“The David Rumsey Map Collection was started over 30 years ago and contains more than 150,000 maps. The collection focuses on rare 16th through 21st century maps of North and South America, as well as maps of the World, Asia, Africa, Europe, and Oceania. The collection includes atlases, ...
Europe is the second smallest of the world’s continents, composed of the westward-projecting peninsulas of Eurasia (the great landmass that it shares with Asia). It occupies nearly one-fifteenth of the world’s total land area. The long processes of his
South Africa’s remoteness—it lies thousands of miles distant from major African cities such asLagosandCairoand more than 6,000 miles (10,000 km) away from most of Europe,North America, and easternAsia, where its major trading partners are located—helped reinforce the official system ofaparth...
which was built by founder in 2004, covering copper, zinc, aluminum, lead, nickel, tin and other small metals. Radiation region to Chile, Australia, Japan and South Korea, Europe, East China, South China and ot...
growing region near the Nigerian frontier. Many European companies have established branches there; the town is particularly renowned for its red goats, the skins of which are exported to Europe and the Americas.Tahouahas grown up on the edge of the desert. There it forms a large livestock ...
Atlantic Ocean, body of salt water covering about one-fifth of Earth’s surface and separating the continents of Europe and Africa to the east from those of North and South America to the west. Its name, derived from Greek mythology, means the ‘Sea of A
Senior Lecturer in Geography, University College, 1972–94, and School of Slavonic and East European Studies, 1972–91, University of London. Author ofThe U.S.S.R. and Eastern Europe. Richard Antony French Fact-checked by The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica ...
Between 1845 and 1920, immigrants came to New Hampshire from all parts of Europe. The first Roman Catholic congregation was established in 1823, the first Roman Catholic school in 1859, and a statewide diocese in 1884. The first Jewish congregation was organized in 1892 and the first Greek Ort...
ofextensiveareas in Europe andNorth Americahas been profoundly influenced by events and processes that occurred since late in the last Ice Age—roughly the past 25,000 years—in Australia scientists use a more extensive timescale that takes into account the great antiquity of the continent’s ...
Bulgaria is a country occupying the eastern portion of the Balkan Peninsula in southeastern Europe. Founded in the 7th century, Bulgaria is one of the oldest states in Europe. Before the creation of the Bulgarian state, the empires of ancient Rome, Greec