Includes photos, maps, index

187 PAGES ILLUS. $22.00. STORY OF SHACKLETON, WHO LEAD EXPEDITONS TO THE ANTARCTIC. DN

Presents world, regional, and thematic maps as well as photographic essays on each continent.

Geographic perspectives on U.S. history are developed in six thematic sections: land, people, boundaries, economy, networks, and communities. Five chronological chapters cover historical events from the pre-Columbian era to the present. The atlas is richly illustrated with more than 550 antique, thematic, and political maps, period photographs, and charts and graphs.

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