http://www.metafilter.com/tags/barrington Posts tagged with 'barrington' at MetaFilter. Wed, 16 Jul 2003 17:30:32 -0800 Wed, 16 Jul 2003 17:30:32 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/27030/Barrington%2DAtlas The <a href="http://www.unc.edu/depts/cl_atlas/"><i>Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World</i></a> provides beautiful detailed <a href="http://www.athenapub.com/8barr1.htm">topographical maps</a> of the ancient world. A mammoth undertaking in production over 12 years with 160 scholars and cartographers (with help from MapQuest) and estimated to cost over $5 million it is the largest and most accurate Ancient World Atlas ever. Composed of <a href="http://www.unc.edu/depts/cl_atlas/glocator.html">99 maps</a> (<a href="http://www.unc.edu/depts/cl_atlas/examples/map86.html">examples</a>) the Atlas is <a href="http://www.pupress.princeton.edu/titles/6773.html">easily</a> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0691049459/metafilter-20/ref=nosim/">available</a> to the layperson. "If you're gripped by Hannibal and want to sort out which way you think he went through the Alps, you'll have enough of a clear landscape to do it. If you want to follow St. Paul around the eastern Mediterranean, you can." tag:metafilter.com,2003:site.27030 Wed, 16 Jul 2003 17:30:32 -0800 atlas barrington history maps topography stbalbach