ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Dorling Kindersley would like to thank the following people for their assistance with this book:

Smithsonian reviewer, Jim Harle, map curator volunteer, National Museum of Natural History; Richard Gilbert, Georgina Palffy, Priyaneet Singh, and Phil Wilkinson for editorial assistance; Margaret McCormack for compiling the index; Martin Copeland for extra picture research; Vishal Bhatia for DTP assistance; and Carrie Mangan for administrative assistance.

The publisher would specially like to thank the following people for their help in providing DK with images:

Luca Giarelli for the Bedolina Petroglyph, Mark Pretlove for the Britannia Road Atlas, and Patrick Rodgers for the Haggadah.

The publisher would like to thank the following for their kind permission to reproduce their photographs:

(Key: a-above; b-below/bottom; c-center; f-far; l-left; r-right; t-top)

1 The Bodleian Library, University of Oxford: MS. Pococke 375, fol. 3b-4a (cl). Getty Images: British Library / Robana (cr). Map

Reproduction Courtesy of the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center

at the Boston Public Library: (c). 2–3 Museo Naval de Madrid. 4–5 The Library of Congress, Washington DC: G3200 1507 .W3 Vault. 6–7 Corbis: (t). Library of the London School of Economics & Political Science: Booth’s Maps Descriptive of London Poverty 1898-1899 (b). State Library of New South Wales: Safe / M2 470 / 1617 / 1 (c). 8–9 Getty Images: A. Dagli Orti / De Agostini. 10 © 2014, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana: Urb.gr.82.ff.60v-61r by permission of Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, with all rights reserved (b). 11 The Bodleian Library, University of Oxford: MS Arab. c. 90, fols. 23b-24a (b). The Mappa Mundi Trust and Dean and Chapter of Hereford Cathedral: (tr). 12–13 The Library of Congress, Washington DC: G3200 1507 .W3 Vault (bc). 12 Museo Naval de Madrid: (bl). 13 The Bodleian Library, University of Oxford: MS. Arch. Selden. A1, fol. 2r (br). 14 The Rosenbach of the Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation: [Haggadah]. Seder Hagadah shel Pesah: ke-minhag Ashkenaz u-Sefarad. Amsterdam: Bevet ha-meshutafim…Shalit, [5] 455 [i.e. 1695] (b). 15 Library of the London School of Economics & Political Science: Booth’s Maps Descriptive of London Poverty 1898-1899 (bl). 16 Copyright

by Marie Tharp 1977/2003. Reproduced by permission of

Marie Tharp: (br). Map Reproduction Courtesy of the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library: (bl). 17 Google Earth: Map data: Google, DigitalGlobe, SIO, NOAA, U.S. Navy, NGA, GEBCO (bl). U.S. Air Force: (br). 18–19 The Bodleian Library, University of Oxford: MS. Pococke 375, fol. 3b-4a. 20–21 Luca Giarelli. 21 Alamy Images: LOOK Die Bildagentur der Fotografen GmbH (cra). 22–23 Corbis. 22 Dorling Kindersley: (bl). 24–27 © 2014, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana: Urb.gr.82.ff.60v-61r by permission of Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, with all rights reserved. 24 Getty Images: The Bridgeman Art Library (bc). 27 Alamy Images: AF Fotografie (cra). 28–31 ÖNB/Wien: Cod. 324. 29 Stadt Augsburg: (cra). 31 Alamy Images: Universal Art Archive (br). 32–33 akg-images: Erich Lessing. 32 akg-images: (tr). Alamy Images: MB Travel (bl). 34 akg-images: (tl); Erich Lessing (bc). Corbis: The Gallery Collection (cl). 34–35 akg-images: Erich Lessing (c). 35 akg-images: Erich Lessing (cr, tr). Alamy Images: Art Directors & TRIP (bl). Rough Guides: Jean-Christophe Godet (br). 36–39 akg-images: British Library. 39 TopFoto.co.uk: World History Archive (tr). 40–43 The Bodleian Library, University of Oxford: MS Arab. c. 90, fols. 23b-24a. 43 The Art Archive: Bodleian Libraries, The University of Oxford (cra). 44–45 The Library of Congress, Washington DC:. G7821.C3 1136 .Y81. 44 Alamy Images: Eddie Gerald (bc). 46–49 The Bodleian Library, University of Oxford: MS. Pococke 375, fol. 3b-4a. 49 Getty Images: G. Dagli Orti / De Agostini (br). 50–51 Getty Images: De Agostini. 50 Getty Images: British Library / Robana (cra). 52–55

Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris. 55 Photo Scala,

Florence: White Images (br). 56–59 The Mappa Mundi Trust

and Dean and Chapter of Hereford Cathedral. 59 Getty Images:

British Library / Robana (cra). 60–61 Museo Naval de Madrid.

