Dear reader,
Welcome to the COOL MAPS series! this has been a
strong-selling title and I am proud of it.
this beautifully printed volume contains 24
high-resolution color maps and images of Afghanistan, ranging from historical
maps to satellite photos and covering every dimension of the land and its
people. If you or your kids enjoy
flipping through beautiful picture books, as I do, and you believe that a map
can be worth ten thousand words, this is the book for you.
In the interest of setting expectations accurately, here is
a list of the maps included here:
- Afghanistan and Persia in 1856.
- Afghanistan during the Second Anglo-Afghan War, 1878
- The Durand Line.
- An Ethnolinguistic Map of Afghanistan.
- Land Use and Economic Activity.
- Greenness.
- Topography.
- Color Topography.
- Afghanistan from Space.
- Afghanistan provinces.
- Kabul
- Kabul and Environs.
- Herat Area, 1942.
- Soviet Invasion 1979.
- Clinton Strikes at Al Qaeda in 1998
- Operation Enduring Freedom
- Provincial Reconstruction Teams.
- Opium Production
- Oil and Gas Wells in Afghanistan.
- Dust Storm over Afghanistan.
- Dust Storm over Afghanistan (Surface Temperature)
- The Flag of Afghanistan
- Afghan Currency
- Afghanistan at night
Gee, I have say that’s a pretty interesting list. You do have to bear in mind that this book is printed in a 8.5 x 8.5 inch paperback format, so the images are reduced in size from their original form. These images are meant to provide interesting synoptic views of the whole country of Afghanistan, and I have to say that I am satisfied that they do just that. By all means, take a look at Search Inside the Book and judge for yourself.
This series was originally titled COOL MAPS FOR CURIOUS KIDS, but as I moved along with publication of new volumes I found that the extra words were getting in the way. Suffice it to say that this book is aimed at curious minds, aged 7 to 77!
Cordially,
Fred Zimmerman
Publisher, Nimble Books LLC
P.S. If you like this idea, take a look at some of the other books in the COOL MAPS series:
- Cool Maps of Baghdad: the Emerald City and other cities of Iraq
- Cool Maps of Cuba: An Atlas of History, Population, Resources Before and After Fidel Castro
- Cool Maps of Indonesia: An Unauthorized View of the Land of EAT, PRAY, LOVE
- Cool Maps of Iran: Persian History, Oil Wealth, Politics, Population, Religion, Satellite, WMD and More
- Cool Maps of Iraq: History, Oil Wealth, Politics, Population, Religion, Satellite, and More
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