The Macmillan World Atlas (Serial)
Edition: 1st U.S. Ed. 1996 edition
Publisher: Macmillan General Reference
Published: November 1995
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 415
ISBN-13: 9780028608129
Subjects: Maps, charts & atlases; Atlases - World; Geography; Atlases; Reference
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.