McEvedy: Penguin Atlases

The Penguin Atlas of Medieval History
Pages 60 & 61: "A.D. 1071"
The Penguin Atlas of Modern History (to 1815)
Pages 62 & 63: "Europe in 1750     Political Units"
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This is a series of atlases, written by Colin McEvedy and published by Penguin. Most are in landscape format, which suits the shape of Europe. They have the maps on the right-hand pages, with the text relevant to them on the facing page. Most of the maps are political, like the ones shown above; but they are interspesed with some maps showing populations, religions, and trade routes – in the left-hand image above, you can see some of a trade-route map showing through from the previous page.

The Penguin Atlas of Medieval History is the first atlas I ever bought, when it was published, in 1961.

  Title Author(s) buy from amazon
(Europe)    The New Penguin Atlas of Ancient History Colin McEvedy, John Woodcock .com .co.uk
(Europe) The New Penguin Atlas of Medieval History    newer edition than shown above Colin McEvedy .com .co.uk
(Europe) The Penguin Atlas of Modern History to 1815    newer edition than shown above Colin McEvedy .com .co.uk
(Europe) The New Penguin Atlas of Recent History: Europe Since 1815 Colin McEvedy .com .co.uk
(other region) The Penguin Atlas of North American History: to 1870 Colin McEvedy .com
(other region) The Penguin Atlas of African History Colin McEvedy .com .co.uk
(other region) The Penguin Historical Atlas of the Pacific Colin McEvedy .com .co.uk
(world) The Penguin Atlas of World Population History Colin McEvedy, Richard Jones .com .co.uk