Maps from the collection “Magnificent Atlases” with title cartouches

A selection of about 1930 maps from the collection "[Magnificent Atlases: From the Beginnings to the Golden Age](https://www.e-rara.ch/atlanten/nav/classification/26780995)” were compiled for the data set. The maps from lavishly illustrated atlases of the Zentralbibliothek Zürich are freely accessible on [e-rara](https://www.e-rara.ch/), online platform for digitized rare books from Swiss institutions. They all date from the heyday of representative atlas production in the 17th century. At that time, publishers - especially in the Netherlands - tried to outdo one another with lavishly illustrated products. The originally monochrome illustrations and maps were sometimes elaborately coloured by hand. The books as mentioned were not only used for geographical orientation, they were expensive, representative luxury objects, too. The maps they contain are often richly decorated with human and animal figures as well as other decorative elements. The maps thus offer insights into ideas, power relations and conflicts of the 16th and 17th centuries. It is a staging of world, power, people and resources at the time of European expansion, starting with the end of the 15th century. The 17th century atlases, together with older ones, were indexed down to map level in 2021-22 and made available to the public online free of charge. In 2023, volunteers georeferenced over 2900 maps online in a [Citizen Science project](https://www.zb.uzh.ch/en/ueber-uns/citizen-science/prachtsatlanten-alte-landkarten-georeferenzieren) of ZB Zürich.本数据集汇编自馆藏《华丽古地图集：从起源到黄金时代》（Magnificent Atlases: From the Beginnings to the Golden Age）中精选的约1930幅地图，该馆藏链接为[https://www.e-rara.ch/atlanten/nav/classification/26780995]。这些地图取自苏黎世中央图书馆（Zentralbibliothek Zürich）装帧精美的古地图集，可通过瑞士机构数字化珍本在线平台[e-rara](https://www.e-rara.ch/)免费获取。 所有地图均创作于17世纪代表性地图集制作的黄金时期。彼时，出版商们（尤以荷兰地区为甚）竞相推出极尽华丽的制图产品以相互角逐。原本为单色的插图与地图，有时会经手工精心上色。 此类馆藏书籍不仅用于地理方位指引，同时亦是造价不菲、彰显身份的奢侈品。其中收录的地图常以人物、动物形象及其他装饰元素进行繁复装点，为研究16至17世纪的思想观念、权力关系与冲突提供了重要视角。这批地图展现了15世纪末以来欧洲扩张时期的世界图景、权力格局、人文风貌与资源分布。 2021至2022年间，研究人员对这批17世纪地图集及更早馆藏进行了逐地图级别的索引编目，并免费向公众开放线上访问权限。 2023年，在苏黎世中央图书馆（ZB Zürich）发起的市民科学项目（Citizen Science Project）中，志愿者们在线完成了超过2900幅地图的地理配准工作，该项目链接为[https://www.zb.uzh.ch/en/ueber-uns/citizen-science/prachtsatlanten-alte-landkarten-georeferenzieren]。