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Action and adventure accompany geographers on their journey around the world with this fantastic activity book. Schoolhouse's Intermediate Geography & Map Activities workbook uses a fun format with action heroes to help kids expand their knowledge of world geography through informative reading passages, map activities, and interesting geography.

Features include:

• Fun, education-oriented activities for students ages 9-14
• Colorful map illustrations, games, and geography facts
• World, continent, and country exercises
• Companion to the Intermediate World Atlas or great on its own
• Paperback
• 128 pages

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wish they made an advanced version!
This is a great little activity book. The left side pages explain a concept, such as how to read a map key or longitude and latitude, and the right side page then has a few practical questions based on an actual map. The activities are colorful. The pages break each concept down into pieces so it's easily understood, and the child progresses through the book like up stairs a step at a time, not realizing how much progress they've made so quickly. My son can race through these pages. He loves geography presented this way. Bring on the Advance Geography Activities!

great books!
these workbooks are great!We are a homeschooling family and my 2nd and 4th grader are doing them.Well done, good price!

Best geography workbook
The only negative thing is that they don't have more volumes published! We are a very geography-oriented homeschool family and I have spent hours online looking for good geography workbooks for kids-- this is tops. High quality paper, colors, exercises encompassing maps, countries' data, "did you know" facts... my 6th grader is wishing they publish the advanced level soon! ... Read more

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The beautiful, unique maps in this book will give your kids thought-provoking new views of the world.Rendered in beautiful color are high-resolution maps of global population density, land use, the "human footprint", and the "last of the wild."A terrific gift for bright kids of any age that will stimulate their interest in maps, geography, science, environment, and history. ... Read more

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A practical look at how geography works round us. This new series of six titles takes young geographers on a hands-on exploration of familiar environments, and encourages an understanding of the forces that shape our wider world. Step-by-step projects aimed at enhancing children's knowledge of physical and social geography are accompanied by simple text and colourful illustrations and photographs. MAPS AND PLANS explores the world of maps through interactive projects, model making and fun games. The young geographer will make a maze game, discover how to map mountains and construct a scale model of local streets. MOUNTAINS AND OUR MOVING EARTH examines how mountains and craters are formed, how map makers tell how high a mountain is, and how mountains affect our weather. ... Read more

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An introduction to maps, what they represent, how they are constructed, and how to read them. ... Read more

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Maps are often as much a visual art form as they are a practical tool for navigation. Of particular visual interest are display maps—maps that often used size and beauty to convey messages of regional and social status and power. Despite their historical significance, many of these display maps have been lost and destroyed over time. Magnificent Maps brings together the best surviving examples in order to illustrate their role in early modern Europe and describe the settings in which they were displayed.

            Most of the maps collected in Magnificent Maps date from the period 1450 to 1800, the heyday of this approach to mapping. During their time, these maps were displayed in a range of settings, from palaces to schoolrooms to bedchambers, and Peter Barber and Tom Harper here offer vivid descriptions of their original settings and examine their dual roles as propaganda and art.

Drawn from one of the greatest collections in the world at the British Library, many of these maps will be completely new even to experts. The unusual aspect of cartography presented in Magnificent Maps will appeal to collectors, historians, mapmakers and users, as well as anyone curious about the many ways we have come to illustrate and define our world.

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Kären Wigen probes regional cartography, choerography, and statecraft to redefine restoration (ishin) in modern Japanese history. As developed here, that term designates not the quick coup d'état of 1868 but a three-centuries-long project of rehabilitating an ancient map for modern purposes. Drawing on a wide range of geographical documents from Shinano (present-day Nagano Prefecture), Wigen argues that both the founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate (1600-1868) and the reformers of the Meiji era (1868-1912) recruited the classical map to serve the cause of administrative reform. Nor were they alone; provincial men of letters played an equally critical role in bringing imperial geography back to life in the countryside. To substantiate these claims, Wigen traces the continuing career of the classical court's most important unit of governance--the province--in central Honshu. ... Read more

