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Atlas Collection (page 8)

Background imageAtlas Collection: Portolan chart atlas, 1591. World map. Renaissance

Portolan chart atlas, 1591. World map. Renaissance

Background imageAtlas Collection: Universa ac Navigabilis Totius Terrarum Orbis

Universa ac Navigabilis Totius Terrarum Orbis

Background imageAtlas Collection: Portolan atlas, 1591. Map of the Arabian Peninsula

Portolan atlas, 1591. Map of the Arabian Peninsula

Background imageAtlas Collection: Portolan Atlas, 1587. Map of Asia, from Armenia

Portolan Atlas, 1587. Map of Asia, from Armenia, Iran, Afghanistan to the Indus River. Made in Messina. Facsimile. Miniature Painting. SPAIN. Madrid. National Library

Background imageAtlas Collection: Andrea Biancos Atlas, 1436. Page 10. Map of the

Andrea Biancos Atlas, 1436. Page 10. Map of the
Andrea Biancos Atlas, 1436. Page 10.Map of the Ptolemaic World from a conic view. Miniature Painting. ITALY. Venice. Biblioteca nazionale marciana (St. Marks Library)

Background imageAtlas Collection: VAZ DOURADO, Fernao (16th century). Hydrographic

VAZ DOURADO, Fernao (16th century). Hydrographic

Background imageAtlas Collection: On the seventeenth - the Irishmans idea of Atlas

On the seventeenth - the Irishmans idea of Atlas. Illustration shows an old Irish man as Atlas holding aloft a globe that shows Ireland as comprising an entire hemisphere

Background imageAtlas Collection: Goundafi Warriors of the Atlas Mountains

Goundafi Warriors of the Atlas Mountains, Morocco Date: circa late 1920s

Background imageAtlas Collection: Giant Atlas Moth

Giant Atlas Moth
A Giant Atlas Moth. Date: 1960s

Background imageAtlas Collection: Launch of Mercury Space Capsule carrying John Glenn

Launch of Mercury Space Capsule carrying John Glenn
Launch of an Atlas Rocket bearing the Mercury Space Capsule carrying John Glenn, blasting off from Cape Kennedy. Glenn was the third American in space

Background imageAtlas Collection: Nurses inside the river ambulance Geneva Cross

Nurses inside the river ambulance Geneva Cross
Scene inside the river ambulance Geneva Cross. Along with two other river ambulances it was operated by the Metropolitan Asylums Board to transport smallpox patients from London down the Thames to

Background imageAtlas Collection: River ambulances Albert Victor, Geneva Cross, Maltese Cross

River ambulances Albert Victor, Geneva Cross, Maltese Cross
View of the river ambulances Albert Victor, Geneva Cross and Maltese Cross. They were operated by the Metropolitan Asylums Board to transport smallpox patients from London down the Thames to

Background imageAtlas Collection: Atlas Beer Garden, Panama City

Atlas Beer Garden, Panama City, Republic of Panama

Background imageAtlas Collection: Bejaia and the Atlas Mountains

Bejaia and the Atlas Mountains
Bejaia (Bougie) and the Atlas Mountains, north eastern Algeria

Background imageAtlas Collection: A computer technician with data tape

A computer technician with data tape
A computer technician stretches out a piece of data recording tape, from the ICT Atlas I computing system. A colleague speaks on the telephone in the background. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Background imageAtlas Collection: Danish card - Holding up the world

Danish card - Holding up the world
An old man holds up the world - a promotional postcard (in a similar style to William Blake) for a Danish Exhibition. A more modern take on the myth of the ancient God Atlas, who held up the world

Background imageAtlas Collection: Model of a computer room layout

Model of a computer room layout
A planned layout of a computer room, including terminals and long banks of tape storage devices.Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Background imageAtlas Collection: Morocco - Marrakesh - Ramparts

Morocco - Marrakesh - Ramparts
The Old Walls (Ramparts) of the city of Marrakesh in Morocco with the snow-capped Atlas Mountains in the background

Background imageAtlas Collection: Offices of the Atlas Assurance Company, London, 1894

Offices of the Atlas Assurance Company, London, 1894
Engraving showing a number of views of the, then new, offices of the Atlas Assurance Company in Cheapside, London, 1894

Background imageAtlas Collection: A Little Girl Reading

A Little Girl Reading
A small girl sits on a hammock amusing herself by reading an atlas

Background imageAtlas Collection: Atlas Becomes Mountain

Atlas Becomes Mountain
Perseus, using the head of the gorgon Medusa as his weapon, changes Atlas, king of Mauretania, into a mountain which is still the highest region of Morocco

Background imageAtlas Collection: Animal Atlas Front Cover

Animal Atlas Front Cover
Front cover design, showing a lion and its prey, and a group of hyenas in a landscape

Background imageAtlas Collection: Atlas and the eleven spheres

Atlas and the eleven spheres of the heavens

Background imageAtlas Collection: Map /s America 1582

Map /s America 1582
Part of a map by Juan Martinez atlas, published at Messina, of the Northern countries of South America

Background imageAtlas Collection: Boy and Globe

Boy and Globe
A boy holds a globe above his head, perhaps pretending to be Atlas ?

Background imageAtlas Collection: Atlas & Sphere

Atlas & Sphere
A Titan, condemned by Zeus to carry the heavens on his shoulders

Background imageAtlas Collection: Atlas & Heavens

Atlas & Heavens
A Titan, condemned by Zeus to carry the entire heavens on his back

Background imageAtlas Collection: Atlas & Planets

Atlas & Planets
A Titan, condemned by Zeus to carry the entire heavens on his back : the planets in their orbits are clearly marked !

Background imageAtlas Collection: Atlas Holds up Heavens

Atlas Holds up Heavens
The Titan Atlas supports the Heavens on his shoulders (other versions have him holding up the world, but this is probably the original version)



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