A Guardian book-review of historic atlases, including the fascinating Descriptive Map of London Poverty (1889) from The London Topographical Society, the baroque Atlas Maior, ("the first great atlas,") and Cities of the World: a History in Maps. (Gallery)
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(Detail from Joan Blaeu's Atlas Maior of 1665)
(Detail of Buondaelmente's 1482 map of Constantinople)
(Detail of Bedford Square from the 1889 Descriptive Map ...)
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