Atlas

Morpheme

Atlas

Type

free base

Denotation

bearer of the heavens, collection of maps

Etymology

Latin atlās; Ancient Greek átlas

Evidence

atlas, atlases

Notes

map dénotation from595 when German-Flemish geographer Gerardus Mercator published Atlas Sive Cosmographicae Meditationes de Fabrica Mundi et Fabricati Figura

See Also

Atlant