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Points out the various kinds of information which different maps offer and suggests activities for further study. ... Read more

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This is an excellent foldout map of Antarctica. On one side there is a map of the Antarctic continent, around which succinct biographies of Antarctic explorers from William Spiers Bruce to Edward Wilson are shown. On the other side there are many fine colour photographs of seals, penguins and other Antarctic wildlife, together with an inset box summarising the Antarctic Treaty and other information on Antarctic waters, Cape Horn, Tierra del Fuego, the Beagle Channel, the Falkland Islands and South Georgia. It is aimed at visitors arriving by sea. ... Read more

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A must have map for your adventure to Antarctica
This is a wonderful map of Antarctica and is a must have for any trip to the white continent. It has a large-scale map of the entire continent, a small-scale map of the peninsula, and a map of the Drake Passage. It was detailed enough for me to track our ship's journey along the western coast of the peninsula. Don't leave for Antarctica without it.

Antarctica on-line geography course
I teach a geographjy course on Antarctica via internet as faculty at a local college and find this book suitable as ancillary reading to the on-line course material ... Read more

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Big, bright illustrations make finding information fun and easy for young geographers. Schoolhouse's Beginner Geography & Map Activities workbook is the perfect tool for introducing kids to geography and basic map and globe skills through hands-on activities.

Features include:

• Fun, yet education-oriented activities for kids ages 6-9
• Colorful map illustrations, games, and geography facts
• World, continent, and country exercises
• Big, easy-to-read words
• Companion to the Beginner's World Atlas or great on its own
• Paperback
• 128 pages

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Love it!!!
I homeschool my 5 & 6 year old boys.I'm using this book along with the Rand McNally Beginner Atlas.I absolutely love this activity book.It is a complete geography curriculum for young kids.The activities and map work are presented in a simple, easy to understand way.And, the kids learn so much from it.I love this book and highly recommend it!

A wonderful introduction to geography at a great price!
I came across this book one day and decided on a whim to add it to our homeschool...I'm so glad I did! My son enjoys the activities and is learning a ton. The book is made up of 3 sections: Making Sense of Maps, in which kids learn about different types of maps and how to use them;Introducing World Geography, in which they learn about globes, world maps, continents, oceans, boundaries, hemispheres, the equator and prime meridian, latitude and longitude, and time zones; and Discovering the Continents, in which kids learn a bit about the geography, customs, culture, animals, and landmarks of each continent.

Love it!
I am a homeschooling mom with 5 kiddos.I got these workbooks for my 9 and 7 year olds.There are great!they introduce basic map and geography skills.The lessons are short and not overwhelming. My 9year old worked totally independantlyand my 7yo did most on her own too. the pages are colorful and fun! Great fro the price! I am actually on here to order the intermediate books :) ... Read more

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"...the city's first atlas of historical maps...destined to have a profound and positive influence on twenty-first-century New York."--from the foreword by Tony Hiss

This lavishly illustrated volume explores New York's urban and social history through rare and beautiful maps of the city produced during the past four hundred years and collected from archives and libraries throughout the world. From a crude woodblock engraving depicting Giovanni da Verrazano's first glimpse of New York Harbor in the sixteenth century to the latest satellite photograph of Manhattan, these important documents offer an unprecedented "avenue to New York's past," as the authors write in their preface-- a fascinating collective portrait of the evolution of America's oldest major city.

