This is a list of notable
atlas
An atlas is a collection of maps; it is typically a bundle of maps of Earth or of a region of Earth.
Atlases have traditionally been bound into book form, but today many atlases are in multimedia formats. In addition to presenting geographic ...
es, each a collection of maps, some including statistical data for the regions represented:
Early modern
;15th century
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Douce Atlas (nautical atlas)
;16th century
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Theatrum Orbis Terrarum
''Theatrum Orbis Terrarum'' (, "Theatre of the Orb of the World") is considered to be the first true modern atlas. Written by Abraham Ortelius, strongly encouraged by Gillis Hooftman and originally printed on 20 May 1570 in Antwerp, it consist ...
'' (Ortelius, Flanders, 1570–1612)
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Piri Reis Map
The Piri Reis map is a world map compiled in 1513 by the Ottoman admiral and cartographer Piri Reis. Approximately one third of the map survives; it shows the western coasts of Europe and North Africa and the coast of Brazil with reasonable accu ...
'' (Ottoman Empire, 1570–1612)
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Mercator's ''Atlas'' (1578)
;17th century
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Atlas Novus
An atlas is a collection of maps; it is typically a bundle of maps of Earth or of a region of Earth.
Atlases have traditionally been bound into book form, but today many atlases are in multimedia formats. In addition to presenting geographic ...
'' (Blaeu, Netherlands, 1635–1658
1645 editionat
UCLA
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California St ...
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Dell'Arcano del Mare
''Dell'Arcano del Mare'' by Sir Robert Dudley is a 17th-century maritime encyclopaedia, the sixth part of which comprises a maritime atlas of the entire world, which is the first such in print, the first made by an Englishman, and the first to ...
'' (England/Italy, 1645–1661)
*''Cartes générales de toutes les parties du monde'' (France, 1658–1676)
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Klencke Atlas
The ''Klencke Atlas'', first published in 1660, is one of the world's largest atlases. '' (1660; world's largest book)
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Atlas Maior
The ''Atlas Maior'' is the final version of Joan Blaeu's atlas, published in Amsterdam between 1662 and 1672, in Latin (11 volumes), French (12 volumes), Dutch (9 volumes), German (10 volumes) and Spanish (10 volumes), containing 594 maps and a ...
'' (Blaeu, Netherlands, 1662–1667)
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Atlante Veneto'' (
Coronelli, Venice, 1691)
;18th century
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Britannia Depicta
''Britannia Depicta'' was an illustrated road atlas for Britain. It was printed in numerous editions over many decades from 1720 into the 19th century and updated with engravings by many artisans who worked from drawings of other artists. It feat ...
'' (London, 1720)
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Atlas Nouveau'' (Amsterdam, 1742)
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Cary's New and Correct English Atlas'' (London, 1787)
Modern
;19th century
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Andrees Allgemeiner Handatlas
''Andrees Allgemeiner Handatlas'' was a major cartographic work (general atlas) published in several German and foreign editions 1881–1937. It was named after Richard Andree (1835–1912) and published by Velhagen & Klasing, Bielefeld and Lei ...
'' (Germany, 1881–1939; in the UK as ''
Times Atlas of the World
''The Times Atlas of the World'', rebranded ''The Times Atlas of the World: Comprehensive Edition'' in its 11th edition and ''The Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World'' from its 12th edition, is a world atlas currently published by HarperCol ...
'', 1895)
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Atlas do Visconde de Santarem'' (Paris, 1841, 1842-1844, and 1849)
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Bosatlas'' (Netherlands 1877–present)
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Cedid Atlas
''Cedid Atlas'' ( ota, جديد اطلس; or اطلسِ جديد, ''Atlas-ı Cedid'') is the first translation of the atlas in the Muslim world, printed and published in 1803 in Constantinople, the capital of the Ottoman Empire. The full title of ...
'' (Istanbul, 1803)o
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Rand McNally
Rand McNally is an American technology and publishing company that provides mapping, software and hardware for consumer electronics, commercial transportation and education markets. The company is headquartered in Chicago, with a distribution c ...
Atlas'' (United States, 1881–present)
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Stielers Handatlas
''Stielers Handatlas'' (after Adolf Stieler, 1775–1836), formally titled ''Hand-Atlas über alle Theile der Erde und über das Weltgebäude'' (''Handy atlas of all parts of the world and of the universe''), was the leading German world atlas ...
'' (Germany, 1817–1944)
;20th century
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Atlante Internazionale del Touring Club Italiano
The ''Atlante Internazionale del Touring Club Italiano'' was a comprehensive world reference atlas first published by the Touring Club Italiano in 1927.
In order to give Italy an extensive reference atlas modelled on foreign examples such as ''St ...
'' (Italy, 1927–1978)
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Atlas Mira
The World Atlas (russian: Атлас мира, translit=Atlas mira, , lit=Atlas of the World) is the Soviet and later Russian atlas of the world.
Predecessors
Initially Russian cartography did not produce original work: the ''Atlas Marksa'' (1 ...
'' (Russia, 1937–present)
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Geographers' A–Z Street Atlas
The ''Geographers' A–Z Street Atlas'', commonly shortened to ''A–Z'' (pronounced "Ay to Zed"), is a title given to any one of a range of atlases of streets in the United Kingdom produced by Geographers' A–Z Map Company Limited. Its first ...
