Strange Worlds, Amazing Places: A Tour of Earth's Marvels and Mysteries

ISBN-10: 0762109874
ISBN-13: 9780762109876
Category: Curiosities and wonders
Language: English
Published: 2008

Description

Extraordinary landscapes, natural features, man-made structures from every corner of the globe are made accessible in this ultimate journey to the world's foremost sites of reality and legend. Includes a 29-page gazetteer, over 500 color illustrations--photos, prints, drawings and renderings of 84 places--and a world map and 84 locator maps.

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