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Earth Platinum, published by Millennium House in 2012, [1] is the world's largest atlas at 6 ft × 4.5 ft (1.8 m × 1.4 m). It surpasses the famous Klencke Atlas at the British Library , which held the record of the world's largest atlas since 1660.
Until 2012 the Klencke Atlas was widely regarded as the world's largest atlas, [2] a record it probably held since the atlas was created 350 years earlier. [10] In February 2012, Australian publisher Gordon Cheers published a new atlas called Earth Platinum that is bigger by about a foot making it probably the largest atlas in the world; 31 ...
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[c] [5] A travel atlas may also be referred to as a road map. [6] A desk atlas is made similar to a reference book. It may be in hardback or paperback form. There are atlases of the other planets (and their satellites) in the Solar System. [7] Atlases of anatomy exist, mapping out organs of the human body or other organisms. [8]
Uranometria 's page of the constellation Orion. Uranometria is a star atlas produced by Johann Bayer.It was published in Augsburg in 1603 by Christoph Mang (Christophorus Mangus) [1] under the full title Uranometria: omnium asterismorum continens schemata, nova methodo delineata, aereis laminis expressa (from Latin: Uranometria, containing charts of all the constellations, drawn by a new ...
Atlas FC'c Diego Barbosa, center, celebrates scoring his team's opening goal against America during a match in Mexico City on Jan. 22. (Ginnette Riquelme / Associated Press)
Standard Atlas Camper Van 1959. In 1958 Standard presented the Atlas, their contender in the growing but (in Britain) increasingly crowded small van sector. It was a competitor for BMCs venerable J-Type and the much more modern Morris J2, as well as for the Ford Thames 400E, Commer FC and the market leading Bedford CA.
1. A steep-fronted wave formed by the convergence of two tidal bulges or by the constriction of an incoming tide as it travels up a river, firth, or narrow bay, temporarily reversing the direction of the current. [4] 2. A deep, man-made hole or shaft drilled into the ground, e.g. in mining, or for digging a well or tunnel. bornhardt