Customer Reviews

Oxford New Concise World Atlas

5 star:		(4)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

I love the Oxford cartography, and this atlas is the best value of any on the market (and I've spent a good deal of time comparative shopping--I'm a geography teacher.)

This has got to be the best atlas I have ever found in its price range. I gave it a 4 because there are better ones out there for more money, but for this price it is really very excellent. An must for a Geography lovers library.

The maps are great, they are big enough, and have enough details. At the same time, this atlas is slightly oversized, but this isn't the big problem. The big problem is that the names of the cities on the maps are not in English, they are in each country's native language. So when I tried to find Florence, Italy, I couldn't find it on the map because it was named with its Italian name which is Firenze. I had to look for Florence on the index and find its Italian name then go back to the map to find it. And this all doesn't make it easy to use.
Half star off because of its size, one and a half because of the names. Overall it is not so easy to use.

I am very pleased with the Atlas, it is easy to use and very accurate. The size is perfect, magnifing glasses are not needed. I have had some trouble however identifiying & finding rivers & topographical features, perhaps they should be indexed also.

Colorfully done--full of interesting information relevant to the "world" and even unto the cosmos, the edge of the "world." The maps are exquisite works of art, and like diptychs, overlap and connect one piece of the "world" to another leaving the reader with a sense that it truly is one "world." Well-priced, and well-done, and well-worth it.

VERY USEFUL, TALK TO SEVERAL PEOPLE FROM OTHER COUNTRIES, CAAN SEE AREA THEY LIVE IN.

In my opinion, too many of the maps get cut off from the spine of the book, and get cut off in bad places. Also, about 1/3 of it is just reference of place names.

A great book. Able to find even those small towns in my genealogy research.

I bought this for my college-age daughter, who was frustrated when hearing or reading news items that she didn't know for sure where some countries or cities were, and that she just didn't know more about the world. I got her this atlas for her birthday, and she is delighted. She says she had no idea an atlas would have such a wealth of information in it, and not just maps. It was a great choice for her.