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celine lopez wrote the first atlas
when was the first atlas published by reader's digest
Atlas are not banned. Someone has made a rumor about Atlas being banned which is not true. DO NOT LISTEN TO NO ONE!
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Gerardus Mercator was the first one to use the word atlas.
Gerardus Mercator was the first one to use the word atlas.
The occipital bone?
The uppermost vertebrae is called the atlas. It is the first cervical vertebra located at the top of the spine, just below the skull. It is named after the Greek Titan Atlas, who held up the celestial spheres.
The atlas is the uppermost vertebrae in the neck.
Atlas was punished by Zeus who made him hold up the heavens.
The first vertebra of the vertebral column is called the atlas. It is named after the Greek titan Atlas who was said to carry the weight of the world on his shoulders, as the atlas supports the weight of the skull.
The word comes from the Greek via Latin, first applied to maps from depictions of Atlas supporting the heavens in the 16th Century collection of maps...so, yes Yes. Atlas was the name of a giant in old Greek Stories who carried the world on his shoulders. Long ago, the giant's picture was often placed on the first page of books of maps. So a book of maps came to be known as an atlas. (From World Book Student Dictionary)