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This article is about the mythical King Atlas. For other meanings of Atlas see Atlas has several meanings Atlas (mythology), the Titan of Greek mythology. Atlas (moon), a moon of Saturn. Atlas (crater), on the Earths moon. Atlas (star), a star in the Pleiades star cluster. Atlas (cartography), the collection of maps. Atlas (anatomy) is the topmost cervical vertebra of the spine. Atlas... Atlas (disambiguation) King Atlas was a mythical King of For the ships of this name, see RMS Mauretania. Mauretania was a Berber kingdom on the Mediterranean coast of north Africa (named after the Mauri tribe, after whom the Moors were named), corresponding to western Algeria and northern Morocco. With the rise of the Roman Empire it became a Roman... Mauretania, in This article is about Libya, the country in North Africa. For the mythical character of the same name see: Libya (mythology). The Great Socialist Peoples Libyan Arab Jamahiriya or Libya (Arabic: ليبيا) is a country in North Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, located between Egypt... Libya. He was said to be a wise philosopher, mathematician and astronomer, who supposedly made the first Chinese history, astronomers have created celestial globes to assist the observation of the stars. The earliest celestial globe was dated back to 52 BC in the West Han dynasty by the astronomers Geng Shou-chang (耿壽 昌) and Luo-xia Hong (落下 閎). The first water powered celestial... celestial globe. It was this Atlas that Gerardus Mercator (March 5, 1512 - December 2, 1594) was a famous Flemish cartographer, remembered for the Mercator projection named after him. Born Gerard de Cremere (or Kremer) in Rupelmonde. Mercator is the Latinized form of his name. It means merchant or marketeer. Educated in s-Hertogenbosch and at the University... Gerardus Mercator was paying tribute to when he first used the name "Atlas" to describe a book of maps (see For other meanings of Atlas, see Atlas (disambiguation). 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. Atlases throughout history... Atlas (cartography)). Mercator included a depiction of the King on the title-page of his publication of "Atlas, Sive Cosmographicae Meditationes De Fabrica Mundi ..." (Atlas, or Description of the Universe) (Duisburg, Events January 12 - The Netherlands adopts the Gregorian calendar Beginning of the Eighth War of Religion in France (also known as the War of the Three Henrys) August 8 - John Davis enters Cumberland Sound in quest for the North West Passage. August 17 - Capture of Antwerp by Spanish forces under... 1585- Events January 30 - William Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet is performed for the first time June 9 - Battle of Fontaine-Française. Henry IV of France defeats the Spanish, but is nearly killed due to his rashness. October 28 - Battle of Guirgevo. Transylvanian forces under Sigismund Bathory, allied to the... 1595), which was published posthumously. External Links On the origin of the term "atlas" for a book of maps (http://www.mapforum.com/01/atlas.htm) Categories: Mythology

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	Atlas (247 words) Atlas is a scion of the Titans, the Greek race of giants, and the son of Iapetus and the nymph Clymene. In the revolt of the Titans against the gods of the Olympic, Atlas stormed the heavens and Zeus punished him for this deed by condemning him to forever bear the heavens upon his shoulders. When Atlas returned with the apples, Heracles requested him to assume the load for a moment, saying he needed to adjust the pad to ease the pressure on his shoulders. Atlas - Free Encyclopedia of Thelema (346 words) Because Atlas fought on the side of the Titans in the war with the gods of Mount Olympus, Zeus punished him with the burden of carrying the heavens upon his shoulders. Atlas was turned to stone by Perseus using Medusa's head in the place where the Atlas mountains now stand, after he threatened Perseus when wanting to speak to his father Zeus about the punishment that had fallen upon him. Atlas continues to be a commonly used icon in western culture (and advertising), as a symbol of strength or stoic endurance.
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