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''Earth Platinum'', published by Millennium House in 2012, is the world's largest
atlas An atlas is a collection of maps; it is typically a bundle of world map, maps of Earth or of a continent or region of Earth. Advances in astronomy have also resulted in atlases of the celestial sphere or of other planets. Atlases have traditio ...
at . It surpasses the famous '' Klencke Atlas'' at the
British Library The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. Based in London, it is one of the largest libraries in the world, with an estimated collection of between 170 and 200 million items from multiple countries. As a legal deposit li ...
, which held the record of the world's largest atlas since 1660.


The atlas

''Earth Platinum'' weighs and has 128 pages, each of which is so large it takes two hands (or people) to turn a page. The book is a mixture of maps and
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photography. The maps include large orthographic maps of each
continent A continent is any of several large geographical regions. Continents are generally identified by convention (norm), convention rather than any strict criteria. A continent could be a single large landmass, a part of a very large landmass, as ...
(showing political and physical features), maps of the
ocean The ocean is the body of salt water that covers approximately 70.8% of Earth. The ocean is conventionally divided into large bodies of water, which are also referred to as ''oceans'' (the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Indian, Southern Ocean ...
s, (including
shipwreck A shipwreck is the wreckage of a ship that is located either beached on land or sunken to the bottom of a body of water. It results from the event of ''shipwrecking'', which may be intentional or unintentional. There were approximately thre ...
locations) and poles, as well as very detailed regional maps. The book also includes a double-page 6 feet x 9 feet layout of the world's flags. Among its many spectacular images, ''Earth Platinum'' contains the world's largest image in a book, a photo of the
Shanghai Shanghai, Shanghainese: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: is a direct-administered municipality and the most populous urban area in China. The city is located on the Chinese shoreline on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the ...
skyline. This image size is 272
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s and made up of more than 12 thousand images tiled together. Libraries which hold a copy of the atlas include the
National Library of New Zealand The National Library of New Zealand () is charged with the obligation to "enrich the cultural and economic life of New Zealand and its interchanges with other nations" (National Library of New Zealand (Te Puna Mātauranga) Act 2003). Under the ...
, Wellington and the
State Library of New South Wales The State Library of New South Wales, part of which is known as the Mitchell Library, is a large heritage-listed special collections, reference and research library open to the public and is one of the oldest libraries in Australia. Establis ...
, Sydney, Australia.


Production

The atlas was conceived by Australian publisher
Gordon Cheers James Gordon Cheers (born 1954) owned a wholesale carnivorous plant nursery in southeast Australia. He went on to publish ''Carnivorous Plants'' (1983) and ''A Guide to Carnivorous Plants of the World'' (1993). This was followed by ''Killer Plant ...
and published in Australia, with the help of a team of over 88
cartographer Cartography (; from , '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 imagined reality) can ...
s from around the world. The atlas was printed in Italy and hand-bound in
Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...
; the cartography was co-ordinated by a company in
New Zealand New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of isla ...
. Published 20 February 2012, ''Earth Platinum'' follows publication of the "smaller" ''Earth Blue'' and ''Earth Gold'', both 2 ft x 18 inch, 30 kg, and both limited editions. ''Earth Platinum'' is priced at ; only 31 copies were printed.


See also

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References

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External links


Millennium House Official Site

Geographx Cartography



Giant Atlas Kiwi Connection Video

'World's Biggest Book' Launched At Fair


Atlases 2012 non-fiction books