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An atlas is a collection of maps, traditionally bound into book form, but also found in multimedia formats, such as on CD-ROM. As well as geographic features and political boundaries, many often feature geopolitical, social, religious and economic statistics. The name "atlas" derives from the traditional custom of adorning the cover or title page of such collections with a picture of the Atlas of Greek mythology holding the Earth on his shoulders. This usage of the term dates from Gerardus Mercator's Atlas Sive Cosmographicae (Atlas, or Description of the Universe) of 1585– 1595. The earliest atlas was Ptolemy's Geography of c. 150. The first modern atlas was issued by Abraham Ortelius on May 20, 1570.
Comprehensive atlases include:
- Times Atlas of the World, Comprehensive Edition
- National Geographic Atlas of the World
- Pergamon World AtlasPolish cartography is based on a long tradition, and its high-quality products deserve to be more widely noted. However, rather well-known are two Polish reference atlases of particular importance, edited by Eugeniusz Romer (1871-1954): The Powszechny Atl
- Atlas MiraAlthough initially Russian cartography could not glory in original work the " Atlas Marxa" (1905), for example, is merely a translation of Debes' Neuer Handatlas the large ''Atlas Mira ("World Atlas", 1954, 2nd ed. 1967, 3rd 1999), with some 200,000 names (Russia)
- Andrees Allgemeiner HandatlasA monument of cartography is Andrees Allgemeiner Handatlas (after Richard Andree, 1835-1912), published by Velhagen & Klasing in Bielefeld and Leipzig, Germany (founded 1835, taken over by F. Cornelsen in 1954, now fully merged into the Cornelsen company) (Germany)
- Stielers HandatlasStielers Handatlas (after Adolf Stieler, 1775-1836) was the leading German world atlas of the last three decades of the 19th and the first half of the 20th century. Published by Justus Perthes of Gotha (established 1785 and still existing there) it went t (Germany)
- Gran Atlas AguilarThe first comprehensive world atlas of Spanish origin just appeared in the fifties of the past century and was published by Aguilar, S. de Ediciones in Madrid: the Atlas Universal Aguilar (1954, with 116 pages of maps preceded by an atlas of Spain; five f (Spain)
- Atlante Internazionale del Touring Club ItalianoThe " Touring Club Italiano" (TCI), the equivalent of the British Tourist Association, was founded in 1894. From early on TCI was occupied in producing road maps, guide books and atlases of all kind. In order to give Italy an extensive reference atlas mod (Italy)
- On the web: see below.
See also:
- Theatrum Orbis TerrarumTheatrum Orbis Terrarum ("Theatre of the World") is considered to be the first true modern atlas. Written by Abraham Ortelius and originally printed on May 20, 1570, in Antwerp, it consisted of a collection of uniform map sheets and sustaining text bound
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