atlas

The Sailor's Word-Book

A large book of maps or charts; so called from the character of that name in ancient mythology, son of Uranus, and represented as bearing the world on his back. Also the Indian satin of commerce.

The Sailor's Word-Book

← atlantides × atmosphere →

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Atlas
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