62–65 Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris. 65 Photo

Scala, Florence: White Images (br). 66–67 Lebrecht Music and Arts: Pictures from History / CPAMedia. 68–71 James Ford Bell

Library, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

71 SuperStock: Iberfoto (br). 72–73 Photo Scala, Florence. 73 Corbis: Chris Hellier (cr). 74 Getty Images: A. Dagli Orti / De Agostini (br); De Agostini (tr). Photo Scala, Florence: (tl, clb). 75 Getty Images: De Agostini (crb); G. Dagli Orti / De Agostini (cra). Photo Scala, Florence: (tl, bl). 76–79 Museo Naval de Madrid. 76 Getty Images: De Agostini (cb). 79 Photo Scala, Florence: The Metropolitan Museum of Art / Art Resource (cr). 80–81 Getty Images: A. Dagli Orti / De Agostini. 82–83 akg-images: Erich Lessing. 83 Corbis: Alfredo Dagli Orti / The Art Archive (br). 84–85 Corbis. 85 Getty Images: A. Dagli Orti / De Agostini (cra). 86–89 The Library of Congress, Washington DC: G3200 1507 .W3 Vault.

86 University of the Americas Puebla, Mexico Foundation:

Anonymous, Martin Waldseemüller, oil on canvas, 1911 172 x 109 cm (c). 89 The Library of Congress, Washington DC: G3201.B71 1507 .H6 1879 (cr). 90 Photo Scala, Florence: Heritage Images (br). 91–93 Alamy Images: Images & Stories. 94–95 Photo Scala, Florence: British Library board / Robana. 94 Photo Scala, Florence: BPK, Bildagentur fuer Kunst, Kultur und Geschichte, Berlin (cra). 96–99 Photo Scala, Florence: British Library board / Robana. 99 akg-images: Cameraphoto (cra). 100–103 © 2014, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana: A.-Z.Carte Nautiche Borgiano III. by permission of Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, with all rights reserved. 103 akg-images: (cra). 104–105 The Bodleian Library, University of Oxford: MS. Arch. Selden. A1, fol. 2r. 105 Alamy Images: Visual Arts

Library (London) (bl). 106–109 Courtesy of Centre for

Newfoundland Studies, Memorial University Libraries. 109

TopFoto.co.uk: (cr). 110–113 Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris. 110 Corbis: Christie’s Images (bc). 113 collectie Maritiem Museum Rotterdam: (tr). 114–115 The Bodleian Library, University of Oxford: MS. Selden Supra 105. 116–117 Getty Images: British Library / Robana. 118–121 Photo Scala, Florence. 121 Corbis: Stefano Bianchetti (br). 122–125 State Library of New South Wales: Safe / M2 470 / 1617 / 1. 122 Alamy Images: AF Fotografie (bc). 125 akg-images: British Library (br). 126–129

James Ford Bell Library, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis,

Minnesota: The Ricci map is owned by the James Ford. 129 Getty Images: Hulton Archive (br). 130–133 The Bodleian Library, University of Oxford: MS. Selden Supra 105. 130 Getty Images: Universal Images Group (cr). 133 Corbis: Keren Su (br). 134–137 The Library of Congress, Washington DC: G2306.R5 M3 1644. 134 Corbis: Imaginechina (bc). 137 The Bridgeman Art Library: Private Collection (br). 138–141 By permission of The British Library. 141 The Art Archive: Bodleian Libraries, The University of Oxford (br). 142–145 Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin. 143 Het Scheepvaartmuseum: (crb). 145 Mary Evans Picture Library: (bc). 146–149 Gillmark Map Gallery (gillmark.com). 147 Alamy Images: AF Fotografie (bl). 149 By permission of The British Library: (br). 150–153 Getty Images: British Library / Robana. 153 Corbis: (br). 154–155 Bibliothèque

nationale de France, Paris. 155 The Bridgeman Art Library:

Private Collection / Archives Charmet (tc). Photo Scala, Florence: White Images (tr). 156–159 The Rosenbach of the Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation: [Haggadah]. Seder Hagadah shel Pesah: ke-minhag Ashkenaz u-Sefarad. Amsterdam: Bevet ha-meshutafim… Shalit, [5] 455 [i.e. 1695]. 159 Corbis: Lebrecht Music & Arts (tr).

