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Subject: Re: Small Format World Atlas
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 15:02:23 -0600
From: Kimberly C. Kowal <[log in to unmask]>


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Katherine,
I recently made a project of looking at the 2003 "smaller" (concise,
desktop, essential, compact, quick, etc.) world atlases out there, and
found there were many, including:

DK compact world atlas (Dorling Kindersley Pub, 2003) will suit your
photocopying needs- it's approximately 11 x 8.5", lightweight (192 pgs
total, softcover), and each page has a location map and legend (ideal for
copies) - disadvantages are (as you may guess): it has only 60 maps and 20k
gazetteer entries.
DK essential, 2003, is very small at 8.5 x 5, and also has 60 maps and 20k
entries, in 256 total pages.

The DK Concise atlas of the world (2nd ed., 2003) may be a bit larger and
heavier than you may have in mind.  It has the most pages of maps (197 of
350 pgs. total) and a sizable gazetteer (75k entries), and is ~13.5 x
10.25.

Oxford new concise, 2003, is about the same size.  It is second to above in
gazetteer entries (55k entries) and maps (128), and has 22 nice articles
with graphics.

Oxford essential(3rd ed 2002) is copier-friendly (~11 x 9 softcover), but
2002.  It has 96 pgs of maps and 35k entries (176 pgs total).  A bonus (to
my mind) is that the gazetteer has the lat-longs listed - unlike the others.

Hammond world atlas (4th ed. 2003) is 14.5 x 11, has 181 pgs of maps and
110k placename entries.  Its section of 48 pages of satellite imagery make
it stand out.

Nat'l Geographic concise atlas of the world, 2003 is another larger one
(13.5x10).  I'm not sure of the number of index entries or maps (127 pages
total).  I also know that American Map Co. has a 2003 atlas, and The World
Almanac has a 2004 atlas (15 x 11.5").

I hope this helps and is not too confusing - there was certainly much more
out there than I would have guessed!

Kimberly C. Kowal                                       612 624 5757
John R. Borchert Map Library                    [log in to unmask]
University of Minnesota Libraries
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At 02:47 PM 1/22/04 -0500, you wrote:
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>Subject: Small Format World Atlas
>Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 10:13:22 -0800 (PST)
>From: Katherine Rankin <[log in to unmask]>
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>Does anyone know of a recently-published small format world atlas?  We
>would like something that patrons could hold and photocopy easily.  We
>know about the Essential World Atlas published by Oxford University Press,
>but their most rececnt edition is c2001, and we would like something more
>up-to-date.
>  Katherine Rankin
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