Many of the 65 color plates reproduced here have never been published before, and each is accompanied by an engaging essay on the changing physical and social contours of New York as revealed in the map's details and provenance. Opening with a chapter on the discovery of New York Harbor as depicted in sixteenth-century Italian maps, the book explores the bustling Dutch trading outpost of New Amsterdam (the original name for New York), the city as a British colony in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the rise of New York as a port city in the eighteenth century, the Revolutionary War period, and the development of the Manhattan grid, public squares, and parks in the nineteenth century. The city's myriad "worlds within a world" are shown in unusual maps of such diverse subjects as ethnic neighborhoods, midtown vice, and the subway system. Each entry cites the map's date of creation and publication, cartographer, medium, and the institution or private collection where the map is archived. A bibliography and complete index are also included, making this book an indispensable resource for all those interested in New York history, urban history, and antiquarian maps.
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From crude woodblock engravings depicting 16th-century explorers'first glimpse of New York Harbor to the latest satellite photographs ofManhattan, the rare maps of New York in this book offer a unique look at thecity's evolution over the past 400 years. Opening with early Italian andDutch antiquarian maps, the book charts the development of ethnicneighborhoods and the Manhattan grid in the 19th century, as well as thelabyrinthine subway system of the 20th century. Each of the 65 color plates,many never before published, accompanies an essay on the changingmetropolis as expressed in the map's details. While the maps areas beautiful and engrossing as any works of art, they also reveal the rich history of New York's urban and social fabric, offering astunning collective portrait of the world's first modern city. ... Read more

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Manhattan Maps
I was pleasantly suprised by the range of the maps sellected and the concise analysis of each one.

5-star-text 1-star-maps
I only wish I had the access to the maps that Augustyn and Cohen had in the preparation of this book.Unfortunately for the reader, these maps are not in the book.What's in "Manhattan in Maps" are photographs of maps which in the case all but 6 of the maps are reproduced in a manner which lets you see the outline of Manhattan and no detail in the map whatsoever.There should have been someone involved in the production of the book who was familiar with other books of this type and included for each map some section enlarged to actual size.Some of the maps featured appeared to have been reduced 10x such as a 72 inch map shrunk to 7 inches.The text is wonderful.If the book is every republished, I hope the editors take heed of the reviews here.

Great Gift for Your Favorite Manhattanite
This is a beautiful book for both those who are fascinated by maps and those with a deep interest in the history of New York City. The preface explains that, "The richness of New York's cartographic heritage is unique among the major cities of the world." It goes on to outline a number of reasons for this, including the city's founding by mapmaking mavens (the Dutch) during a cartographic boom time, its initial status as a commercial interest, its later status as a Revolutionary War battleground, and so on. The selections are spread more or less evenly throughout the four and a half centuries and each is accompanied by an excellent elucidating essay. My own favorites are some of the later, more thematic ones such as an 1834 fireman's guide, an 1842 water pipe diagram, an 1853 insurance company survey, the 1920 ethnic survey, and the 1973 midtown vice map.

Some reviewers have referred to this in an apparently derogatory manner, saying it is a mere "coffee-table" book, to which one can only say that it would be a welcome addition to any New Yorker's coffee-table. It certainly won't satisfy ultra-serious cartographers or historians, but the quality of the writing and research is well beyond what is commonly found in so-called mere "coffee-table" books. In addition to the usual sources (Library of Congress, British Library, New-York Historical Society, New York Public Library), the authors have tracked down maps in archives in Spain, Italy, Holland, and perhaps most impressively, about a third of those presented in the book reside in private collections. Indeed, it's somewhat baffling that people complain about the size of the reproductions -- just be glad they were made available to be seen at all! Not to mention the practical limitations of reproduction: the original dimensions of most of the maps range from 12" x 18" to 90" x 135". These maps were made to cover walls, general headquarters planning tables, no book could possibly make them legible! In some cases, portions of maps are blown up for a detail view, but these don't reproduce very well. The original photos and scans simply don't support the detail and the results are pixilated. This small production problem aside, the book is beautifully produced from a typographic and color standpoint, and is well worth having or giving as a gift to your favorite Manhattanite.

Great book, screaming for a larger edition
I know I'm jumping on the bandwagon here, but the maps are disappointing because they're too small to be scrutinized. The text, however, compensates greatly for this flaw. The chapters are concise but not a word is wasted. I found the section on the British invasion of Brooklyn as well-written and gripping as any thriller. I can only hope that they are planning to come out with a larger edition for the illustrations.

