Encarta World Atlas: It's as close as you get to being there.
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Introducing Encarta World Atlas
- The most detailed world atlas ever created—print or computer-based.
- See the world as it really is—round, not flat. Navigate over a three-story, three-dimensional globe.
- In Encarta World Atlas, you can turn the world upside down, or sideways, or any way you like.
- Learn about everyday family life in these intimate profiles.
- World Atlas describes the cultures of 118 countries.
- Thousands of images and recordings bring the world to you.
- Articles by the thousands describe the world's most important places, and statistical indicators report the facts about countries around the globe. Here's where you'll find longitude and latitude.
- World Atlas defines hundreds of words and phrases.