Maps, photographs, illustrations, and text present information about the regions and states of the United States.

"In this full-color atlas, a respected scholar, educator, and guide in Israel introduces the geographical settings of the Bible and explains how each place participates in the biblical story"-- Provided by publisher .

"If you want to know where you are or where you are going, you can look at a map. Throughout American history, our nation's leaders and citizens were able to use maps for direction and learning. Sometimes these maps were not very accurate, and we can learn about how Americans viewed their world just by looking at the maps they had available. What would our nation look like without the 11 Confederate states? How can we reach the Pacific if there are...

Created using the latest digital techniques and satellite data, high-definition maps of the whole world are complemented by photographs, diagrams, and topic maps. -- Adapted from Amazon.com summary.

Examines the Earth's geologic history, climate, vegetation, population, food, economies, and mineral resources, and offers physical, political, and subject maps of each continent.

"Throughout its history, America has been defined through maps. Whether made for military strategy or urban reform, to encourage settlement or to investigate disease, maps invest information with meaning by translating it into visual form. They capture what people knew, what they thought they knew, what they hoped for, and what they feared. As such they offer unrivaled windows onto the past. In this book Susan Schulten uses maps to explore five centuries...