List of atlases

This is a list of atlases, each a collection of maps, some including statistical data for the regions represented:

elected 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)
*"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)

;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)

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See also

*Bird atlas
*Cartography
*Cybercartography
*Geography
*Google Maps
*Manifold
*NASA World Wind
*Star atlas
*TerraServer-USA
*Theatrum Orbis Terrarum

External links

; Online atlases
* [http://www.homemade-atlas.org/ Homemade Atlas of the World]
* [http://www.geographynetwork.com/ Geography Network]
* [http://gos2.geodata.gov/wps/portal/gos Geospatial One-Stop]
* [http://www.earthatlas.mapchart.com MapChart EarthAtlas] , free online atlas with interactive maps about topics like demography, economy, health and environment.
* [http://www.expedia.com/pub/agent.dll?qscr=mmfn Microsoft/Encarta/Expedia World atlas] , world atlas, plus atlas for North America and Europe to street level.
* [http://www.multimap.com/ Multimap World atlas] : on UK, US, Canada, Australia and Western Europe more detailed than the rest of the world
* [http://www.nationalatlas.gov/ National Atlas of the United States]
* [http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/ National Geographic MapMachine]
* [http://www.freeworldmaps.net/ Physical Atlas of the World] Online world atlas with physical maps
* [http://tirolatlas.uibk.ac.at/ Tirolatlas] Online atlas of North-, South- and Eastern-Tyrol (Austria), requires SVG capabilities in the browser.
* [http://go.hrw.com/atlas/norm_htm/ World atlas by country]

; Historical atlases online
* [http://www.library.ucla.edu/yrl/reference/maps/blaeu/ 1645 Latin edition of Blaeu's Atlas] at UCLA (partial copy)
* [http://www.davidrumsey.com/atlases.html Atlases at DavidRumsey.com] includes many important atlases from the 18th-20th centuries, primarily from France, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States.
* [http://www.HistoricalAtlas.com/ Centennia Historical Atlas] required reading at the US Naval Academy for over a decade.
* [http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/explore/dgexplore.cfm?topic=printing&collection_list=AmericanShoresMapsfr&col_id=149 Charting North America] , maps and atlases in the New York Public Library Digital Collection
* [http://www.terra.es/personal7/jqvaraderey/index.html Historical and Political Maps of the Modern Age]
* [http://www.atlas-historique.net/ Historical Atlas from 1815 till today, "in French"]
* [http://www.euratlas.com/summary.htm Historical Atlas of Europe from AD 1 to 2000]
* [http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/map_sites/hist_sites.html Historical map web sites list] , Perry-Castañeda Library, University of Texas
* [http://www.maphistory.info/imageworld.html maphistory.info links]
* [http://www.stub.unibe.ch/stub/ryhiner/collection/progress.html Ryhiner Collection] Composite atlas with maps, plans and views from the 16th-18th centuries, covering the globe, with about 16,000 images in total.
* [http://www.zum.de/whkmla/histatlas/haindex.html World History Maps at KMLA]

; Other atlas links
* [http://atlasworld.info Atlas World:] a directory of atlases currently in print.
* [http://earth.google.com Google Earth:] a visual 3D interactive atlas.
* [http://www.instantatlas.com InstantAtlas] Create your own interactive atlas for any area.
* [http://maps.live.com Live Maps:] 2D and 3D interactive maps.
* [http://www.map.ox.ac.uk Malaria Atlas Project] .
* [http://learn.arc.nasa.gov/worldwind/index.html NASA's World Wind software] .
* [http://www.na.unep.net/OnePlanetManyPeople/index.php One Planet, Many People] UN Atlas of the Human impact on the Environment.
* [http://eusoils.jrc.it/projects/soil_atlas Soil Atlas of Europe] .
* [http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=19.4342&lon=-99.1386&z=3&l=0&m=a&v=2 Wikimapia] a wikiproject designed to describe the entire world.
* [http://www.world-atlas.biz World Atlas]