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 geographi ...
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 consis ...
'' (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 ...
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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 geogra ...
'' (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'' (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 ...
'' (Blaeu, Netherlands, 1662–1667)
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Atlante Veneto'' (
Coronelli, Venice, 1691)
;18th century
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Britannia Depicta'' (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'' (Germany, 1881–1939; in the UK as ''
Times Atlas of the World'', 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 ...
Atlas'' (United States, 1881–present)
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Stielers Handatlas'' (Germany, 1817–1944)
;20th century
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Atlante Internazionale del Touring Club Italiano'' (Italy, 1927–1978)
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Atlas Mira'' (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'' (Spain, 1969/1970)
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Historical Atlas of China'' (Taiwan, 1980)
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The Historical Atlas of China'' (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'' (1962/1968)
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Times Atlas of the World'' (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 cong ...
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 allows ...
(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 rout ...
(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 object ...
(2006)
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North American Environmental Atlas'' (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 2 ...
(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' deri ...
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List of historical maps
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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 i ...
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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 ...
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Bird atlas
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Star atlas
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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