Small Maps, but wonderful commentary
While I agree with one reviewer that the maps depicted in the book are small and difficult to read (more due to the apparent custom of making 17th and 18th century maps totally illegible in any case rather than the editors' layout of them), the commentary accompanying the maps is very illuminating and interesting.The authors also chose to use maps highlighting, for example, '70s-era police practice, '20s-era political classifications and a map of the subway along with the more conventional surveyor's maps; truly a very interesting collection.A good companion to any history of pre-20th century NYC, such as Gotham. ... Read more

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Geographical scale is a central concept enabling us to make sense of the world we inhabit. Amongst other things, it allows us to declare one event or process a national one and another a global or regional one. However, geographical scales and how we think about them are profoundly contested, and the spatial resolution at which social processes take place – local, regional or global – together with how we talk about them has significant implications for understanding our world.

Scale provides a structured investigation of the debates concerning the concept of scale and how various geographical scales have been thought about within critical social theory. Specifically, the author examines how the scales of the body, the urban, the regional, the national, and the global have been conceptualized within Geography and the social sciences more broadly. The first part of the book provides a comprehensive overview of how different theoretical perspectives have regarded scale, especially debates over whether scales are real things or merely mental contrivances and/ or logical devices with which to think, as well as the consequences of thinking of them in areal versus in networked terms. The subsequent five chapters of the book then each takes a particular scale: the body; the urban; the regional; the national; the global and explores how it has been conceptualized and represented discursively for political and other purposes. A brief conclusion draws the book together by posing a number of questions about scale which emerge from the foregoing discussion.

The first single-author volume ever written on the subject of geographical scale, this book provides a unique overview in pushing understandings of scale in new and original directions. The accessible text is complimented by didactic boxes, and Scale serves as a valuable pedagogical reference for undergraduate and postgraduate audiences wishing to become familiar with such theoretical issues.

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Plenty of charts and detail throughout
What do early medical maps have to do with modern GIS maps? How can patterns of diseases from the past relate to those in modern times created by GIS? Dr. Koch is a geographer, bioethicist, and here explores relationships between medicine and mapmaking from paper-based to computer-based today. Chapters follow early epidemics, mapmaking processes and myths, public health and medical developments, and more as it examines those who made maps, cartography issues, and medical history. Plenty of charts and detail throughout.
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These 18 x 24 maps are used with Geography: A Literature Approach and Holling Clancy Holling book titles. This set includes maps for three regions of the United States and one map of the world. Author: Rea BergPublisher: Beautiful Feet Books ... Read more

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"The map is not the territory" is a cartographic truism.It means that unless the map is drawn on a mile-to-mile scale and has the same physical characteristics as the territory itself, it cannot be perfectly accurate.But as David Turnbull demonstrates, the map is a metaphor not only for the territory it represents but for the culture that created it.As such, it takes on the meaning of the territory and its importance in that culture.

In this ingenious book, Turnbull challenges common assumptions about the nature of cartography.In each of ten "exhibits" he addresses a seemingly basic concept--that a map is be factually accurate, for example, or that its symbols refer to concrete elements of the landscape--and then illustrates its complexities with maps from Western, Asian, and native cultures, from prehistoric to modern times, accompanied by quotations and historical background.The "exhibits" show how different cultures express their relation to the land, and how those differences ultimately define not only territory but also domination--religious, ideological, cultural, and political.

An ideal introduction to the concepts of cartography, this book teaches not only how to read maps, but how to read them between the lines. ... Read more

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An introduction to the "philosophy of cartography"
One of the more intriguing fancies of Jorge Luis Borges had to do with an empire in which "the craft of Cartography attained such Perfection that * * * a Map of the Empire * * * was of the same Scale as the Empire and * * * coincided with it point for point."(Borges and Bioy-Casares, "On Exactitude in Science".)Of course the map was so unwieldy that it was utterly impracticable and, in Borges's fable, it was abandoned "to the Rigours of sun and Rain."The tale exemplifies what has become a commonplace of cartography:"The map is not the territory".If it were the territory, per standard thought, it could no longer function as a map.

