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This is a list of atlases, each a collection of maps, some including statistical data for the regions represented:
Contents
Selected general atlases
Some cartographically or commercially important atlases include the following:
- 17th century and earlier
- Atlas Novus (Blaeu, Netherlands, 1635-1658)
- Atlas Maior (Blaeu, Netherlands, 1662-1667)
- Atlante Veneto (Coronelli, Venice, 1691)
- Cartes générales de toutes les parties du monde (France, 1658-1676)
- Dell'Arcano del Mare (England/Italy, 1645-1661)
- Piri Reis Map (Ottoman Empire, 1570-1612)
- Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (Ortelius, Netherlands, 1570-1612)
- Klencke Atlas (1660; world's largest book)
- 18th century
- Atlas Nouveau (Amsterdam, 1742)
- Britannia Depicta (London, 1720)
- Cary's New and Correct English Atlas (London, 1787)
- 19th century
- Andrees Allgemeiner Handatlas (Germany, 1881-1939; in the UK as Times Atlas of the World, 1895)
- 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)
- Gran Atlas Aguilar (Spain, 1969/1970)
- Historical Atlas of China (China)
- National Geographic Atlas of the World (United States, 1963-present)
- Pergamon World Atlas (1962/1968)
- Times Atlas of the World (United Kingdom, 1895-present)
Wiki-atlases, by country
A
- Atlas of Abkhazia
- Atlas of Afghanistan
- Atlas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia
- Atlas of Åland
- Atlas of Albania
- Atlas of Algeria
- Atlas of American Samoa
- Atlas of Andorra
- Atlas of Angola
- Atlas of Anguilla
- Atlas of Antigua and Barbuda
- Atlas of Argentina
- Atlas of Armenia
- Atlas of Aruba
- Atlas of Ascension Island
- Atlas of Australia
- Atlas of Austria
- Atlas of Azerbaijan
B
- Atlas of the Bahamas
- Atlas of Bahrain
- Atlas of Bangladesh
- Atlas of Barbados
- Atlas of Belarus
- Atlas of Belgium
- Atlas of Belize
- Atlas of Benin
- Atlas of Bermuda
- Atlas of Bhutan
- Atlas of Bolivia
- Atlas of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Atlas of Botswana
- Atlas of Brazil
- Atlas of Brunei
- Atlas of Bulgaria
- Atlas of Burkina Faso
- Atlas of Burma
- Atlas of Burundi
C
- Atlas of Cambodia
- Atlas of Cameroon
- Atlas of Canada
- Atlas of Cape Verde
- Atlas of the Cayman Islands
- Atlas of the Central African Republic
- Atlas of Chad
- Atlas of Chile
- Atlas of China
- Atlas of the People's Republic of China
- Atlas of Christmas Island
- Atlas of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands
- Atlas of Colombia
- Atlas of Comoros
- Atlas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Atlas of the Republic of the Congo
- Atlas of the Cook Islands
- Atlas of Costa Rica
- Atlas of Côte d'Ivoire
- Atlas of Croatia
- Atlas of Cuba
- Atlas of Cyprus
- Atlas of the Czech Republic
D
E
- Atlas of East Timor
- Atlas of Ecuador
- Atlas of El Salvador
- Atlas of Egypt
- Atlas of Equatorial Guinea
- Atlas of Eritrea
- Atlas of Estonia
- Atlas of Ethiopia
F
- Atlas of the Falkland Islands
- Atlas of the Faroe Islands
- Atlas of Fiji
- Atlas of Finland
- Atlas of France
- Atlas of French Polynesia
G
- Atlas of Gabon
- Atlas of Gambia
- Atlas of Georgia (country)
- Atlas of Germany
- Atlas of Ghana
- Atlas of Gibraltar
- Atlas of Greece
- Atlas of Greenland
- Atlas of Grenada
- Atlas of Guam
- Atlas of Guatemala
- Atlas of Guernsey
- Atlas of Guinea
- Atlas of Guinea-Bissau
- Atlas of Guyana
H
I
- Atlas of Iceland
- Atlas of India
- Atlas of Indonesia
- Atlas of Iran
- Atlas of Iraq
- Atlas of Republic of Ireland
- Atlas of the Isle of Man
- Atlas of Israel
- Atlas of Italy
J
K
- Atlas of Kazakhstan
- Atlas of Kenya
- Atlas of Kiribati
- Atlas of North Korea
- Atlas of South Korea
- Atlas of Kosovo
- Atlas of Kuwait
- Atlas of Kyrgyzstan
L
- Atlas of Laos
- Atlas of Latvia
- Atlas of Lebanon
- Atlas of Lesotho
- Atlas of Liberia
- Atlas of Libya
- Atlas of Liechtenstein
- Atlas of Lithuania
- Atlas of Luxembourg
M
- Atlas of Macedonia
- Atlas of Macau
- Atlas of Madagascar
- Atlas of Malawi
- Atlas of Malaysia
- Atlas of Maldives
- Atlas of Mali
- Atlas of Malta
- Atlas of the Marshall Islands
- Atlas of Mauritania
- Atlas of Mauritius
- Atlas of Mayotte
- Atlas of Mexico
- Atlas of Micronesia
- Atlas of Moldova
- Atlas of Monaco
- Atlas of Mongolia
- Atlas of Montenegro
- Atlas of Montserrat
- Atlas of Morocco
- Atlas of Mozambique
N
- Atlas of Nagorno-Karabakh