160–161 Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps / www. raremaps.com. 162–165 Bibliothèque nationale de France,

Paris. 163 The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore: Detail from Portrait by Jean-Marc Nattier 38.101 (br). 165 Alamy Images: Image Asset Management Ltd (br). 166–167 British Geological Survey: CP13 / 107 © NERC. All rights reserved. 168–171 By permission of The British Library. 171 Alamy Images: Universal Art Archive (br). 172–175 The Library of Congress, Washington DC: G3300 1775 .M5. 175 Getty Images: British Library / Robana (br). 176 Getty Images: Universal Images Group (cr). 176–179 Photo Scala, Florence: BPK, Bildagentur fuer Kunst, Kultur und Geschichte, Berlin. 180–183 akg-images: British Library. 183 Alamy Images: AF Fotografie (br). 184–187 British Geological Survey: CP13 / 107 © NERC. All rights reserved. 185 Science Photo Library: Paul D. Stewart (br). 187 Getty Images: Science & Society Picture Library (br). 188–189 The Library of Congress, Washington DC: G7960 s43 .I6. 188 Alamy Images: amana images inc. (c). 190–191 Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA. 192–193 Photo Scala, Florence: British Library board / Robana. 193 Wellcome Images: (br). 194–197 The Library of Congress, Washington DC: G3861.E9 1860 .H4 CW 13.2. 197 Princeton University Library: Donations aux pauvres, Plate V. André-Michel Guerry. Essai sur la statistique morale de la France (1833) Historic Maps Collection, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections (br). 198–201 Royal Geographical Society. 201 Alamy Images: AF Fotografie (br). 202–203 Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA. 203 Alamy Images: AF Fotografie (cla). 204–207 Library of the London School of Economics & Political Science: Booth’s Maps Descriptive of London Poverty 1898-1899. 204 Getty Images: Time & Life Pictures (cb). 207 Library of the London School of Economics & Political Science: BOOTH / B / 354 pp6- 7 (br). 208-209 Photo Scala, Florence: BPK, Bildagentur fuer Kunst, Kultur und Geschichte, Berlin. 208 Agence France Presse: National Geographic (bl). 210–211 Copyright by Marie Tharp 1977/2003.

Reproduced by permission of Marie Tharp. 212–215 Map Reproduction Courtesy of the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library. 215 Royal Geographical Society

(br). 216–219 TfL from the London Transport Museum collection: Harry Beck. 216 © 1965 Ken Garland: (bc). 219 The Stapleton Collection: Harry Beck (bc). 220–223 © The Estate of R. Buckminster Fuller: Dymaxion™ Air-Ocean World, R. Buckminster Fuller & Shoji Sadao, Cartographers. 220 Getty Images: Bachrach (bc). 223 Roland Smithies / luped.com: (cr). 224–225 U.S. Air Force. 225 Lunar and Planetary Institute: Image processing by Brian Fessler and Paul Spudis (cra). 226–229 Oxford Cartographers, Oxford, UK: Akademische Verlagsanstalt, Germany / ODT, Inc. Massachusetts, USA. 229 Alamy Images: Michael Schmeling (br). 230–231 Copyright by Marie Tharp 1977/2003.

Reproduced by permission of Marie Tharp. 230 Reproduced

by kind permission of Marie Tharp Maps, LLC (c). 231 Science Photo Library: Dr. Ken Macdonald (br). 232–235 Photo Scala, Florence: Private Collection / Photo © Christie’s Images / DACS (Design And Artists Copyright Society), © Estate of Alighiero e Boetti / DACS 2014. 233 Corbis: Christopher Felver (crb). 235 Corbis: Finbarr O’Reilly / Reuters / DACS (Design And Artists Copyright Society), © Estate of Alighiero e Boetti / DACS 2014 (bl). 236–239

Worldmapper, © Copyright 2006 SASI Group (University of Sheffield) and Mark Newman (University of Michigan), www.

worldmapper.org. 237 Getty Images: Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert (tr). 240–243 Courtesy of TAG Fine Arts. 243 akg-images: (cra). 244–245 Google Earth: Map data: Google, DigitalGlobe, SIO, NOAA, U.S. Navy, NGA, GEBCO. 246–247 The Bodleian Library, University of Oxford: MS Arab. c. 90, fols. 23b-24a

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