TEXTBOOK ERRATA
When the book comes out, any known errata will be listed here. If you find additional errata, please inform one of the book's authors by email.
Chapter 1 - Geography and Tourism
Chapter 2 - Europe and Eurasia
Section 2.1 - The Geography of Europe
- p. 70 - 2nd line up from bottom - "Transcaucases" should be "Transcaucasus"
Section 2.2 - Western Europe Today
- p. 78 - 1st paragraph, line 9, "He founded" should be "His student, Plato, founded"
- p. 78 - 2nd paragraph, line 2, "slaves then citizens" should be "slaves than citizens"
- p. 89 - 1st paragaph, 4th line, "continue be the" should be "continue to be the"
Section 2.3 - Eastern Europe Today
- p. 157 - photo description: "Taigareflects" should be "Taiga reflects"
Chapter 3 - The Old World: Central Asia through Africa
- p. 168 - 1st paragraph, 4th line down, "culture hearth" should be "cultural hearth"
- p. 179 - 2nd paragraph, line 1 - "Kygyzstan" should be "Kyrgyzstan"
- p. 184 - last line in main text; last word should be "Bamiyan" not "Bamyam"
Section 3.2 - Southwest Asia and North Africa
Section 3.3 - Sub-Saharan Africa
- p. 216 - 1st paragraph, line 2 - delete: ")"
- p. 217 - 3rd paragaph, 4th line & 4th para, 2nd line & 5th para, 1st line - "savannah" should be "savanna"
- p. 217 - 3rd paragraph, 6th line - "potatos" should be "potatoes"
- p. 226 - 1st paragraph, line 10 - "Code d'Ivoire" should be "Cote d'Ivoire"
- p. 230 - 4th line down - "Nogorongoro" should be "Ngorongoro"
- p. 257 - 2nd paragraph, lines 2 & 13 - "Balochis" should be "Baloch"
- p. 259 - last paragraph, line 7 - "Drukyul" should be "Druk Yul"
- p. 262 - box, 2nd paragraphy, last line - add a period (.) to the end of the sentence
- p. 262 - 9 lines up from bottom of page - "team" should be "teams"
- p. 266 - 3rd paragraph, lines 2 and 4, "choral" should be "coral"
- p. 273 - 1st paragraph, line 2 - "mid-eighteenth" should be "mid-eighth"
- p. 275 - 3rd line up from bottom of page - "descents" should be "descendants"
- p. 277 - 4th paragraph, lines 5, 6 and 8, "Ayuthaya" should be "Ayutthaya"
- p. 278 - photo text - "Halong Bay" should be "Ha Long Bay" - both spellings are used; this change is to be consistent with the form used elsewher in the text
- p. 279 - last paragraph, line 8, "Vientienne" should be "Vientiane"
- p. 280 - photo box, line 3, "purpled" should be "purple"
- p. 283 - 4th paragraph, line 4, "Gamalan" should be "Gamelan"
- p. 229 - "Anime" is not "Japanese Graphic Novels". Anime is actually animation in the same style, the novels are referred to as "Manga".
- p. 291 - 4th paragraph, line 3, extra space after the word "It" should be removed
- p. 293 - 5th line up from bottom of page, "Autonomus" should be "Autonomous"
- p. 297 - last paragraph, first line, "through" should be "though"
- p. 297 - last paragraph, last line, insert period (.) at end of sentence
- p. 298 - photo box, last line, insert period (.) at end of sentence
Section 4.4 - Oceania: Australia, The Pacific Islands, Antartica and the Oceans
- p. 316 - 1st paragraph, 2nd sentence, 'population projections are as follow' should be 'population projections are as follows'
- p. 316 - last paragraph, 2nd to last sentence: 'operated at mouth of the Murray" should be 'operated at the mouth of the Murray'
Section 5.1 - Anglo North America
Section 5.2 - Latin North America
- p. 397 - 3rd paragraphy, second line up, "80%" should be "60 to 70%" - Also note that genetics studies have found a significant mixing of races in the Caribbean beyond "official" statistics.
- p. 428 - Chile section, 2nd sentence - "It is shape is distinct" should be "Its shape is distinct"
APPENDIX
INDEX