Containing the promise of adventure and undiscovered places, maps are so much more than the mere documenting of land and sea. In the words of Jean-Christophe Bailly: 'This is the real ethos of these images: to inspire us, as we sit beneath the light of our lamps in that intimate space of reading and dreaming, an infinity of expression and a winding trail of freely drifting thoughts.' (An Atlas of Geographical Wonders)