Flat maps, aimed at providing a coherent projection ... Comparing the South American country (8,515,767 sq km) to the entire continent of Europe, which dominates most of the northern hemisphere ...

but much of present-day Europe is based on the lines drawn following the conflict sparked by Princip's bullet. (Pull cursor to the right from 1914 to see 1914 map and to the left from 2014 to see ...

The journeys of 15th- and 16th-century European explorers are depicted on Cantino’s map including Vasco da Gama’s first voyage in search of a sea route to India (1497-99) and the “discovery ...