This edition of the Bartholomew world atlas features an introductory section which presents the peoples and places of the world. Updated for 1994, it brings readers up to date with all the new nations of the world. The preliminary material profiles the world, continent by continent, illustrating each section with national flags, facts and features on places of particular interest, plus individual gazetteers showing area, population, capital, languages and currency. In addition to political maps of each continent, there are maps of the natural vegetation, products and population.