"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 ...

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 ...

Louis Vuitton pieces together the essence of perfumery, uniting nature, luxury, travel, and scent, in the Maison’s latest book by Thames & Hudson. Louis Vuitton: A Perfume Atlas, elegantly maps out ...

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 ...

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Map enthusiast and researcher Kerim Bayer has drawn from his collection of 1,366 maps to create a graphic-design book containing 5,180 thumbnail images. Bayer made the Map Section book for the ...

The Atlas of Climate Change: Mapping the World’s Greatest Challenge presents in clear and concise visual form the impacts and effects, solutions and mitigation actions surrounding climate change – ...

“Imagine going to a bookstore or the library to pick up a riveting read, and all they have is thousands of copies of ‘The Da Vinci Code,’ ” writes Frank Jacobs, speaking our language in the ...

MURDER MAPS USA Crime Scenes Revisited; Bloodstains to Ballistics, 1865-1939 By Adam Selzer Illustrated. 224 pp. Thames & Hudson. $35. Image Like last year’s “Murder Maps: Crime Scenes Revisited; ...

The incredible maps – including this one of Newcastle – were produced over a 40-year period (Picture: The Red Atlas How the Soviet Union Secretly Mapped the World) The Soviet Union spent decades ...