History of the World Map by Map (DK History Map by Map) Hardcover – September 5, 2023

There is still a role for books in our lives. This one is made with quality that world history deserves. The pages are thick and colorful. The binding will last many years. Every schoolroom and public library should have at least one copy. The maps and texts are focused and easy to understand for people who are searching understanding.There is an effort to include all parts of our planet, all major peoples and their religions in the content. Those doing indepth study will go farther than this book but beginning with a visual of when and where we want to focus is very helpful. The Smithsonian Institution is a dependable authority. I am informed by this history book in a tactile way that moves me emotionally.

I bought this for my nephew who loves countries as his Christmas gift. He loved it and I liked it so much that I want to buy one for my coffee table. The pictures/graphics are great and the book is nice and heavy. Great quality.

This is right up my alley. An easy to digest history book, in map form, with a mountain of text and callouts describing the events of the covered period. Well selected and well presented.One minor beef I have is that it presents itself as "The History of the World," when it would be more appropriately called "Human History," as it starts with the first humans. I would have liked to have had a few pages at the beginning on the formation and transformation of the Earth and its physical features, with maps for continental drift and plate tectonics, and for migrations and distribution of plant and animal species that occurred prior to the first humans... but still, 5 stars.

I have a collection of historical atlases and this is the best one I've ever seen. The maps are clear, detailed and the accompanying information brings each map to life. It can be used as a great reference book.Just open it up to any page and you will learn a lot. It is not eurocentric, and gives an excellent perspective on the history of every geographic region and of humankind.This is not a small volume but a truly comprehensive historical atlas. And at least in the United States, Amazon is selling it at a significant discount. Almost a steal!!

This is a beautiful book! It was a gift for a geography and history enthusiast, and they were very happy to receive it.

I like this book. It does many things well. For the price it provides excellent content Nevertheless, I wish it were more complete in certain key areas. In European and other world history, it leaves out cartographic and literary content with respect to some pivotal events which led to the development of the world as we live it today. Likewise, there are key omissions from Latin American, African, and Asian histories which have profound influence on our present world. I will refer to just a few following. On pages 166-7 it has a fine ecclesiastical map Europe near the beginning(1555) of the Christian reformational era, and it discusses on 169 the Thirty Years War ending in 1648, but it omits including a map of the settlements of the Treaty of Westphalia which ended that conflict. A 1648 map to compare to the one of 1555 would be very helpful. It has a decent coverage of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic era, but it fails again to indicate cartographically how the boundaries of the European political units of and the titles of noble lords of the units changed as a result of the wars and their aftermaths. Continuing, 200-1 has a map of South America at the time of the independence movement from Spain. But subsequent to this, we have nothing which illustrates the development of the boundaries of today's nation states, nor some of the events which led to the establishment of those borders. Leaping to the 20th Century, of course it covers the two world wars. It has considerable material on WW1, but what is missing is a more detail and clear cartographical and descriptive material on how the new nation states were born, and how the new borders of Germany were decided. Of course some of Germany's losses were simply imposed by the victors, but others were determined by plebiscite. I think this is important. The Austrian, Russian, and Turkish empires all lost land. How was this determined and how did the new political frontiers compare with the ethno-linguistic boundaries? (See for a good example the excellent map of Yugoslavia on pages 338-9) Also I think that the border settlements in Europe and Asia at the end of WW2 need a more thorough treatment, as well as a discussion again of political vs. ethnic boundaries and the large scale ethnic cleansing which went on in central and eastern Europe. There are other issues, but finally I wish there was some discussion and cartographic information around the partition of India in 1947.

These DK books are great. Nice illustrations and easy ready. Not expensive when they go on sale.

LOVE LOVE this book. Was subbing in World Geography and liked the book so much I bought it for myself. Very informative and good for ADD people! Great maps.