Planet Earth Macmillan World Atlas (Planet Earth: Macmillan World Atlas)
Edition: 1st U.S. Ed edition
Publisher: Wiley
Published: September 24, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 415
ISBN-13: 9780028612669
Subjects: Earth Sciences; Maps, charts & atlases; Atlases; Reference; Atlases - World; 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.