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List of atlases

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This is a list of notable atlases, each a collection of maps, some including statistical data for the regions represented:

Contents

Early modern

16th century
  • Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (Ortelius, Netherlands, 1570–1612)
  • Piri Reis Map (Ottoman Empire, 1570–1612)
  • Mercator's Atlas (1578)
    • 17th century
  • Atlas Novus (Blaeu, Netherlands, 1635–1658; 1645 edition at UCLA)
  • Dell'Arcano del Mare (England/Italy, 1645–1661)
  • Cartes générales de toutes les parties du monde (France, 1658–1676)
  • Klencke Atlas (1660; world's largest book)
  • Atlas Maior (Blaeu, Netherlands, 1662–1667)
  • Atlante Veneto (Coronelli, Venice, 1691)
    • 18th century
  • Britannia Depicta (London, 1720)
  • Atlas Nouveau (Amsterdam, 1742)
  • Cary's New and Correct English Atlas (London, 1787)

    • Modern

    19th century
  • Cedid Atlas (Istanbul, 1803)
  • Andrees Allgemeiner Handatlas (Germany, 1881–1939; in the UK as Times Atlas of the World, 1895)
  • Bosatlas (Netherlands 1877-present)
  • Rand McNally Atlas (United States, 1881-present)
  • Stielers Handatlas (Germany, 1817–1944)
    • 20th century
  • Atlante Internazionale del Touring Club Italiano (Italy, 1927–1978)
  • Atlas Mira (Russia, 1937-present)
  • Geographers' A–Z Street Atlas (United Kingdom, 1938-present)
  • Gran Atlas Aguilar (Spain, 1969/1970)
  • Historical Atlas of China (Taiwan, 1980)
  • The Historical Atlas of China (China, 1982)
  • National Geographic Atlas of the World (United States, 1963-present)
  • Pergamon World Atlas (1962/1968)
  • Times Atlas of the World (United Kingdom, 1895-present)
  • Dorling Kindersley Atlas of the World 1994-present

    • Digital atlases

  • TerraServer-USA/MSR Maps (1998)
  • NASA World Wind (2003)
  • Google Maps (2005)
  • WikiMapia (2006)
  • North American Environmental Atlas (2005)
  • Bing Maps (2010)

    • References

    List of atlases Wikipedia
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