The Columbia Gazetteer of the World
by Saul Bernard Cohen

Hardcover Book, 3578 pages

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Description

Unmatched in scope, authority, and usefulness, "The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer" continues to serve as the standard source of information about the geography of the world.

This definitive encyclopedia includes:
* Physical descriptions

* Economic, political, historical, cultural descriptions--from natural resources to landmarks and key events.

* Population

* Latitude, longitude, and elevation

* Pronunciations

* Changed or variant names and spellings

There are entries on every type of place:

* The physical world--continents, regions, oceans, seas, lakes, lagoons, rivers, mountain ranges, valleys, rain forests, deserts, islands, and more

* The political world--countries, provinces, states, counties, regions, cities, towns, neighborhoods, historical and archaeological sites.

* And all the special places--from national parks and monuments to airports, harbors, dams, shopping malls, canals, mines, nuclear plants, and much more.