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An atlas is a collection of maps; it is typically a map of Earth or a region of Earth, but there are atlases of the other planets (and their satellites) in the Solar System.

Furthermore, atlases of anatomy exist, mapping out the human body or other organisms.

Atlases have traditionally been bound into book form, but today many atlases are in multimedia formats.

In addition to presenting geographic features and political boundaries, many atlases often feature geopolitical, social, religious and economic statistics.

They also have information about the map and places in it.

A continent is one of several very large landmasses on Earth.

Generally identified by convention rather than any strict criteria, up to seven regions are commonly regarded as continents.

Ordered from largest in size to smallest, they are: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia.

In geology, areas of continental crust include regions covered with water.

A world map is a map of most or all of the surface of the Earth.

World maps form a distinctive category of maps due to the problem of projection.

Maps by necessity distort the presentation of the earth's surface.

These distortions reach extremes in a world map.

The many ways of projecting the earth reflect diverse technical and aesthetic goals for world maps.

A globe is a three-dimensional, spherical, scale model of Earth (terrestrial globe or geographical globe) or other celestial body such as a planet or moon.

While models can be made of objects with arbitrary or irregular shapes, the term globe is used only for models of objects that are approximately spherical.

The word “globe” comes from the Latin word globus, meaning round mass or sphere.

Some terrestrial globes include relief to show mountains and other features on the Earth’s surface.

Printing is a process for reproducing text and images using a master form or template.

The earliest examples include Cylinder seals and other objects such as the Cyrus Cylinder and the Cylinders of Nabonidus.

The earliest known form of woodblock printing came from China dating to before 220 A.D.

Later developments in printing include the movable type, first developed by Bi Sheng in China around 1040 AD.

Johannes Gutenberg introduced mechanical movable type printing to Europe in the 15th century.

His printing press played a key role in the development of the Renaissance, Reformation, the Age of Enlightenment, and the scientific revolution and laid the material basis for the modern knowledge-based economy and the spread of learning to the masses.