The Map Room

The Christian Science Monitor looks at four “offbeat” atlases, all published in 2008: two rather pricey atlases of architecture; The Art Atlas, which “explores how inspiring new art forms have traveled, from the cave drawings of ancient Europe and Egypt to contemporary digital art”; and an atlas for children entitled The Most Fantastic Atlas of the Whole Wide World. Via Here Be Dragons.

• Buy The Art Atlas at Amazon.com
• Buy Atlas of Vernacular Architecture of the World at Amazon.com
• Buy The Phaidon Atlas of 21st Century World Architecture at Amazon.com
• Buy The Most Fantastic Atlas of the Whole Wide World at Amazon.com