At least from afar, the mapmakers' world is a beautiful place. Their 560-plus-page Atlas includes all the typical maps of continents, countries, states and cities.

With the Oxford University Press's Atlas of the World, put out annually, you are always getting the most up-to-date information. The 16th edition, which I recently received to review, came out ...

National Geographic's Atlas of the World retails for $175, but is currently listed for about $110 on Amazon. All images courtesy of National Geographic.

Why shouldn’t public transit get its own beautiful atlas? Here is San Francisco. The metro maps cover 40 cities, took 5 years to make, and fill 160 pages. Here is New York.

THE first part of this atlas contains four maps numbered respectively 21, 60, 79, and 95. The parts of the world represented are the southern section of Scotland, Farther India, Lower Egypt (from ...