Because the world is a sphere, it is difficult to accurately project this on a two-dimensional map. When the world is ... seven continents and five oceans. Europe is a continent.

Whichever way the map was acquired, records show that Cantino paid a ... a magnificent reminder of Europe’s first efforts to chart the world as they were coming to know it.

World War I involved 32 nations from 1914 to 1919. It redrew the world map and reshaped many borders in Europe. The collapse of the Russian Empire created Poland, the Baltics, and Finland.