time. The atlas covers the spread of languages, religions, and trade at different periods as well as the historical maps. You can't go wrong with this atlas.

32 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An Atlas that's an Atlas, May 8, 2003

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"alien_blancmange" (Lexington, MA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hammond Historical World Atlas (Paperback)

Thank goodness I can still buy an atlas that is really an atlas. I read a lot of history, and having reached that stage in life where most of the books I enjoy are not profusely illustrated, I have been searching for a good historical atlas. I've bought several now, covering different periods and regions, but most have been a dissapointment (the lone exception being the Penguin Atlas of Medieval History). Instead of an atlas, i.e., a collection of maps, what I got was an illustrated history book. Unfortunately, to make room for the text, graphs, etc., they left out most of the maps. The maps that were included often ignored political boundaries, or tried to encapsulate 100 years of change on a single, low-detail map with a few arrows and dots drawn on. While I understand that history is much more than political and national boundaries, those are the aspects of history that change most rapidly, thus requiring more maps to follow. I remember the old Hammond Historical Atlas from my childhood, as the perfect companion for most books of post-Renaissance European history (and not bad for earlier periods, though usually weak outside Europe). I just hope it hasn't changed too much.

31 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Bargain priced, but no text. Very basic., December 7, 2000

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Quickhappy "quickhappy" (Big city, big country) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hammond Historical World Atlas (Paperback)

First of all: this book is a bargain. At under ten bucks, you can get maps of world history to refer to. However, there are a few problems: (1) The book offers no text to explain history. So you really need to know the history yourself or have companion books to help; (2) the book emphasizes European state history, and shortchanges other nations, cultural changes, religious movements, migrations, slavery, technologies, etc. This is mostly a book of maps showing the changing territories of nations. //// I was hoping to assign this book to my college Geography students, but will not, nor do I have much use for it myself. I much prefer the other Hammond world historical atlas, even at the higher cost. Most of the new, larger world historical atlasses are superior, becuase they show that history is so much more than states. In sum, this book is a disappointment, useful to a very limited audience.