Earth FactBook Facts & Maps * Bo Gramfors, Siv Eklund

This compact, data-heavy reference handbook pairs clear regional political maps with comprehensive demographic, economic, and environmental profiles for every country, creating a rapid-reference encyclopedia of the global landscape.

The Story: Compiled by prominent cartographic research teams and international data specialists at Interarts, Ltd., this 1992 first edition resource serves as a vital historical snapshot of the world's nations during the early-1990s. The editorial layout completely moves past dense, text-heavy registers or overly complicated geological charts. Instead, the volume establishes a thorough, clarity-focused baseline showing that analyzing global dynamics relies on clean visual data, combining high-contrast map grids with essential statistical breakdowns of the world's population, resources, and geography.

The book takes students, professionals, and international relations enthusiasts through a versatile cartographic landscape across its heavily mapped pages. The layout organizes its world views into a country-by-country catalog detailing national flags, populations, languages, major industries, and physical features alongside updated boundary markings. The text structures its information to make cross-continental comparisons straightforward, making it simple for researchers to cross-reference global territories and evaluate changing socioeconomic trends.

Rather than acting as an abstract academic textbook or a routine travel guide, the pages serve as an accessible, highly reliable companion for educational and professional studies. The pocket-sized format turns the volume into a practical desk toolkit, helping readers interpret the human and physical structures that dictate global policy, energy consumption, and international trade. Published as a premium small-format edition within the fabled MapBook & FactBook Series, this classic manual remains an excellent addition to geography, political science, and vintage reference shelves.

Perfect For: Geography students, international relations professionals, and trivia buffs looking for an uncomplicated, highly detailed reference to analyze global demographics; fans of historic data-heavy map books; and libraries maintaining a complete collection of the classic Interarts reference series.

Published 1993 by Interarts.

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