November 26, 2012
Atlas and the Hesperides by John Singer Sargent, 1925

Atlas and the Hesperides by John Singer Sargent, 1925

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(Notes: 300)
  
Filed under: painting art Atlas globe 1920s 1925 myth 
November 23, 2012

Three details from Nouvelle Carte De La Sphere Pour Faire Connaître Les Divers Mouvemens Des Planetes by Henri Chatelain, c. 1720

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(Notes: 158)
  
Filed under: maps star chart France Henri Chatelain 18th Century atlas astronomy 
November 6, 2012
A penguin as Atlas bearing the weight of the world on his flippers, from The Penguin Atlas, 1956

A penguin as Atlas bearing the weight of the world on his flippers, from The Penguin Atlas, 1956

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(Notes: 56)
  
Filed under: maps cartography penguin 1956 globe world 1950s illustration books Atlas 
August 18, 2012

Maps of West Africa, Egypt, and Arabia, from Atlas de Cartes Marines by Abraham Cresques, 1375

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(Notes: 673)
  
Filed under: maps cartography atlas Abraham Cresques Barcelona medieval Africa Arabia Egypt 
August 18, 2012
Part of a zodiac from Atlas de Cartes Marines (also known as the Catalan Atlas) by Abraham Cresques, 1375

Part of a zodiac from Atlas de Cartes Marines (also known as the Catalan Atlas) by Abraham Cresques, 1375

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(Notes: 6)
  
Filed under: cosmography atlas zodiac Abraham Cresques Barcelona 
May 24, 2012
Finally, by the publication of the 1975 Westermann Schulatlas, the border adjustment with Poland is fully recognized, and the solid and dashed lines are reversed.  It turns out that West Germany did not legally recognize the Oder–Neisse line with Poland until 1970.

Finally, by the publication of the 1975 Westermann Schulatlas, the border adjustment with Poland is fully recognized, and the solid and dashed lines are reversed. 

It turns out that West Germany did not legally recognize the Oder–Neisse line with Poland until 1970.

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Filed under: Atlas maps Germany Poland Oder–Neisse WWII Cold War 
May 24, 2012
Moving even farther back in time, the Atlas östliches Mitteleuropa of 1959 also shows the adjusted Polish border with a dotted line, as if the loss of Pomerania, Silesia, and East Prussia was merely provisional.

Moving even farther back in time, the Atlas östliches Mitteleuropa of 1959 also shows the adjusted Polish border with a dotted line, as if the loss of Pomerania, Silesia, and East Prussia was merely provisional.

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Filed under: Atlas Germany WWII Oder-Neisse Cold War Poland maps 
May 24, 2012
After discovering an anachronistic border between Poland and Germany in a 1969 atlas, I wondered if this was common among all German maps of the time.  Moving back eight years, the Grosser Columbus Weltatlas of 1961 shows an even stronger German presence in the Recovered Territories, with the label “Deutschland” reaching along the entire Baltic coast, and nearly obliterating Poland.

After discovering an anachronistic border between Poland and Germany in a 1969 atlas, I wondered if this was common among all German maps of the time. 

Moving back eight years, the Grosser Columbus Weltatlas of 1961 shows an even stronger German presence in the Recovered Territories, with the label “Deutschland” reaching along the entire Baltic coast, and nearly obliterating Poland.

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(Notes: 1)
  
Filed under: Atlas Germany Poland maps Oder–Neisse WWII Cold War 
May 24, 2012
I spent my lunch hour leafing through German atlases in the local college map room, like you do, and found this map of Germany with her 1939 borders. This would not seem strange but it’s from the 1969 edition of the Diercke Weltatlas! It seems that as late as 1969 Germany did not fully recognize the revised border. If you squint you can see a little dotted line showing the de-facto border with Poland. I apologize for the quality of my cell phone’s camera.

I spent my lunch hour leafing through German atlases in the local college map room, like you do, and found this map of Germany with her 1939 borders. This would not seem strange but it’s from the 1969 edition of the Diercke Weltatlas!

It seems that as late as 1969 Germany did not fully recognize the revised border. If you squint you can see a little dotted line showing the de-facto border with Poland.

I apologize for the quality of my cell phone’s camera.

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Filed under: Atlas Germany Poland maps Oder–Neisse WWII Cold War 
February 13, 2012
A map of Italy with etymologically literal place names, from Stephan Hormes and Silke Peust’s Atlas Of True Names, 2008.

A map of Italy with etymologically literal place names, from Stephan Hormes and Silke Peust’s Atlas Of True Names, 2008.

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(Notes: 1)
  
Filed under: Atlas Atlas of True Names Italy Lord Of The Rings