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 ...

The Lovecraft Atlas, which beautifully maps the cosmically terrifying worlds brought into existence H.P, Lovecraft, is only ...

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 ...

If you want to inspire your kids to travel, then reading map books is a great way for kids to visualise how big and diverse ...

Our world is a beautiful and fascinating place full of amazing creatures and features. As it is physically (and financially too) not possible to go to all these places and discover the wonders of this ...

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 ...

We all know that Sherlock lived at 221b Baker Street. But who were his fictional neighbours? A new book, co-authored by Londonist's editor-at-large Matt Brown, maps thousands of locations from movies, ...

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 ...