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A World Atlas from North to South

By: Philip Parker, Bill Bragg (Illustrator)

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Hardcover | 15 September 2026

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Format
Hardcover

Age
7 - 10

Dimensions(cm)
31.2 x 24.1 x 1.2

Hardcover

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Discover the history of humankind from a new perspective!

This fascinating first snapshot of the world's past, present and future presents the world through the lens of latitude. Travelling north to south, kids will explore how great ideas spread around the globe, from the earliest civilizations to the industrial revolution, how climate has impacted people from the equator to the poles and how wildlife has adapted.

Featuring detailed maps, including:

- The Arctic Circle

- Northern Lights

- Pioneers of Culture

- Trade and Travel

- Tropic of Cancer

- Equator

- Tropic of Capricorn

- Oceans and Deserts

- Fire and Ice

- The Antarctic Circle

About the Author

Philip Parker was born in Liverpool in 1965. He studied history at Trinity Hall, Cambridge and International Relations at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, Bologna, Italy before working in the British Diplomatic Service. He has a particular interest in ancient and medieval political and military systems. He is the author of The Northmen's Fury: A History of the Viking World (2014), The Empire Stops Here: A Journey Around the Frontiers of the Roman World (2009) and the DK Eyewitness Companion Guide to World History (2010).

Bill Bragg is an award-winning British artist and illustrator known for his atmospheric images. He graduated from the Royal College of Art in 2005 and is a co-founder of the narrative art magazine and collective LE GUN. He has illustrated novels by Franz Kafka and Herman Melville for the Folio Society and his work regularly appears in The Guardian and The New Yorker.

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