World's largest atlas acquired by the British Library

The largest ever atlas has been unveiled at the British Library, where it will receive official record-breaking status by Guinness World Records adjudicators before joining the Library's world-famous map collections. The Earth Platinum atlas, one of only 31 copies in existence, measures 6ft x 9ft (1.8m x 2.7m) and required six members of Library staff to carry its 200kg weight through the doors