Comments on: A Very Special Ben’s Place of The Week: How To Choose an Atlas

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 19:13:26 +0000

Yours is almost word for word the advice I have given out.
Family budgets being what they are, I add to the Two Can Be Better than One theme:
Those for whom a 3 digit price tag is out of the question should shop used for the large detailed atlas with beautiful cartography. Then for $20.00 every year or so, buy a more or less disposable supplementary atlas with the newest countries and recent statistics.

By: Ben

Ben — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:24:51 +0000

We’re working to get some sample pages posted online Chris. Thanks for your feedback.

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 02:22:00 +0000

Thanks for the tips, Ben. But how can I apply them to your company’s big new Comprehensive Atlas of the World (ISBN 0195374797) when the OUP website provides so little information about it? Do you expect people to pay $250 for it without seeing so much as a single sample map?

By: Thomas

Thomas — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:45:42 +0000

I have an atlas that has maps that cross both pages of the book. Drives me crazy, because everything I am looking for is always in the crease. So make sure when you get an atlas, that you can actually use the book

By: Ben

Ben — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:08:08 +0000

Thank you for posting a comment Brian. You may be interested to learn that according to the UN’s own Department of Public Information, “The recognition of a new State or Government is an act that only States and Governments may grant or withhold. The United Nations is neither and, therefore, does not possess any authority
to recognize a State or a Government.” Our decision to include Kosovo in the 15th Edition Atlas of the World was based on its recognition by both Britain and the United States.

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:14:14 +0000

DO not buy any atlas that does not have some kind of asterisk with Kosovo because it is not a country it is a province of Serbia. That is just a UN fact. Atlas with an independent Kosovo are just simplistic crap that do not reflect reality at all.