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Limes Atlas

208 pp / 240 x 285 mm / hardcover / dutch
category: Atlases
author: Bernard Colenbrander, MUST
year: 2005
printer: Lecturis
prizes: Rotterdam Design Prize 2009, Best Dutch Book Design

This atlas traces the northern boundary (limes) of the Roman empire and follows its path in three Dutch cities: Nijmegen, Utrecht and Leiden. Referencing classical atlases, this book provides an indepth study of how the Dutch landscape was shaped since the Roman empire by providing same scale maps of cities, regions and the country in the years 200, 1200, 1600, 1900 and 2000.
The atlas uses a carefully studied color palette, including gold for all areas on the maps that represent real findings of the ‘limes’, as well as Roman old roads and fortresses. Custom patterns were designed for the maps.

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