Atlas Maritimus & Commercialis (1728) is a vast conspectus of the coasts, ports and harbours around the globe, containing a section on sailing directions and over fifty engraved charts. It was first conceived as a means of promoting a new map projection system, for which a group of undertakers (cartographers, booksellers, engravers and a mathematician) obtained a patent in 1721. The enterprise was supported by Edmond Halley, who wrote a short preface to the volume. The charts were available for public view by 1724, but before the volume appeared a change of plan became visible. Over half of the pages are now devoted to a comprehensive account of the geography of international commerce. This article gives the first full account of the evolution of the progress and of a shift in its intended readership. The book was now heavily targeted at the mercantile community as well as the nautical profession. The sources include printed books and pamphlets, newspaper advertisements, and official documents. An age of increasing global commerce demanded a new kind of atlas, which served less as a general gazetteer of individual nations and more as as a guide to world trade.

Atlas Maritimus & Commercialis(1728) 是一部关于全球海岸、港口和海港的庞大概览，其中包含航行方向部分和五十多张雕刻图表。它最初被设想为一种推广新地图投影系统的手段，一组承办者（制图师、书商、雕刻师和数学家）于 1721 年为此获得了专利。该企业得到了埃德蒙德哈雷的支持，他写了一篇简短的序言到音量。到 1724 年，这些图表可供公众查看，但在该卷出现之前，计划发生了变化。现在，超过一半的页面专门介绍国际商业地理的综合说明。本文首次全面介绍了进展的演变及其目标读者群的转变。这本书现在主要针对商业界和航海界。来源包括印刷书籍和小册子、报纸广告和官方文件。全球商业日益增长的时代需要一种新的地图集，它不再是个别国家的通用地名录，而是世界贸易的指南。