Barefoot World Atlas

Extend your horizons with 5 brand-new packs for Barefoot World Atlas: “North America”, “Great Cities”, “International Football”, “World Art” and “World Puzzles”.

Barefoot World Atlas is a magical, interactive 3D globe that invites children to explore the regions and countries of the world, discovering 100s of fascinating features and immersing themselves in the rich wonders of our planet.

Geographer and BBC TV presenter Nick Crane is your guide as you fly at will around this beautiful globe, created by artist David Dean. Explore the world’s continents, great oceans and changing environments. Meet different people around the planet and find out about their way of life. Encounter amazing wildlife, and discover landmarks, natural features and famous buildings.

The new packs for Barefoot World Atlas offer exciting, absorbing and interactive content:

• “North America” provides 120 new features for the USA and Canada. It includes audio narration by Thérèse Plummer and WolframAlpha-enhanced data on all the states of the USA and the provinces and territories of Canada. Browse through stunning photographs, explore the history and geography, and expand your knowledge of their shapes, flags and positions with fun and challenging puzzles.

• From Bogotá to Bangkok, “Great Cities” allows you to travel to 100 of the most fascinating and significant cities in the world. North Indian storyteller Seema Anand is your guide as you find out what makes these cities truly “great”. This pack also includes WolframAlpha-enhanced key data, photographs and a new puzzle.

• “World Puzzles” invites you to test your knowledge of the facts and figures in Barefoot World Atlas in a variety of wit-sharpening ways. Includes a jigsaw of the world and a flags and countries matching puzzle.

Coming Soon:

• “International Football” puts facts and stats on all the FIFA World Cup teams at your fingertips. Read about all of FIFA’s 209 teams with sports journalist Sim de la Torre, and dig into comprehensive information from Opta, including current world ranking, team badge, date founded, squad names, stadium and more. Toggle between home and away strips, and test yourself with a matching puzzle.

• “World Art” presents 100 carefully selected works of art, from prehistory to the present day. With textiles, sculpture, jewellery, ceramics, photographs and paintings, all drawn from the Bridgeman Art Library archives, this pack offers an inspiring overview of the ways in which people have expressed themselves through art since the dawn of time. Put each work of art together yourself with sliding tile puzzles.

Each pack is available as an in-app purchase.

With the new Barefoot World Atlas packs, you truly have the world at your fingertips!

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Reviews:

“The whole app is wonderful and though it’s obviously aimed at children, it will prove to be just as diverting for parents.”
– The Telegraph

“Barefoot World Atlas is one of the best exploration apps there is, with so much to explore in such an intuitive way. Anyone can enjoy using and learning from this app, and it provides a brilliant atlas for your household.”
– Apple’n’Apps

Features:

• An interactive globe that children can spin, zoom and fly around
• Extensive Information on every country
• Hundreds of animated features to discover
• Innovative interface allows navigation by multiple routes
• Beautiful animated illustrations by artist David Dean
• Written text and spoken narration by geographer Nick Crane
• Hundreds of carefully chosen photographs
• An evocative soundscape with ever-changing music and effects
• Live country data from Wolfram|Alpha®
• Multi-language, universal app optimised for the retina display

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Languages:

English, French, Spanish, Catalan, Japanese, German

Pack language:

English

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The Barefoot World Atlas app is based on the acclaimed hardback atlas (Barefoot Books World Atlas by Nicholas Crane and David Dean) published in October 2011.