A map from 1910 of Asia, showing physical features and general elevations. This map uses color-contours to show land elevations ranging from below sea level around the Caspian Sea to over 6,500 feet, and water depths from sea level to...

A map from 1916 of Asia, showing physical features, general elevations, and mean isotherms for January and July. This map uses color-contours to show land elevations ranging from below sea level around the Caspian Sea to over 12000 feet,...

A physical map from 1910 of South America showing color-contoured land elevations and water depths. Elevations range from sea level to over 6,500 feet, and water depths range from sea level to below 13,000 feet. This map shows the...

A tablet of dark brown clay, much injured, dating from the 8th or 7th century B.C. The two large concentric circles indicate the ocean, or, as it is called in the cuneiform writing between the circles, the 'Briny Flood.' Beyond the ocean...

A map from 1911 of North America, Central America, Greenland, and the Caribbean showing mountain systems (orographical), highlands, plains, and major rivers of the region. The map uses colot-contouring to show general land elevations...

A map from 1916 of Asia, showing physical features and general elevations. This map uses color-contours to show land elevations ranging from below sea level around the Caspian Sea to over 15000 feet, and water depths given in fathoms....

A sketch map from 1903 of the Russian islands of Nova Zembla (Novaya Zemlya) in the Arctic Ocean. Nova Zembla is an archipelago separated from the continent by the Kara Strait, with the two main islands, the northern Barents Land...

A map of Asia from 1901 showing the physical features of the region including mountain systems, plateaus, basins, plains, deserts, lakes, rivers, and coastal features and islands. The map shows major ocean currents, the mean annual...

A map from 1920 of North America, Central America, Greenland, and the Caribbean showing general land elevations, water and principal terrain features. The map uses color-contouring to show land elevations from sea level to over 4000...

The pyramid-shaped, wooded mountain of Monte San Giorgio beside Lake Lugano is regarded as the best fossil record of marine life from the Triassic Period (245-230 million years ago). The sequence records life in a tropical lagoon...

A map from 1901 of North America, Central America, the Caribbean, and Greenland showing general land elevations, mountain systems, rivers, coastal features, and ocean currents. The map is color-coded to show land elevations ranging from...

A map from 1916 of South America showing the general physical features including mountain systems, prominent peaks and volcanoes, river and lake systems, plateaus, and coastal features. The map is color-contoured with land elevations...

Shiretoko Peninsula is located in the north-east of Hokkaido, the northernmost island of Japan. The site includes the land from the central part of the peninsula to its tip (Shiretoko Cape) and the surrounding marine area. It provides an...

"South China comprises the drainage basins of the middle and lower Yangtze River, the basin of the His Chiang (West River) in Kwangtung and Kwangsi; and the mountainous coastal provinces of Fukien and Chekiang. The division between the...

A map from 1915 of Australia showing general land elevations above and below sea level throughout the region, mountain systems, basins, deserts, and plains.

An outline map of Europe at a time when sea levels were lower than present, with Iceland, the British Isles and Scandinavian Peninsula a part of the mainland, and the Mediterranean, not connected to the Atlantic Ocean, split into two...

A map from 1915 of Europe showing general land elevations above and below sea level throughout the region, mountain systems, plateaus, and plains.

An orographical map from 1906 of the United States showing terrain features including mountain systems, plateaus and slopes, watersheds, lakes, and rivers. The map is color-coded to show land elevations from sea level to over 10,000 feet.

A relief map from 1910 of the West Indies and Central America showing the land relief of the islands and isthmus, the extent of the submerged Florida, Bahamian, and Yucatan platforms, the basins of the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea,...

A physical and political map of the British Isles, showing England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, with major cities and towns, and railroads. General land form features are also shown, including color coded elevation gains measured in...

A map from 1910 of the United States showing general elevations, water depths, watershed boundaries, and terrain features, including the Pacific Slope, Great Basin, Colorado Plateau, Cordilleran Highlands, Rocky Mountains, Great Central...

A map from 1898 of the United States showing general elevations, water depths, and terrain features, including the Pacific Slope, Great Basin, Rocky Mountain Plateau, Great Plains, Mississippi Valley, Gulf Plain, Appalachian Highlands,...

The 604,500 hectare marine and terrestrial property of Ningaloo Coast, on the remote western coast of Australia, includes one of the longest near-shore reefs in the world. On land the site features an extensive karst system and network...

Rupert, Count Palatine of the Rhine, Duke of Bavaria, commonly called Prince Rupert of the Rhine, (17 December 1619 - 29 November 1682), soldier, inventor and amateur artist in mezzotint. He was a soldier from a young age, fighting...