How well do your printed atlases pass the #AtlasTest ?

https://mastodonapp.uk/@JdeBP/113360681761298678

Of mine, only the Times Concise Atlas of the World, 8th edition, is in the same class as the old Marshall Cavendish Tree Of Knowledge.

#Seychelles #cartography #MarshallCavendish #TreeOfKnowledge #atlases

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I used to have, and still do, a quality test for #atlases. Do they have a page dedicated the Seychelles? Or are they merely shown once, on the small scale map of the world on pages 6+7 (or some such)?

This test was inspired by the Tree Of Knowledge, that had a page for the #Seychelles. I discovered that it was the only atlas that I possessed at the time that had such. I started checking out further atlases for the same.

Surprisingly few are as thorough.

#cartography

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The Atlas of Disease: Mapping Deadly Epidemics and Contagion From the Plague to the Zika Virus

Behind every disease is a story, a complex narrative woven of multiple threads, from the natural history of the disease, to the tale of its discovery and its place in history.

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The Atlas of Atlases: Exploring the Most Important Atlases in History and the Cartographers Who Made Them

This beautiful book is a lavishly illustrated look at the most important atlases in history and the cartographers who made them. Atlases are books that changed the course of history. Pored over by rulers, explorers, and adventures these books were used to build empires, wage wars, encourage diplomacy, and nurture trade.

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