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  2. List of atlases - Wikipedia

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    Douce Atlas (nautical atlas) 16th century. Piri Reis Map (Ottoman Empire, 1513) Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (Ortelius, Flanders, 1570–1612) Mercator's Atlas (1578) 17th century. Atlas Novus (Blaeu, Netherlands, 1635–1658; 1645 edition at UCLA) Dell'Arcano del Mare (England/Italy, 1645–1661) Cartes générales de toutes les parties du monde ...

  3. Erik Josten - Wikipedia

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    Erik Josten, also known as Power Man, Smuggler, Goliath and Atlas, is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character has been a prominent member of both the Masters of Evil and the Thunderbolts .

  4. Atlas - Wikipedia

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    The use of the word "atlas" in a geographical context dates from 1595 when the German-Flemish geographer Gerardus Mercator published Atlas Sive Cosmographicae Meditationes de Fabrica Mundi et Fabricati Figura ("Atlas or cosmographical meditations upon the creation of the universe and the universe as created"). This title provides Mercator's ...

  5. List of Timely and Atlas Comics publications - Wikipedia

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    subsequent issues renumbered and published by Atlas Comics [31] Crime Cases Comics #24–27 Aug 1950 – Mar 1951 continues from Willie Comicsvol. 2 subsequent issues renumbered and published by Atlas Comics [32] Crime Exposed: vol. 1 #1 Jun 1948 [33] vol. 2 #1–6 Dec 1950 – Oct 1951 Subsequent issues published by Atlas Comics [34 ...

  6. Times Atlas of the World - Wikipedia

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    The first version of The Times Atlas of the World appeared as The Times Atlas in 1895; more printings followed up to 1900. It was published at the office of The Times newspaper in London, and contained 117 pages of maps with an alphabetical index of 130,000 names. The atlas was a reprint of Cassell & Co.'s Universal Atlas, published in

  7. Atlas (architecture) - Wikipedia

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    In European architectural sculpture, an atlas (also known as an atlant, or atlante [1] or atlantid; plural atlantes) [2] is a support sculpted in the form of a man, which may take the place of a column, a pier or a pilaster.

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    Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, who were tapped by Republican President-elect Donald Trump to lead a new Department of Government Efficiency, have revealed plans to wipe out scores of federal ...

  9. The Atlas of Middle-earth - Wikipedia

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    The Atlas of Middle-earth provides many detailed maps of the lands described in Tolkien's books. The maps are treated as if they are of real landscapes, drawn according to the rules of a real atlas. For each area the history of the land is taken into account, as well as geography on a larger scale; from there maps are drawn. [7]