TheAtlas Journal

Handcrafting a bespoke globe in a London studio, artisan carefully detailing coastlines and lettering on a vintage-style world map with traditional tools.

Reviving Renaissance Craft – A Day in the Life of a London Globe Maker

From Coronelli to Us – How Renaissance Shaped Globe Makers Into Revolutionaries

Explore how Vincenzo Coronelli and the Renaissance reshaped globe-making, blending science, art, and discovery into lasting masterpieces.

From Stars to Continents : Celestial vs. Terrestrial Globes

Discover the history of celestial and terrestrial globes, from ancient Greece to Erhardt Weigel’s planetarium and star navigation.

The Map That Lied to the World: Rethinking Mercator’s Global Legacy

Explore how traditional world maps like Mercator distort continents, and learn about accurate alternatives like Equal Earth and AuthaGraph.

Leonardo Frigo with a Coronelli globe in Venice, Museo Correr

From Coronelli to Us – How Renaissance Shaped Globe Makers Into Revolutionaries

Explore how Vincenzo Coronelli and the Renaissance reshaped globe-making, blending science, art, and discovery into lasting masterpieces.

The Map That Lied to the World: Rethinking Mercator’s Global Legacy

Explore how traditional world maps like Mercator distort continents, and learn about accurate alternatives like Equal Earth and AuthaGraph.

Dante's Celestial Journey – A Path of Cosmic Vision

Dante’s Divine Comedy blends poetic vision and medieval astronomy, offering a celestial journey through stars, science, and symbolism.

Portrait of Dante Alighieri in a red robe and laurel crown, holding an open book, set against a star-filled night sky with the Milky Way clearly visible behind him.

Dante's Celestial Journey – A Path of Cosmic Vision

Dante’s Divine Comedy blends poetic vision and medieval astronomy, offering a celestial journey through stars, science, and symbolism.

Ulysses' Journey through Dante's Inferno – An Allegory of Existence

Explore Ulysses' role in Dante's Inferno,an allegory of pride, knowledge, and the human journey through sin, exile, and the search for meaning.

Illustration of Dante and Virgil encountering Ulysses and Diomedes engulfed in a split flame in the eighth circle of Hell, from Inferno Canto XXVI.

Ulysses' Journey through Dante's Inferno – An Allegory of Existence

Explore Ulysses' role in Dante's Inferno,an allegory of pride, knowledge, and the human journey through sin, exile, and the search for meaning.

Fabriano, the Paper City

Discover Fabriano, Italy’s Paper City, where artisans revolutionized papermaking. Explore its history and how it continues to shape art and globe-making today.