DK Essential World Atlas Author:DK Publishing Authoritative and Compelling: This comprehensive atlas details political and state borders, main population, and administrative centers, communications, and airports. World Overview Maps: These maps illustrate everything from the political and physical world, the global economy, time zones, and population to languages, climate, religions, and in... more »ternational disputes. State-of-the-Art Computer-Generated Regional Maps: Contour tints have been added to demonstrate land heights and populated places graded by size.« less