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Title: The Traveler's Atlas: A Global Guide to the Places You Must See in a Lifetime by John Man, Chris Schuler, Geoffrey Roy ISBN: 0-7641-5121-5 Publisher: Barrons Educational Series Pub. Date: October, 1998 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $32.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (6 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Great concept, disappointing photos and descriptions
Comment: I am disappointed by this book. The paper quality does not do justice to the photos. Colors and defintion are washed out. Furthermore, while I only skimmed through the book I noticed several typos.
I was also surprised to see the Taj Mahal and Hong Kong and a lot of other very cool places ommitted, while Florida (!) was included.
Rating: 5
Summary: The best travel book ever
Comment: This book sets forth the 47 places that you must visit in your lifetime. I am working on visitng all 47 places. Since I first reviewed the book some three years ago, my wife and I have visited six of the places--Tanzania, the west coast of Norway-the world's most beatiful voyage, Costa Rica, the Great Wall of China, the Yangtze Gorges and the Outer Hebrides. This is a wonderful book and makes a great gift.
Rating: 4
Summary: Very well done
Comment: This is the book I was looking for to give my mother for Christmas. I wanted something about world travel, with beautiful pictures, descriptions of places, and geological maps. This book has that and more.
In addition to these things, the book has a sidebar of facts on each place, summarizing climate, local language, currency, best time to go, health concerns and other useful information. There is also a world climate map in the front of the book which labels each area covered in the book.
The photography is excellent and I think the coverage is fairly well-rounded. The book opens with information on Banff National Park in Canada, proceeds around the globe in a more or less eastward direction and finishes in the Pacific with Tahiti and Easter Island.
A large spectrum of travel is covered, but there are some notable places missing. The authors left out some great cities in Europe, although they do cover Venice, Prague, Vienna and Krakow. These are all beautiful cities and deserve their place in this book, but absent are Paris, Rome, Athens, and London. It's easy enough to find books on these places though and I suspect the authors overlooked them for this reason.
One place conspicously absent, which I cannot forgive them for overlooking is the Caribbean. I may be biased, but I do think the Caribbean is one of the most beautiful places on earth. Any well-traveled soul must see at least one of the islands of the Greater or Lesser Antilles.
In spite of this, I still give the book 4 stars and feel that it is a wonderful place to look for travel ideas or to do some world exploration from the comfort of an easy chair.
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Title: 1,000 Places to See Before You Die by Patricia Schultz ISBN: 0761104844 Publisher: Workman Publishing Company Pub. Date: September, 2003 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: 100 Things to Do Before You Die: Travel Events You Just Can't Miss by Dave Freeman, Neil Teplica, Whatsgoingon.Com ISBN: 087833243X Publisher: Taylor Pub Pub. Date: October, 1999 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Traveler's Handbook, 8th : The Insider's Guide to World Travel by Ltd. Wexas, Amy Sohanpaul ISBN: 0762707275 Publisher: Globe Pequot Pr Pub. Date: 01 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: First- Time Around the World (Rough Guides) by Doug Lansky ISBN: 1843530570 Publisher: Rough Guides Pub. Date: 28 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Ultimate Adventure: National Geographic Ultimate Adventure Sourcebook by Paul McMenamin ISBN: 0792275918 Publisher: National Geographic Pub. Date: June, 2000 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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