TY - GEN TY - BOOK T1 - Collier's World atlas and gazetteer presenting the world in its geographical, physical and commercial aspects : multicolor maps, tables, charts, statistics, explanatory text, a 266-page index-gazetteer, fully illustrated LA - English PP - New York PB - P.F. Collier & Son, Division of the Crowell-Collier Publishing Company YR - 1953 UL - http://glotrec.wdi-staging.gei.de/cat/Record/gei197348532X NO - "The maps which form the first part of the book recognize the new approach to geography as a social science - the study of relationships by regions as well as by countries. [...] Geography is a subject that concerns both the boy and girl in school and the adult, and one that is of special significance today because of the global outlook of our political and exonomic life." -- (Preface) NO - Colliers produced this atlas during WWII and it includes some specific maps related to the conflict. With individual maps for each state and major nation, this atlas served as a great reference, complimented by a town key and a thorough descriptive text NO - "Distributed in Canada by P. F. Collier & Son Ltd Toronto" -- (Haupttitelseite). - "Copyright, 1953 by the Crowell-Collier Publishing Company P. F. Collier & Son Division - Manufactured in the United States of America" (Rücktitelseite) KW - Atlas KW - Ortsverzeichnis KW - Lehr- und Lernressource ER -