This short (66 pages), attractive, and rather unconventional book challenges that axiom.It poses questions, philosophical and cognitive, about the nature of maps.To what extent are they strictly pictorial (or "iconic") and what extent symbolic (using conventional signs and symbols)?Recognition of just how extensive and pervasive the conventions of cartography are inclines one to accept the notion that maps are grounded in a shared "form of life" (to borrow a phrase and concept from Ludwig Wittgenstein).The argument of the book is that maps are culturally-dependent artifacts and, somewhat paradoxically then, in a sense they ARE the territory after all.

Thus MAPS ARE TERRITORIES is rather philosophical in nature.The above paragraph is a gross oversimplification of the book, but still the discussion is rather broad-brush.For the philosophically inclined, among the notions raised are the parallels between maps and scientific theories, to what extent can maps and theories be "non-indexical", and spatiality as fundamental to human consciousness and our understanding of experience (spatiality as a Kantian a priori).It is not a particularly easy book to read, but it is not especially difficult either.For most readers, it probably will provoke more questions than answer them.

But there is another aspect to MAPS ARE TERRITORIES:it contains reproductions of approximately fifty maps.Many of these maps are attractive.None of them resembles a typical Rand-McNally atlas page or a standard road map; indeed, many of them are rather alien to 21st-Century Westerners.Among the most alien - as well as most intriguing and aesthetically attractive - are some Aboriginal-Australian bark paintings that, the book argues, also (perhaps even primarily) function as maps.

The prospective audience for MAPS ARE TERRITORIES is rather narrow, but anyone interested in maps and the conventions underlying maps - the "philosophy of cartography", if you will - probably will enjoy the hour or two required to read through it.

all over the map
This book is all over the map, but what exactly does that mean?

Turnbull begins with a quote, "...all theory may be regarded as a kind of map extended over space and time." (Michael Polanyi) How tempting to describe difficult concepts as "like a map." By page two we're dealing with Borges, and a page later Lewis Carroll. Maps are more complex than we ever imagined.

The discussion of Aboriginal-Australian Maps (Exhibit 5) takes us deeper still, as we learn that their dream time and painting contain elements of geographical knowledge which these people equate with magic.

Originally published in 1989, it remains way ahead of its time. Multicultural, lacking any cant, beautifully illustrated, intellectually exciting ... Read more

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One of the greatest map exhibits ever in the US

This book is a catalog for an extraordinary exhibition of over 130 maps at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago and at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore (in collaboration with The Newberry Library).

Some of my favorites include:

Photographic road maps produced for the first automobilists. Page by page the photographs show country lanes, farmhouses and churches with arrows indicating the correct route.

The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad of 1906, which shows routes of competing railroads in thin, spindly lines or not at all.

Harry Beck's great 1933 map of the London Underground, which shows none of London's geography except for the Thames.

The 1566 map by Giovanni Paolo Cimerlini showing religious divisions in the shape of a heart joined at the North Pole in the center of the map. ("The heart is such a common icon of love. It is a hopeful sign that there is possibility of universal harmony. The map came at a time when reformation is tearing apart the Christian world and there's conflict with Islam. There were advanced thinkers who were thinking we can all get along. This map is saying, 'Hey, we're all in this together.' It's an expression of hope.")

Others include a 3,500-year-old clay tablet detailing walls, gates and palaces in the town of Nippur in what is now Iraq; three colored drawings by Leonardo da Vinci showing the typography of Europe; the map Charles Lindbergh carried with him on his history-making flight from New York to Paris annotated in his own handwriting; drawings by J.R.R. Tolkien of his fictional Middle-earth; and a deerskin map drawn by members of an American Indian tribe, where circles connected by lines indicate political ties among communities.

