Atlas, the man who carries the world, becomes the book of the maps of the world. An example of man, or God, into book. Few have that honour. (Peter Greenaway)

Atlas, the man who carries the world, becomes the book of the maps of the world. An example of man, or God, into book. Few have that honour.

Peter Greenaway

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