'' (United Kingdom, 1938–present)
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Gran Atlas Aguilar
The ''Atlas Universal Aguilar'' was the first comprehensive world atlas of Spanish origin appeared in the 1950s. Published by Aguilar S.A. de Ediciones in Madrid in 1954 with 116 pages of maps preceded by an atlas of Spain. Five further editions w ...
'' (Spain, 1969/1970)
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Historical Atlas of China'' (Taiwan, 1980)
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The Historical Atlas of China
''The Historical Atlas of China'' () is an 8-volume work published in Beijing between 1982 and 1988, edited by Tan Qixiang. It contains 304 maps and 70,000 placenames in total.
The ''Concise Historical Atlas of China'' () was published in 1991.
...
'' (China, 1982)
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National Geographic
''National Geographic'' (formerly the ''National Geographic Magazine'', sometimes branded as NAT GEO) is a popular American monthly magazine published by National Geographic Partners. Known for its photojournalism, it is one of the most widely ...
'' Atlas of the World (United States, 1963–present)
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Pergamon World Atlas
The ''Pergamon World Atlas'' (in English, 1968) was originally prepared by the Polish Army Topographical Service. It was published as the ''Atlas Świata'' (World Atlas) in 1962.
The atlas (cartography), atlas contains 380 pages of maps, figures a ...
'' (1962/1968)
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Times Atlas of the World
''The Times Atlas of the World'', rebranded ''The Times Atlas of the World: Comprehensive Edition'' in its 11th edition and ''The Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World'' from its 12th edition, is a world atlas currently published by HarperCol ...
'' (United Kingdom, 1895–present)
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Dorling Kindersley
Dorling Kindersley Limited (branded as DK) is a British multinational publishing company specialising in illustrated reference books for adults and children in 63 languages.
It is part of Penguin Random House, a subsidiary of German media co ...
Atlas of the World'' 1994–present
Digital atlases
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TerraServer-USA Microsoft Research Maps (MSR Maps) was a free online repository of public domain aerial imagery and topographic maps provided by the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The site was a collaboration between Microsoft Research (MSR), Bing Maps, an ...
/MSR Maps (1998)
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NASA World Wind
NASA WorldWind is an open-source (released under the NOSA license and the Apache 2.0 license) virtual globe. According to the website (https://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/), "WorldWind is an open source virtual globe API. WorldWind allow ...
(2003)
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Google Maps
Google Maps is a web mapping platform and consumer application offered by Google. It offers satellite imagery, aerial photography, street maps, 360° interactive panoramic views of streets ( Street View), real-time traffic conditions, and rou ...
(2005)
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WikiMapia
Wikimapia is a geographic online encyclopedia project. The project implements an interactive "clickable" web map that utilizes Google Maps with a geographically-referenced wiki system, with the aim to mark and describe all geographical objects ...
(2006)
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North American Environmental Atlas
The ''North American Environmental Atlas'' is an interactive mapping tool created through a partnership of government agencies in Canada, Mexico and the United States, along with the Commission for Environmental Cooperation, a trilateral internat ...
'' (2005)
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Bing Maps
Bing Maps (previously Live Search Maps, Windows Live Maps, Windows Live Local, and MSN Virtual Earth) is a web mapping service provided as a part of Microsoft's Bing suite of search engines and powered by the Bing Maps Platform framework. Since 20 ...
(2010)
See also
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History of cartography
The history of cartography refers to the development and consequences of cartography, or mapmaking technology, throughout human history. Maps have been one of the most important human inventions for millennia, allowing humans to explain and navig ...
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History of geography
The history of geography includes many histories of geography which have differed over time and between different cultural and political groups. In more recent developments, geography has become a distinct academic discipline. 'Geography' deriv ...
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List of historical maps
The following is a list of notable extant historical maps.
Early world maps
*Babylonian Map of the World (flat-earth diagram on a clay tablet, c. 600 BC)
*'' Tabula Rogeriana'' (1154)
* Psalter world map (1260)
*''Tabula Peutingeriana'' (126 ...
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Cartography
Cartography (; from grc, χάρτης , "papyrus, sheet of paper, map"; and , "write") is the study and practice of making and using maps. Combining science, aesthetics and technique, cartography builds on the premise that reality (or an im ...
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Manifold
In mathematics, a manifold is a topological space that locally resembles Euclidean space near each point. More precisely, an n-dimensional manifold, or ''n-manifold'' for short, is a topological space with the property that each point has a n ...
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Bird atlas A bird atlas is an ornithological work that attempts to provide information on the distribution, abundance, long-term change as well as seasonal patterns of bird occurrence and make extensive use of maps. They often involve a large numbers of volunt ...
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Star atlas
Celestial cartography, uranography,
astrography or star cartography is the aspect of astronomy and branch of cartography concerned with mapping stars, galaxies, and other astronomical objects on the celestial sphere. Measuring the position ...
References
External links
Atlases at DavidRumsey.comincludes many important atlases from the 18th-20th centuries
Charting North America maps and atlases in the New York Public Library Digital Collection
Ryhiner CollectionComposite atlas with maps, plans and views from the 16th-18th centuries, covering the globe, with about 16,000 images in total.
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