The Pergamon World Atlas (in English, 1968) was originally prepared by the Polish Army Topographical Service and published as the Atlas Świata (World Atlas) in 1962. The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Polish Army (Polish Wojsko Polskie) is the name applied to the military forces of Poland. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...
The atlas contains 380 pages of maps, figures and tables along with an index of 150,000 entries. Each geographic map is accompanied by a selection of thematic and city maps. The Pergamon added extra maps of the United Kingdom and Canada. For other meanings of Atlas, see Atlas (disambiguation). ... Jump to: navigation, search A map of the world by Johannes Kepler A map is a simplified depiction of a space, a navigational aid which highlights relations between objects within that space. ...
However, use of the word "atlas" for a bound collection of maps was not to come into use until the posthumous publication of Gerardus Mercators "Atlas, Sive Cosmographicae Meditationes De Fabrica Mundi..." (Atlas, or Description of the Universe) (Duisburg, 1585-1595).
Atlas was punished by Zeus and made to bear the weight of the heavens and earth on his back.
The second Atlas was King Atlas, a mythical King of Mauretania, in Libya.
However, use of the word "atlas" for a bound collection of maps was not to come into use until the posthumous publication of Gerardus Mercator’s "Atlas, Sive Cosmographicae Meditationes De Fabrica Mundi..." (Atlas, or Description of the Universe) (Duisburg, 1585-1595).
Atlas was punished by Zeus and made to bear the weight of the heavens and earth on his back.
It was this Atlas that Mercator was referring to when he first used the name 'Atlas', and he included a depiction of the King on the title-page.
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