Atlases | search
Click here to view Atlases news from 60+ newspapers.
Bookmark or Share- Atlas | Geography, Cartography, Navigation | BritannicaAtlas, a collection of maps or charts, usually bound together. The name derives from a custom—initiated by Gerardus Mercator in the 16th century—of using the figure of the Titan Atlas, holding the globe on his shoulders, as a frontispiece for books of maps. In addition to maps and charts, atlases.
- DigitalAtlasProject.netDigitalAtlasProject.net. The Digital Atlas Project is a freely-available online library for students and teachers around the globe, searching for up-to-date world and regional maps, data, and visualizations for teaching and learning geography.
- What Is an Atlas? History and Uses - ThoughtCoAn atlas is a collection of various maps of the earth or a specific region of the earth, such as the U.S. or Europe. The maps in atlases show geographic features, the topography of an area's landscape and political boundaries. They also show climatic, social, religious and economic statistics of an area.
- atlas - National Geographic SocietyThis sky map displays information about constellations and other celestial objects visible in the Northern Hemisphere. The cloudy smudge running through the image is the Milky Way, our galaxy. An atlas is a book or collection of maps. Many atlases also contain facts and history about certain places.
- Regional, National, and World Atlases - Library of CongressMaps and atlases have been part of the Library's collections since its founding in 1800. Since then, the collection has expanded to include globes, aerial photos, special collections, and datasets. This guide explores these diverse holdings.
More
