Historical Atlas of the Earth

By Roger Osborne and Stephen Jay Gould

The Earth has existed for more than 4600 million years, during this time continents have formed, broken up, collided and drifted apart. Land masses have been submerged, sea beds lifted up, mountain ranges and sea basins have formed. Plants and animals have appeared, evolved and disappeared. This atlas presents to the general reader the history of the Earth since its formation. The atlas draws on the latest scientific data to produce maps and illustrations which reconstruct the changing geography of the Earth.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080504552X
• ISBN13: 9780805045529
• Release Date: March 1996
• Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.6" x 11.3"

Customer Reviews

Ancient (really ancient) atlas

Intended for the general reader, this well illustrated book is an atlas of the Earth from the Archean to the present. Geological concepts are explained well, and are tied together with the paleontology of various periods.