World’s largest atlas is unveiled at the British Library

The world's largest ever atlas has today been unveiled at the British Library in London.

The record-setting Earth Platinum atlas, one of only 31 copies in existence, measures 1.854m x 1.45m with a depth of 6cm and required six members of Library staff to carry its 200kg weight through the doors.

Launched by Australian publishers Millennium House, theEarth Platinum, consists of 61 pages of maps, all of which are produced using satellite images and another photographic technique which overlays thousands of photographs into a single, seamless image.

TheEarth Platinumsupersedes another atlas in the British Library as the largest ever. The Klencke atlas, which is outsized by theEarth Platinumby 30cm on each side, was produced as one of a handful of monster atlases in 1660, and was presented to King Charles II to mark his restoration to the throne.