world atlases
Bound map collections
World atlases is the plural of world atlas—a bound collection of maps depicting the entire Earth, typically including political boundaries, physical features, and sometimes thematic maps showing population, climate, or resources.
The library's reference section had several world atlases.
The term distinguishes comprehensive global volumes from regional or specialized atlases.
- climate mapsCharts showing regional conditions
- ocean currentsLarge-scale seawater movement
- political mapsMaps of governmental boundaries
- topographic mapsElevation-depicting terrain representations
- geographic featuresNatural physical land characteristics
continental drift · reference books · coffee table book · time zones · transportation maps · globe · Mercator projection · map projections · historical maps · relief maps · research materials · gazetteer · satellite imagery · navigation aids · cartography · e-books · map legend · coordinates
- mapsroad map, atlases, street map, regional map, street maps
- map reproductions
- geographycontinents, continent, oceans, countries, country
- reference booksdictionary, dictionaries, bilingual dictionaries, encyclopedias, thesauri
world atlasescity maps
Urban area diagrams
neighborhood maps · town plans · campus maps · floor plans · site plans
world, atlas, worlds, worldly, worldliness, unworldly, otherworldly, worldwide