The Book Prize Index

The Columbia Gazetteer of the World

Saul B. Cohen, Editor

Geographical encyclopedia of names, descriptions, and characteristics of places in the world. Entries include: demography; physical geography; political boundaries; industry, trade, and service activities; agriculture; cultural, historical, and archeological points of interest; transportation lines; longitude, latitude, and elevations; distance to relevant places; pronunciations; official local government place-names and changed or variant names and spellings.

Travel & PlaceTravel & Place · medium confidenceTravel & Place61 signalsScience11 signalsSociety & Culture11 signalsLlm Classifier: Travel & Place -> Travel & PlaceAward Category: PROSE Award for Earth and Environmental Sciences -> Arts & CriticismKeyword Classifier: Business & Economics -> Business & EconomicsBusiness, Capitalism & CorporationsFood, Agriculture & LandTravel, Exploration & PlaceRegional & Local History

Award History

1 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
PROSE Award for Earth and Environmental Sciences1998WinnerOfficial source
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Experimental book profileGenerated by GPT-5.4 nano · may contain inaccuracies

This is an unverified interpretation of the catalog description, offered as an opt-in discovery experiment—not as bibliographic fact.

  1. 01 Central figures

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  2. 02 Central places

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  3. 03 Suggested argument

    No argument inferred with sufficient confidence.

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    61 / 100 academic

    Academic

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 25%.