Atlas of Atlases av Philip Parker

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<B>This beatutiful book is a lavishly illustrated look at the most important atlases in history and the cartographers who made them.</B><BR/><BR/> Atlases are<B> books that changed the course of history.</B> Pored over by rulers, explorers, and adventures these books were used to<B> build empires, wage wars, encourage diplomacy, </B>and <B>nurture trade.</B><BR/><BR/> Written by Philip Parker, an authority on the history of maps, this book<I> </I><B>brings these fascinating artefacts to life</B>, offering a unique, <B>lavishly illustrated guide t</B>o the history of these incredible books and the cartographers behind them.<BR/> <BR/> All key cartographic works from the last half-millennium are covered, including: <ul><li> The <I>Theatrum Orbis Terrarum</I>, considered<B> the world’s first atlas</B> and produced in 1570 by the Dutch, geographer Abraham Ortelius,  </li><li> The 17th-century <I>Klencke</I>— one of the <B>world’s larges