Atlases

An atlas is a collection of maps; it is typically a bundle of maps of Earth or 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 features and political boundaries, many atlases often feature geopolitical, social, religious and economic statistics. They also have information about the map and places in it.

It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1)
It Starts with Us (It Ends with Us, #2)
The Atlas Six (The Atlas, #1)
The Atlas Paradox (The Atlas, #2)
The Atlas of Middle-Earth
The Atlas Complex (The Atlas, #3)
Atlas of Remote Islands: Fifty Islands I Have Never Set Foot On and Never Will
The New Penguin Atlas of Medieval History
The Penguin Atlas of Ancient History
National Geographic Atlas of the World
The Anchor Atlas of World History, Vol 1: From the Stone Age to the Eve of the French Revolution
Maps
Atlas Obscura: An Explorer's Guide to the World's Hidden Wonders
The Anchor Atlas of World History, Vol 2: From the French Revolution to the American Bicentennial
Oxford Atlas of the World
London A-Z Street Atlas by Geographers' A-Z Map CompanyCollins World Atlas by Collins MapsAtlas of Remote Islands by Judith SchalanskyThe Hornblower companion; by C.S. ForesterAtlas of the English Civil War by Peter R. Newman
Atlases And Maps
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Glasgow's Secret Geometry by Harry BellThe Land That Never Was by Vasily PasetskyThe Secret Plan of Canberra by Peter ProudfootBolivia, as the Insidious Author and Persistent Perpetrator o... by Hinton Rowan HelperThe Historical Encyclopedia of Atlantic Nautical Hazards by Raymond John Howgego
•Kenocartographobia
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Heather Fawcett
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Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands

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I have a new found respect for Atlas.
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