Two volumes have been published so far, taking the ninth edition through the word "mappemonde," or a map of the earth presented in two side-by-side circles. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: LEXICOGRAPHICAL TORTOISES.] Reference
He made a mappemonde in which the globe is divided in two hemispheres, one occupied by the continents, the other by the oceans, and by a singular coincidence he found that the meridian of the continental hemisphere passed through Paris. From Wordnik.com. [Baron d'Holbach]
He took his impression of the hall that had heard her voice, the stairs she had descended, the door she had passed through, and the globes she had perchance laid hand on, and the old mappemonde, and the severely-shining orderly regiment of books breathing of her whether she had opened them or not, as he bowed to his host, and in reply to, 'So, sir!. From Wordnik.com. [Celt and Saxon — Complete] Reference
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