The Macmillan World Atlas
Contributors: Carlo Lauer (Editor)
Edition: Updated edition
Publisher: Webster's New World
Published: October 23, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 415
ISBN-13: 9780028622446
Subjects: Maps, charts & atlases; Reference; Atlases; Earth Sciences - Geography; General; Maps & Road Atlases; Reference / Maps; Atlases - General
First sentence: Among the planets of the solar system, the Earth is unique - not just because of its atmosphere, but above all because of its "face," whose features are the three oceans, occupying over two-thirds of the 196,911,000 square miles (510 million sq. km) of the surface of the Earth, and the seven continents.