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because a picture of the titan atlas holding up the world appeared on the frontispiece of many 16th century map books including those of mercator who may have been the first to use the word in this way

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map is an illustration of a country or a certain place, while an atlas is a book of maps

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Q: Why would a book of maps be called an atlas?
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