Kartographisches Institut Bertelsmann

Overview

Works:	178 works in 359 publications in 4 languages and 2,045 library holdings
Genres:	Atlases World atlases Maps History Remote-sensing maps Dictionaries Remote-sensing images
Roles:	Other, isb, Cartographer, Publisher
Classifications:	G1021, 912

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works by Kartographisches Institut Bertelsmann

The book of the world by Kartographisches Institut Bertelsmann( )

9 editions published between 1995 and 1999 in English and held by 547 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This new edition of the massive Book of the World was not available in time to be included in 'An Evaluation of Current World Atlases,' which was published in the January 1 & 15 issue of RBB. Now that the revised edition is out, it is understandable that the publisher calls it a revised rather then a second edition. Revisions to the maps are minimal: the changing of Zaire to Democratic Republic of the Congo, the reversion of Hong Kong into China, the new capital of Bolivia (Sucre), and a few name changes for cities in Armenia, India, and Russia. Based on user input, mistakes have been corrected, including correctly labeling Lake George and Schroon Lake, New York (although Schroon Lake is not in the index). Statistics for countries have been revised in the 'Data and Facts' section. This section lists brief, basic information on population, life expectancy, GNP per capita, illiteracy, etc. Sections unchanged in the revised edition include the 264 pages of maps from the database of the famous cartographic institute, Bertelsmann; more than 40 pages of satellite photographs of different environments (e.g., coral reef Maldive Islands, rift valley East Africa, glacier Aletsch Glacier); and the full-page satellite photographs of the Mississippi Delta, Anti Atlas Mountains in Morocco, and other stunning geographic features of the world. Although the index has 100,000 entries, there still are familiar place-names that are not listed (Marblehead, Massachusetts; Thun, Switzerland; Montalcino, Italy). Libraries that are interested in a larger index of place-names still need to use the Times Atlas of the World (ninth ed., Times, 1994) with its 200,000-term index-gazetteer. A new edition of the Times atlas will be out later this year. The Book of the World depicts the world as a beautiful place and illustrates how modern technology benefits the publication of a book. This is a comprehensive atlas and also provides an education in geography. Libraries that have the first edition RBB Jl 96 will have to decide if minimal changes warrant buying the revised edition. Any library without the first edition should certainly consider purchase of this fantastic atlas.-

The great world atlas by American Map Corporation( )

13 editions published between 1986 and 1994 in English and held by 478 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Macmillan atlas of war & peace, Bosnia Herzegovina : with special reports by correspondents of the New York times( )

3 editions published in 1996 in English and held by 78 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Gran atlas mundial( )

10 editions published between 1988 and 1995 in Spanish and held by 45 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Bertelsmann Atlas international by Kartographisches Institut Bertelsmann( )

3 editions published between 1963 and 1984 in German and held by 38 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Bertelsmann Hausatlas by C. Bertelsmann Verlag( )

6 editions published between 1960 and 1971 in German and held by 38 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

McGraw-Hill international atlas by Kartographisches Institut Bertelsmann( Book )

2 editions published in 1963 in German and English and held by 30 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Comprehensive political and physical-geographic atlas of the world, in English, French and German texts. Offers Key to Languages and Names, and gives official place names in each country's own language

Der grosse Bertelsmann Weltatlas by C. Bertelsmann Verlag( Book )

13 editions published between 1961 and 1968 in German and held by 29 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Atlas international by C. Bertelsmann Verlag( Book )

7 editions published between 1972 and 1978 in German and Undetermined and held by 23 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Grosser Atlas der Welt by Kartographisches Institut Bertelsmann( )

1 edition published in 1994 in German and held by 23 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Gran atlas mundial by Kartographisches Institut Bertelsmann( Book )

9 editions published between 1986 and 1995 in Spanish and held by 23 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Bertelsmann Atlas international by C., firm, Gütersloh Bertelsmann( Book )

2 editions published in 1963 in German and held by 21 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Family world atlas : an illustrated and informative view of the earth by American Map Corporation( )

1 edition published in 1994 in English and held by 21 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Deutsche Geschichte : ein Überblick( Book )

3 editions published in 1989 in German and held by 21 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Grand atlas mondial by Kartographisches Institut Bertelsmann( )

5 editions published between 1987 and 1994 in French and held by 19 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Atlas international by Kartographisches Institut Bertelsmann( )

4 editions published between 1973 and 1985 in German and held by 18 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Der grosse Bertelsmann-Weltatlas( )

2 editions published between 1961 and 1964 in German and held by 18 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Atlas International( )

3 editions published between 1972 and 1980 in German and held by 18 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Länderlexikon Weltatlas( )

3 editions published between 1973 and 1985 in German and held by 17 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Der grosse Bertelsmann Weltatlas by Kartographisches Institut Bertelsmann( )

3 editions published between 1961 and 1963 in German and held by 16 WorldCat member libraries worldwide