Maps, Atlases, and Gazetteers

Maps
... representations, usually on plane surface, of a region of the earth.

Atlases
... books or bound collection of maps, sometimes with supplementary illustrations and graphic analyses.

Gazetteers
... geographic dictionaries or indexes.




Examples in CUHK libraries:

• The Times Atlas of the World (ref G1021.T56)
• The National Geographic Atlas of the World (ref G1019.N28)