There's a good map geek read to accompany these fine images, entitled, "The Fourth Part of the World" by author Toby Lester. Here's a review from the Washington Post:<br><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/30/AR2009103002866.html">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/30/AR2009103002866.html</a><br>
<br clear="all">SEJ<br>----<br>"Wretches, utter wretches, keep your hands from beans." -Empedocles<br><br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 14:52, Juan Lucas Domínguez Rubio <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:juan_lucas_dr@yahoo.com">juan_lucas_dr@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
--- On Wed, 7/28/10, <a href="mailto:simon@mungewell.org">simon@mungewell.org</a> <<a href="mailto:simon@mungewell.org">simon@mungewell.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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> From: <a href="mailto:simon@mungewell.org">simon@mungewell.org</a> <<a href="mailto:simon@mungewell.org">simon@mungewell.org</a>><br>
> Subject: [OSM-talk] 10 Greatest Maps that changed the world<br>
> To: "talk" <<a href="mailto:talk@openstreetmap.org">talk@openstreetmap.org</a>><br>
> Date: Wednesday, July 28, 2010, 8:24 PM<br>
<div><div></div><div class="h5">> As we're all map geeks here:<br>
> <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/moslive/article-1272921/Ten-greatest-maps-changed-world.html" target="_blank">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/moslive/article-1272921/Ten-greatest-maps-changed-world.html</a><br>

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</div></div>All those were derived from the Catalan Atlas (Abraham Cresques, Majorca, 1375)<br>
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