National Geographic Atlas of the World. A collector's piece! HUGE! Opens to the size of 2-feet x 1.5-feet. This allows for copious detail on its 416 pages. Publisher : National Geographic / Eighth Edition (Oct. 1 2004). Language : English On the front cover and back cover are keys to the plates to help you find the right map quickly. The first 20 plates are global in scope and detail not only the basics, such as the world physical and political maps, but also tectonics, climate, demographics, resources, and trade, with multiple whole world insets detailing subsets of data. Item weight : 4.38 kg Dimensions : 31.75 x 3.73 x 48.51 cm The atlas is then broken down by continent. Each of the continents, excluding Antarctica also have a physical plate and political plate. N. America: 22 plates, counting an additional Physical map of the United States (being a US centric Atlas). S. America: 5 plates Europe: 14 plates Asia: 13 plates Africa: 5 plates Oceania: 5 plates (AU Physical, AU Political, NZ & New Guinea Political, Pacific Basin Political, Pacific Island Inset Plate). 7 plates: Antarctica Physical, Arctic Ocean (North Pole) Political, and 5 Ocean Floor plates (the fifth being a South Pole plate) 10 plates include maps of select cities from around the world 7 extra-terrestrial plates: N. Sky, S. Sky, Lunar, Mars, Solar System, Milky Way, and Known Universe 14 plates with tables of flags, fast facts, and figures. Included here are the US states and CA provinces. The atlas also includes a list of abbreviations, foreign terms, an intro to modern map making and projections. Finally, the atlas has a 134-page index of places. The index includes a section for lunar locations and sites of human lunar activity.