Discovering Maps: A Children’s World Atlas & Guide to Map Reading
Hammond World Atlas Corporation, 2006

Discovering Maps is a world atlas for kids with an informative map reading guide in the first half of the book.

The guide provides extensive information on the earth, how maps represent the earth, how to use maps, map features, and types of maps.
Readers can learn about time zones, longitude and latitude, elevation and contours, geologic features, map symbols, and scale.

The second half of the book has a world map and political and physical maps of each continent. The maps are accompanied by geographic descriptions with information on crops, vegetation, and history. All the skills needed for reading and using the maps are presented in the guide.

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