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From the publication in 1595 of the first "atlas" by the Flemish cartographer Gerhard Mercator, the term has become a universally adopted title for books contai

The British Library has one of the largest and most impressive cartographic collections in the world, including manuscript maps and atlases, administrative reco

Since that ancient day when the first human drew a line connecting Point A to Point B, maps have been understood as one of the most essential tools of communica

Published on the occasion of the exhibition at the British Library, London, April 30-Sept. 19, 2010.

Where is paradise? It always seems to be elsewhere, inaccessible, outside of time. Either it existed yesterday or it will return tomorrow; it may be just around