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Atlas
Collection of maps / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the Titan condemned to hold the heavens on his shoulders, see Atlas (mythology). For the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider, see ATLAS experiment. For other uses, see Atlas (disambiguation).
An atlas is a collection of maps; it is typically a bundle of maps of Earth or of a continent or region of Earth.
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Atlases have traditionally been bound into book form, but today, many atlases are in multimedia formats. In addition to presenting geographical features and political boundaries, many atlases often feature geopolitical, social, religious, and economic statistics. They also have information about the map and places in it.