Library Link of the day has posted this link to the Guardian newspaper
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/jan/26/klencke-atlas-british-library-exhibition
about a new exhibition at the British Library :
Magnificent maps: Power, Propaganda and Art.
The exhibition includes the largest book in the world - the amazing, enormous, 350 year old Klenke atlas made for King Charles II on his restoration.
The short article is interesting on the role of maps - how and why they were made and used - to show power and status, for propaganda and spin, and as works of art in themselves...
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