A COLOURED map of the British Isles, designed to illustrate several aspects of their geography, has been published as a reprint from a Polish volume compiled under the editorship of Dr. Z.

But some books need special treatment to make it into the digital world, and the Klencke Atlas held at the British Library took a lot of extra effort, Allison Meier at Hyperallergic reports.

Establishing the difference between Great Britain, the British Isles and the United Kingdom can cause confusion even among Britons. The region, off the northwest coast of mainland Europe ...