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Hailed by the New York Times as "the best geography of the ancient world ever achieved" and deemed by classicist Bernard Knox to be "an indispensable tool for historians concerned with ancient times" as well as "a source of great pleasure for the amateur," the unsurpassed Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World is now available in digital form as a full-featured app for the iPad. Including all the content of the $395 print edition of the Barrington Atlas, the app makes this essential reference work more portable and affordable than ever before possible.
In 102 interactive color maps, this app re-creates the entire world of the Greeks and Romans from the British Isles to the Indian subcontinent and deep into North Africa. Unrivaled for range, clarity, and detail, these custom-designed maps return the modern landscape to its ancient appearance, marking ancient names and features in accordance with modern scholarship and archaeological discoveries. Geographically, the maps span the territory of more than seventy-five modern countries. Chronologically, they extend from archaic Greece to the Late Roman Empire.
A must-have for scholars, this app will also appeal to anyone eager to retrace Alexander's eastward marches, cross the Alps with Hannibal, traverse the Eastern Mediterranean with Saint Paul, or ponder the roads, aqueducts, and defense works of the Roman Empire. Designed exclusively for the iPad, the app uses the latest technology and is available for iPad 2 and above.
This app has received a QED seal for quality in eBook design. It can be read easily on screens both large and small.
Features:
•Carry all the content of the Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World on your iPad
•Explore and study on the go with interactive color maps and full-screen HD map images--all optimized for Retina Display
•Navigate maps with a finger swipe or tap
•Pinch-zoom up to 800 percent to see all detail
•Find more than 20,000 locations through an interactive gazetteer
•Bookmark locations for quick and easy access
•See all maps in proper orientation in both portrait and landscape modes through automatic "True North" rotation
•Look at maps in the same order as the book and move seamlessly between connected map plates without flipping pages
•View ancient borders or overlay modern borders for reference
•Examine maps in detail with an interactive map key
•Access maps through multiple, intuitive pathways provided by an easy-to-use interface
•Store all data locally on your iPad--no Wi-Fi or network connection necessary
Technical Specifications:
•Compatible with iPad 2 and above.
•Requires iOS 7.0 or later.
•Size: 350 MB
•Rating: Rated 4+
Reviews of print edition:
"[The Barrington Atlas] is the best geography of the ancient world ever achieved. . . . [I]t reveals the world inhabited or reached by the Greeks and Romans from 1000 B.C. to A.D. 640 in thrilling detail, and a color code lets us track changes through 16 centuries. The collective learning poured into this project is almost intimidating to contemplate, and the fact that it could be completed testifies to extraordinary planning, dedication and courage. . . . [T]he cartography is luminous. . . . [M]agnificent."
--D.J.R. Bruckner, New York Times Book Review
"The Barrington Atlas is a major contribution to scholarship, extensive in scale, reliable and up to date, and so laid out as to be really helpful to the user."
--Jasper Griffin, New York Review of Books
"Beautifully produced with an exquisite combination of scholarly precision and the highest level of cartographic art, this atlas is one of the greatest achievements in 20th-century Greek and Roman scholarship--and it probably will never be superseded."
--Publishers Weekly
"This atlas is an indispensable tool for historians concerned with ancient times. But it is also a source of great pleasure for the amateur."
--Bernard Knox, Los Angeles Times Book Review
Barrington Atlas App Comments & Reviews
Barrington Atlas Positive Reviews
Gazetteer does not workThe alphabetic listing of sites no longer shows up, and the search function causes the app to crash and close. For the price, I expected some upkeep of the app..Version: 1.8.0
An absolutely essential app; please keep updating!I use this app on a daily basis as I go through my classical texts because I really like to be familiar with the geography of the text I am reading. The ability to search for a specific location and have the app zoom in on the map where that location is is priceless. Please, please continue updating this app for the newer Apple software releases!.Version: 1.8.0
5 Star Content, 3 Star AppThe app needs a more intuitive may to navigate between the maps, it’s basically a confusingly organized PDF of insanely valuable maps. Ultimately the content is so valuable that I’m still very grateful they’ve released this as an app..Version: 1.8.0
Finally works in iOS 8!The May 27 update finally fixed it! Now it is a great app, and worth every penny. Highly recommended..Version: 1.3
Must be reinstalledFrom time to time. Asside this bug, is an excellent reference work..Version: 1.3
Useful resource, but it keeps crashingThis app has some wonderful maps that will be very helpful in my research and as a general reference for my work. My main issue is that the app keeps crashing about three pages into the introduction. I can search for places and use the maps fine, but I also want to be able to actually use the introduction of the book as well. It would also be great if they could include some bibliographic references..Version: 1.1
Good overall, but two problems.The first problem is a minor one: searching a place can finding the relevant map is somewhat slow. I don’t mean there are a number of steps involved in that, rather it takes a bit for the iPad to “think” its way through your search and find the correct maps. The second problem is a major one: if you search a place, and that search yields the first map (“1 Internum Mare”) as a result, tapping that result will ALWAYS bring you to map 1a, instead of map 1. This is a major problem, since map 1a is a relatively minor map (“Fortunatae Insulae”) when compared to map 1 (a map of the entire Mediterranean and its shores; your standard map of the ancient world). Other than those two complaints, this is a great app and very convenient to boot. It is much easier to have this atlas with me than to carry the large print edition around. The price may be steep for your average app, but the maps and information contained are worth the price..Version: 1.1
Requires periodic re-installationThe search/gazetteer function mysteriously malfunctions after a while. The only solution I've found is to delete and reinstall the app. Of course, you lose your search history etc. iOS 10/iPad Air and mini. This was also an issue on ios7, clearly an application bug. That aside, this is an excellent resource.Version: 1.3
Detailed Atlas of the Ancient WorldThis set of maps has just what I was looking for: a portable atlas of antiquity I can access easily. My only gripe is the zoom does not go far enough. On my iPad 2 I have to keep my fingers split to view detail..Version: 1.1
Amazing AppUseful, easy to use and incredibly detailed..Version: 1.1
Reason enough to buy an iPadSeriously. This is amazing. A searchable version of the entire atlas, with maps easily available to display in class or for research. I'm in awe. And for $20. This is the app my iPad has been waiting for, to justify its existence..Version: 1.0
Update: Reboot your iPadHad to restart my iPad and now it works great. Maybe add that to your product description. Original review: I have an iPad mini and I can't do anything in this app that doesn't cause it to crash. Zoom in on a map? Crash. Swipe to a new map? Crash. I love the atlas and was excited to have a portable copy, but not when it's so unstable..Version: 1.0
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