"So far as we know this is the first book of its kind, integrating as it does, maps and text in an effort to explain to everyday reader the past, present and possible future of the war." - this is how the atlas is described in the preface by the Council of Books in Wartime - an organization of publishers of general (Trade) Books, Librarians and Booksellers.
Almost overnight, the nation has become map-conscious. This atlas is designed to deliver an acceptable substitute to globes, which provide most acurate shapes, sizes and distances, but are dificult to handle and expensive. Most of the maps in this atlas are drawn in ortgraphic projection, and sometimes in an unusual angle (rather than the common south-north orientation). This is almost a rule in the atlas "Look at the World", not coincidentaly published the same year.
This real-like representation ow world is also present at the Atlas of Global Geography by Erwin Raisz, with richer and more colorful maps.
The content of this atlas book is divided in 8 chapters:
Rare hardcover copy with light discolouration and slightly rubbed bottom edge of the book cover. Binding solid. Pages are neat with no signs of use.
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