Comprehensive Atlas of the World (Eleventh Edition)

Summary

Ralph Hebden reviews the eleventh edition of The Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World (2003), describing its satellite images, introductory thematic material, and traditional relief maps. He praises the readability of its pale relief backgrounds but notes the absence of a colour key for the satellite images. Comparing it with the Dorling Kindersley Millennium World Atlas, he considers the latter more interesting and valuable to geographers because of its supplementary illustrations and explanations. The Times atlas has a larger place-name index and is judged suitable for library reference use, though its bulk and price limit its appeal to individuals.