These Philip's maps have been carefully selected to give balanced coverage of all the regions of the world. Due prominence is given to densely populated and economically important countries. The accompanying 80 page index contains more than 35,000 names, including geographical features such as mountains, rivers, lakes and deserts, as well as cities and towns.

Latitude and longitude coordinates and letter-figure grid references are provided, plus a 50 page full colour thematic section, covering the Solar System and the Physical Earth.