From the Publisher The Executive Edition features the flagship Hammond World Atlas that has been updated for 2000. It contains spectacular digital cartography, breathtaking satellite imagery, and exclusive Terra-Scape maps, featuring hypsometric and bathymetric tints that vividly display land and ocean floor terrain. There are thematic maps and graphs on population, standards of living, agriculture and manufacturing, climate and the environment. Also included within its 312 pages are an easy-to-use, 100,000 entry Master Index, a Quick Reference Guide, a population chart, a world locator, time zone maps, and 60 inset maps of major metropolitan areas; all presented in a navy blue padded bonded leather binding. This executive edition also features an attractive red ribbon place marker, dazzling silver gilt-edged pages and stunning silver foil stamping on the spine and cover.