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Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World [With CDROM of Map-By-Map Directory]

Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World [With CDROM of Map-By-Map Directory]

Talbert, Richard J. a.

Hardcover

AtlasesAncient GreeceAncient Rome

ISBN10: 069103169X
ISBN13: 9780691031699
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: Oct 8 2000
Pages: 280
Weight: 9.55
Height: 1.60 Width: 16.80 Depth: 21.70
Language: English

The best geography of the ancient world ever achieved.--New York Times

Published to rave reviews, the Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World is a reference work without equal.

In 102 full-color maps spread over 175 pages, the Barrington Atlas re-creates the entire world of the Greeks and Romans from the British Isles to the Indian subcontinent and deep into North Africa. It spans the territory of more than 75 modern countries. Its large format (13 1/4 x 18 in. or 33.7 x 46.4 cm) has been custom-designed by the leading cartographic supplier, MapQuest.com, Inc., and is unrivaled for range, clarity, and detail. Over 70 experts, aided by an equal number of consultants, have worked from satellite-generated aeronautical charts to return the modern landscape to its ancient appearance, and to mark ancient names and features in accordance with the most up-to-date historical scholarship and archaeological discoveries. Chronologically, the Barrington Atlas spans archaic Greece to the Late Roman Empire, and it uses no more than two standard scales (1:500,000 and 1:1,000,000) to represent most regions.

Since the 1870s, all attempts to map the classical world comprehensively have failed. The Barrington Atlas has finally achieved that elusive and challenging goal. It began in 1988 at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, under the direction of the distinguished ancient historian Richard Talbert, and has been developed with approximately $4.5 million in funding support.

The resulting Barrington Atlas is a reference work of permanent value. It has an exceptionally broad appeal to everyone worldwide with an interest in the ancient Greeks and Romans, the lands they penetrated, and the peoples and cultures they encountered in Europe, North Africa, and Western Asia. Scholars and libraries should find it essential. It is also for students, travelers, lovers of fine cartography, and anyone eager to retrace Alexander's eastward marches, cross the Alps with Hannibal, traverse the Eastern Mediterranean with St. Paul, or ponder the roads, aqueducts, and defense works of the Roman Empire. The Barrington Atlas brings the ancient past back to life in an unforgettably vivid and inspiring way.

A Map-by-Map Directory to the Barrington Atlas is available online (http: //assets.press.princeton.edu/B_ATLAS/B_ATLAS.PDF) and in a separate two-volume print edition of close to 1,500 pages. The Directory is designed to provide information about every place or feature in the Barrington Atlas. The section for each map comprises:

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