Why is called the Atlas that name?




The reason for naming the Atlas:

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Atlas is known to have the book, which combines geographicalmaps of the world and why you called this name due to the Greek mythology ..

There was a belief in the myths of the Greek giant very strong name(Atlas) erupted in the day on the Greek gods who live in Olympia,Vhakmoh and ruled that it holds a globe on his shoulder forever ...And, when published in a book for the first time a set of maps of the world in the sixteenth century.

The publisher chose to put on the cover a drawing of Atlas carrying a globe on his shoulder .. From here named the Atlas maps the books.