Maps are just the beginning

The newest edition of the Nystrom Desk Atlas enables students to visualize the world's lands and peoples, compare continents, and understand environmental, economic, and cultural issues.
Developed for Texas

Developed for Texas

The Fifth Edition Nystrom Desk Atlas is specifically designed to meet TEKS social studies standards, and is the official atlas of the University Interscholastic League A+ Maps, Graphs, & Charts Contest.
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A World of Learning

A World of Learning

The Fifth Edition Nystrom Desk Atlas includes political relief, land cover, and sculptural relief maps, plus regional maps, thematic maps, cross-section elevation profiles, infographics, captioned photographs, and Issues Today articles.
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Issues Today

Issues Today

The Fifth Edition Nystrom Desk Atlas includes political relief, land cover, and sculptural relief maps, plus regional maps, thematic maps, cross-section elevation profiles, infographics, captioned photographs, and Issues Today articles.
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Available in Print and Digital

Available in Print and Digital

The Fifth Edition Nystrom Desk Atlas includes political relief, land cover, and sculptural relief maps, plus regional maps, thematic maps, cross-section elevation profiles, infographics, captioned photographs, and Issues Today articles.
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New in this Edition

All maps, charts, graphs, captions, and Issues Today articles in the newest Nystrom Desk Atlas have been updated to reflect the most recent data. This longer edition also includes a new design and new photos.

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New Content:

  • New Understanding Map Projections spread
  • New chart, graph, and information about internally displaced people
  • New map covering the Syrian refugee crisis
  • New map of Cuba and its neighbors
  • New Deforestation map
  • New Air Pollution map
  • New Issues Today articles: National Development, Refugees, International Organizations, Urbanization, and Rising Sea Level
  • And more!
"Now more than ever, students need the intellectual power to recognize societal problems, ask good questions and develop robust investigations into them, consider possible solutions and consequences, separate evidence-based claims from parochial opinions, and communicate and act upon what they learn."
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for Social Studies School Standards
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