The most popular maps & atlases books

Maps and atlases let you explore the world on paper. World and road atlases, historical maps, walking maps and books about the art and history of cartography are all here. For planning a route, settling an argument or simply losing an afternoon.

Road Trip USA (25th Anniversary Edition) Cross-Country Adventures on America's Two-Lane Highways

Jamie Jensen

1996 · 2021 edition

968 pages

Billy Connolly's Route 66

Billy Connolly

Published 2011

320 pages

The Ancient Paths Discovering the Lost Map of Celtic Europe

Graham Robb

2013 · 2014 edition

416 pages

Dream Cities Seven Urban Ideas that Shape the World

Graham Wade

Published 2016

336 pages

Strange Maps An Atlas of Cartographic Curiosities

Frank Jacobs

Published 2009

256 pages

National Geographic Picture Atlas of Our Universe

Roy A. Gallant

Published 1980

276 pages

The Historical Atlas of New York City

Eric Homberger

1994 · 1998 edition

192 pages

The New Penguin Atlas of Medieval History Revised Edition

Colin McEvedy

Published 1992

112 pages

Shanghai 1937 Stalingrad on the Yangtze

Peter Harmsen, George Backman

2013 · 2015 edition

360 pages

The 50 States Explore the U.S.A. with 50 Fact-filled Maps!

Gabrielle Balkan

2015 · 2024 edition

112 pages

Great Maps The World's Masterpieces Explored and Explained

Jerry Brotton

Published 2014

256 pages

Map As Art, The

Katharine A. Harmon, Gayle Clemans

Published 2009

255 pages

Lonely Planet''s Ultimate Travel Our List of the 500 Best Places to See... Ranked

Lonely Planet

Published 2015

328 pages

The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Rome

Chris Scarre

Published 1995

144 pages

Prince

Ronin Ro

2011 · 2012 edition

384 pages

Rick Steves Iceland

Rick Steves, Ian Watson, Cameron Hewitt

Published 2018

472 pages

The Laws Guide to Drawing Birds

John Muir Laws

Published 2012

117 pages

North American Maps for Curious Minds

Matthew Bucklan, Victor Cizek, Ian Wright

Published 2021

208 pages

Frenchmen, Desire, Good Children-- and Other Streets of New Orleans

John Churchill Chase

1979 · 2001 edition

268 pages

Soundings The Story of the Remarkable Woman Who Mapped the Ocean Floor

Hali Felt

Published 2012

352 pages

National Geographic Atlas of the World, Eighth Edition

National Geographic

Published 2004

416 pages

The History of Pirates

Angus Konstam

1999 · 2005 edition