The new historical atlas of Switzerland shows the power of maps

The new “Historical Atlas of Switzerland” spurs the reader’s imagination. The genre may seem yesterday, but it clearly shows the viewer: No representation is permanent.

When everything was very different: Map of the Great Empires, 973.

Marco Zanoli / Verlag Hier und Jetzt

Almost everything speaks against him, and yet there is hardly anything better for the history lover than to linger on his pages. And the visual excursions into the past turn out to be an educational experience and, to a certain extent, an override of chronology.

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