As in previous editions, this Hammond World Atlas is organized to make the retrieval of information as simple and quick as possible.
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The maps in this publication have been prepared by the World Bank's staff exclusively for the convenience of the readers of the text and table contained in the World Atlas of the Child.
For twenty years I have been fighting to impress upon publishers, authors and cartographical draughtsmen the need and value of clear maps in text-books. I became an historical carto- grapher largely because so many of the maps I saw in books and atlases were difficult to under- stand. Maps are visual aids: they do not supersede text-books. What are required are simple, clear drawings that one c…