a book of maps, charts, or tables
an atlas of the world
a road atlas
a book of drawings and diagrams illustrating a particular subject
an anatomical atlas
the topmost vertebra of the neck, supporting the skull
(pl atlantes
[from the title used for a book of maps by Gerhardus Mercator d.1594, Flemish cartographer, in reference to Atlas, a giant of Greek mythology who supported the heavens on his shoulders]