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Decatur
240 South Main, Decatur, Illinois, 62523
| Phone : (217)-429-2929 | Toll free : (800)-747-2929 | FAX : (217)-423-0900 |
| E-Mail: atlas@atlastravelonline.com |
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In the Cardwell Centre Downtown Located west across the street from the Macon County Building
Open 8:00 am to 6:00 pm Monday thru Friday, 9:00 am to 1:00 pm on Saturday
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Champaign
| Phone : (217)-359-9191 | Toll free : (800)-747-9194 | FAX : (217)-359-3913 |
| E-mail: atlascmi@atlastravelonline.com |
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| Bloomington | |
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What do we mean by “full service?” We use the latest in technology to offer you the best personalized service. With over 30 agents in five locations, you know that we have been there! Travel can be difficult enough without any extra surprises. A business traveler likes to know that his agent knows his requirements- whether it is a specific seat on the plane or a rental car with cruise control. We do this! A leisure traveler wants the peace of mind of knowing that the details of his annual vacation have been carefully planned, checked and rechecked. Read the rest of this entry »
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Atlas Travel has been in business in Central Illinois since 1953. The company has been owned and operated by John and Donna Cardwell since 1981. Since that time, Atlas Travel has grown and diversified from the single office in the Citizen’s Building in Decatur to five offices in four communities in Central Illinois.
Atlas opened the Springfield office in 1986, and the Bloomington office in 1992. Read the rest of this entry »
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A cruise vacation is the ultimate escape. Whether you yearn for the
tranquil turquoise
waters of the Caribbean, or the grand scenery and wildlife of Alaska, or you
want to see
the sights of the Mediterranean or Europe, we can set your sails in the right
direction.
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Some cartographically or commercially important atlases include the following:
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World map from the first modern atlas by Ortelius - Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (1570)
The earliest atlases were not called by that name at the time of their publication, as it was introduced in 1595 by Gerardus Mercator.
The first book that in hindsight could be called an atlas was constructed from the calculations of Claudius Ptolemy, a geographer working in Alexandria circa A.D. 150. The first edition was published in Bologna in 1477 and was illustrated with a set of 27 maps, though scholars say that it is not known whether the printed maps were engraved versions of original maps made by Ptolemy, or whether they were constructed by medieval Greek scholars from Ptolemy’s text. Read the rest of this entry »