----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Hello cartophile colleagues and comrades! I throw to you a deliberately provocative question, which I think might generate some lively comment (there again it might sink like a stone :-). Given the recent major changes in world (mainly political) geography, I would like to invest in a new general "familly reference" atlas for the Bartlett familly bookshelves. My question, intentionally left as open as possible, is: which atlas would you recommend, and why? I would ideally like something that will appeal to a lively and rapidly-growing eight-year- old as well as to the adult members of the familly, and also I cannot afford to take out a new mortgage on the house to pay for it! Finally, don't forget that we live in Europe, so one which (say) is designed for a US market may not necessarilly be optimised for our part of the world - though I have an open mind on this if you can persuade me otherwise... I look forward to your suggestions :-) Darius Bartlett