How do you impress a king? Here’s one idea—give him a giant book. That’s what the Dutch sugar merchant Johannes Klencke did in 1660, when English King Charles II was restored to the throne (and he ...

"Star maps, even though they show the world above, still reflect a lot of what's going on down below," he said. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

Mapmakers of the 19th century sought to render both the natural and political worlds with clarity and beauty.

Atlas Obscura: An Explorer’s Guide to the World’s Hidden Wonders, written by Joshua Foer, Dylan Thuras, and Ella Morton isn’t a traditional travel guide. You won’t find popular sites like the Pyramids ...

When he was growing up in communist Bulgaria, graphic designer Yanko Tsvetkov became obsessed with maps. Atlases were among the few colorful books he had access to, and he spent hours tracing the maps ...

With our road atlas on family trips, those of us in the back seat had to endure arguments between the driver and navigator ...

The story behind an atlas and landmark work of graphic design is the focus of a new book about designer Herbert Bayer’s contributions to information design and visual education. Herbert Bayer's World ...

Despite its exotic name, there’s a very good reason you’ve never booked a vacation to the Quilombo of Palmeres. Same goes for the Islands of Refreshment, the Fiume Endeavour and Neutral Moresnet. They ...

An extract from the map of Britain and Ireland showing fictional places in the south-east. Update March 2022: Atlas of Imagined Places has won the Edward Stanford Prize for Best Illustrated Travel ...