maps are also distinct for the global knowledge required to construct them. A meaningful map of the world could not be constructed before the European Renaissance because less than half of the earth's coastlines, let alone its interior regions, were known to any culture. New knowledge of the earth's surface has been accumulating ever since and continues to this day. Maps of the world generally focus either on political features or on physical features. Political maps emphasize territorial boundaries and human settlement. Physical maps show geographic features such as mountains, soil type or land use. Geological maps show not only the surface, but characteristics of the underlying rock, fault lines, and subsurface structures. Choropleth maps use color hue and intensity to contrast differences between regions, such as demographic or economic statistics.

Tuesday, August 4, 2015

Europe map

Europe Maps - Perry-Castañeda Map Collection - UT Library Online

Europe Maps - Perry-Castañeda Map Collection - UT Library Online

Europe orthographic Caucasus Urals boundary (with borders).svgEurope (Listeni/ˈjʊərəp/ or /ˈjɜrəp/[4]) is a continent that comprises the westernmost part of Eurasia. Europe is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. To the east and southeast, Europe is generally considered as separated from Asia by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways of the Turkish Straits.[5] Yet the borders of Europe—a concept dating back to classical antiquity—are arbitrary, as the primarily physiographic term "continent" also incorporates cultural and political elements.

Europe is the world's second-smallest continent by surface area, covering about 10,180,000 square kilometres (3,930,000 sq mi) or 2% of the Earth's surface and about 6.8% of its land area. Of Europe's approximately 50 countries, Russia is by far the largest by both area and population, taking up 40% of the continent (although the country has territory in both Europe and Asia), while Vatican City is the smallest. Europe is the third-most populous continent after Asia and Africa, with a population of 739–743 million or about 11% of the world's population
Funny Survey Results of Europe...in a Map! : funny

Funny Survey Results of Europe...in a Map! : funny

 
MAP OF EUROPE | PIC GALAXY

MAP OF EUROPE | PIC GALAXY

 
Map of Europe ~ Online World Map, Map Of World.

Map of Europe ~ Online World Map, Map Of World.

 
Map of Europe ~ Online World Map, Map Of World.

Map of Europe ~ Online World Map, Map Of World.

 
MAP OF EUROPE | PIC GALAXY

MAP OF EUROPE | PIC GALAXY

 
Map of Europe ~ Online World Map, Map Of World.

Map of Europe ~ Online World Map, Map Of World.

 
File:Simplified Languages of Europe map.svg - Wikimedia Commons

File:Simplified Languages of Europe map.svg - Wikimedia Commons