- Atlas of Namibia
- Atlas of Nauru
- Atlas of Nepal
- Atlas of the Netherlands
- Atlas of the Netherlands Antilles
- Atlas of New Caledonia
- Atlas of New Zealand
- Atlas of Nicaragua
- Atlas of Niger
- Atlas of Nigeria
- Atlas of Niue
- Atlas of Norfolk Island
- Atlas of Northern Cyprus
- Atlas of the Northern Mariana Islands
- Atlas of Norway
O
P
- Atlas of Pakistan
- Atlas of Palau
- Atlas of Palestine
- Atlas of Panama
- Atlas of Papua New Guinea
- Atlas of Paraguay
- Atlas of Peru
- Atlas of the Philippines
- Atlas of the Pitcairn Islands
- Atlas of Poland
- Atlas of Portugal
- Atlas of Puerto Rico
Q
R
S
- Atlas of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
- Atlas of Saint Barthélemy
- Atlas of Saint Helena
- Atlas of Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Atlas of Saint Lucia
- Atlas of Saint Martin
- Atlas of Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- Atlas of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Atlas of Samoa
- Atlas of San Marino
- Atlas of São Tomé and Príncipe
- Atlas of Saudi Arabia
- Atlas of Senegal
- Atlas of Serbia
- Atlas of Seychelles
- Atlas of Sierra Leone
- Atlas of Singapore
- Atlas of Slovakia
- Atlas of Slovenia
- Atlas of the Solomon Islands
- Atlas of Somalia
- Atlas of Somaliland
- Atlas of South Africa
- Atlas of Spain
- Atlas of Sri Lanka
- Atlas of Sudan
- Atlas of Suriname
- Atlas of Svalbard
- Atlas of Swaziland
- Atlas of Sweden
- Atlas of Switzerland
- Atlas of Syria
T
- Atlas of Taiwan
- Atlas of Tajikstan
- Atlas of Tanzania
- Atlas of Tibet
- Atlas of Thailand
- Atlas of Togo
- Atlas of Tokelau
- Atlas of Tonga
- Atlas of Transnistria
- Atlas of Trinidad and Tobago
- Atlas of Tristan da Cunha
- Atlas of Tunisia
- Atlas of Turkey
- Atlas of Turkmenistan
- Atlas of the Turks and Caicos Islands
- Atlas of Tuvalu
U
- Atlas of Uganda
- Atlas of Ukraine
- Atlas of the United Arab Emirates
- Atlas of the United Kingdom
- Atlas of the United States
- Atlas of Uruguay
- Atlas of Uzbekistan
V
- Atlas of Vanuatu
- Atlas of Vatican City
- Atlas of Venezuela
- Atlas of Vietnam
- Atlas of the British Virgin Islands
- Atlas of the United States Virgin Islands
W
Y
Z
See also
- Bird atlas
- Cartography
- Cybercartography
- Geography
- Google Maps
- Manifold
- NASA World Wind
- Star atlas
- TerraServer-USA
- Theatrum Orbis Terrarum
External links
- Online atlases
- Geography Network
- Geospatial One-Stop
- MapChart EarthAtlas, free online atlas with interactive maps about topics like demography, economy, health and environment.
- Microsoft/Encarta/Expedia World atlas, world atlas, plus atlas for North America and Europe to street level.
- Multimap World atlas: on UK, US, Canada, Australia and Western Europe more detailed than the rest of the world
- National Atlas of the United States
- National Geographic MapMachine
- Physical Atlas of the World Online world atlas with physical maps
- Tirolatlas Online atlas of North-, South- and Eastern-Tyrol (Austria), requires SVG capabilities in the browser.
- World atlas by country
- Historical atlases online
- 1645 Latin edition of Blaeu's Atlas at UCLA (partial copy)
- Atlases at DavidRumsey.com includes many important atlases from the 18th-20th centuries, primarily from France, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States.
- Centennia Historical Atlas required reading at the US Naval Academy for over a decade.
- Charting North America, maps and atlases in the New York Public Library Digital Collection
- Historical and Political Maps of the Modern Age
- Historical Atlas from 1815 till today, in French
- Historical Atlas of Europe from AD 1 to 2000
- Historical map web sites list, Perry-Castañeda Library, University of Texas
- maphistory.info links
- Ryhiner Collection Composite atlas with maps, plans and views from the 16th-18th centuries, covering the globe, with about 16,000 images in total.
- World History Maps at KMLA
- Other atlas links
- Atlas World: a directory of atlases currently in print.
- Google Earth: a visual 3D interactive atlas.
- InstantAtlas Create your own interactive atlas for any area.
- Live Maps: 2D and 3D interactive maps.
- Malaria Atlas Project.
- NASA's World Wind software.
- One Planet, Many People UN Atlas of the Human impact on the Environment.
- Soil Atlas of Europe.
- Wikimapia a wikiproject designed to describe the entire world.
- World Atlas