Each of the maps is well described, and the individual map descriptions are enhanced by the introductions to each of the seven chapters. They include: "Finding Our Way", James R. Akerman, "Mapping the World", Denis Cosgrove; "Mapping Parts of the World", Matthew H. Edney; "Mapping American History", Susan Schulten; "Visualizing Nature and Society", Michael Friendly and Gilles Palsky; "Mapping Imaginary Worlds", Ricardo Padrón; and "Consuming Maps", Diane Dillon. There is also a list of references, a comprehensive bibliography and an excellent index.

Both the Field and the Walters have very informative websites devoted to the exhibition, with many of the maps illustrated online. (Both institutes usually keep their exhibits online for several years after the exhibit closes.)

Excellent as the online exhibits are, however, holding the book and studying the maps is much more rewarding.

Robert C. Ross 2008

Interesting Maps Book
This publication is a companion book to the exhibit which recently closed at the Chicago Field Museum. It stands on its own as a thought provoking look at many different types of maps and the history of maps.I enjoyed the way the information was presented in this book and found a whole new appreciation for maps and the people who have created them.Many of the maps are works of art.

superb
Great product. arrived as advertised. What an amazing way to enrich one's mind with this book! ... Read more

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"The Geography Coloring Book" provides unique hands-onparticipation in the study of geography. Detailed color exercisesallow the "artist" to recognize countries by shape as well aslocation, gain a sense of the relative sizes of nations and states,and visualize the location of a nation within the context of itscontinent. ... Read more

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This book was helpful to a college student.. me!
I took a geography course about a year ago at Florida State University that required this book. The class and professor were very challenging (especially for an entry level course), and this book really helped me visually place my thoughts. I guess it also helps that I enjoy coloring and find it to be a stress-reliever in college. I think being able to color in the maps at your own preference, but still with the great organization that the book lays it out in for the reader really makes this bookan excellent choice for anyone trying to better understand geography of all sorts.

awesome deal : )
I bought this book for only about $3-4!It sure helped my finances.It was in good shapes, accurately described, shipped right on time -- Thanks!! :D

Excellent Book!
My oldest son used this book in his 9th grade honors history class.At the time I thought that was odd, to have an honors student coloring.However, with all the budget cuts with schools, they have dropped History for 9th graders, which means no more Geography in high school.I have 2 daughters that are home schooled in 8th grade and I ordered this book so they could learn where the countries are.My son, that used this book, really knows his Geography well.I have just started with my girls on this book and it's awesome.They are learning countries they have never heard of, along with knowing where the countries are that they have heard of.It's very helpful to color the names of the country, then outline it, color it in, and read about it.I highly recommend this book.I am really enjoying learning the countries as well.There are plenty of places that I have heard of but can't quite place where they are exactly and this book is a fun way to figure that out.

Too cluttered and childish for high school
Bought this to use for my geography class.It's far too cartoonish for any serious classwork.While it would be fine for the elementary grades, it is not designed for the high school, or even middle school, level.Many of the maps are crowded because of the fluff material (flags, color keys, etc).It's just too "user-unfriendly".
If the maps were cleaned up this would be much better.As is, I'd avoid using this and wasting time and money.Finding a better atlas for student use may be more difficult, but it would be well worth the time.

WRONG INFORMATION RIGHT ON THE FRONT COVER
Map of India is WRONG!!!! Kashmir region is "WRONGFULLY" shown as part of Pakistan. It is still a part of India. Just because Pakistan has invaded that part of India doesn't mean it belongs to Pakistan.

My reply to some comments -

My friends father was murdered and the rest of the family was driven out of their house in Kashmir. Their land, home, wealth everything was gone in a flash of a moment so yes to certain extent my comment is based on 'personal investment' as Timothy says. However look at it this way - If your wallet is stollen and is in someone else's hands it is still yours right? That's all I am trying to say.I simply don't agree that the Kashmir region is shown as part of Pakistan, why not show it as disputed teritotrry as it is, the publisher has no right to assume who the region belongs to.
What surprises me most is that many of the officially published maps all over the world show the same and I haven't heard Indian government or any Indian organization taking any stand against it. ... Read more